Catherine Unknown, my 6th great grandmother, was
the wife of Increase WYMAN of Burlington (now Billerica), Massachusetts. She has no known parents, no known marriage
record, and no known death record.
Increase’s ten children are listed in the Billerica vital records by
baptism date – and his seven youngest children were all baptized together on 5
December 1773. What a lack of records on
this family group! The rest of the WYMAN family was very well documented in
records, before and after Increase!
Increase Wyman served in the Revolutionary War, once for 9
months in Col. Spaulding’s regiment at Fishkill in 1778, and again for 6 months
in 1780 under Brigadier General John Glover (my 7th great grand
uncle in another lineage) when he was 47 years old. His Revolutionary War service is better
documented than the rest of his life. His
death date is unknown. To complicate
things, his father was called Increase Wyman.
And Increase, Jr. had a son named Increase born between 1765 and 1770.
According to Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating
to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 1, by William
Richard Cutter and William Frederick Adams, 1910, page 475 Ebenezer Richardson
took as his fourth wife “December 12, 1776, Catherine, died 19 January 1783,
widow of Increase Wyman.” This appears
to be an error because Increase Wyman’s military records match his birthdays-
both in 1778 and 1780.
Ebenezer Richardson was the son of Hezekiah Richardson and
Elizabeth, born in Townsend, Massachusetts on 25 November 1751. He married first Catharine (Tufts) Wyman on 12
December 1776. She died before
1789. He married second in 1789 to
Jerusha Dodge, daughter of Zachariah Dodge.
According to the website www.wyman.org
(by the WYMAN Family Association), Catharine Tufts was the daughter of William
Tufts and Katharine Wyman. She married
first to Nathaniel Wyman on 2 July 1772 and he died on 2 April 1776. Then she married Ebenezer Richardson at the end of 1776. This Katharine/Catherine cannot be my 6th
great grandmother .
Catherine’s daughter, Jemima Wyman (1757 – 1843) is my 5th
great grandmother. Jemima married a
Revolutionary War Colonel named Joshua Burnham and lived in South Boston. Her life is very well documented in vital
records.
Does anyone have any clues about Catherine UNKNOWN Wyman?
My genealogy:
Generation 1: Catherine UNKOWN; married to Increase Wyman, son of Increase Wyman and Deborah Pierce. He was born 4 June 1732 in Woburn. Ten children.
Generation 2: Jemima Wyman, born 10 February 1757 in Billerica, died 6 September 1843 in South Boston; married on 21 January 1779 to Colonel Joshua Burnham, son of Stephen Burnham and Mary Andrews. He was born on 26 January 1754 in Gloucester, Massachusetts and died 7 June 1835 in Milford, New Hampshire. Eleven children.
Generation 3: Jemima Burnham, born 9 May 1783 in Milford, died 5 August 1868 at 88 Emerson Street, South Boston; married on 22 November 1810 to Romanus Emerson, son of John Emerson and Katherine Eaton. He was born 1 September 1782 in Townsend, Massachusetts and died 10 October 1852 in South Boston. Seven children.
Generation 4: George Emerson, born 11 July 1817 in South Boston, died 11 January 1890 in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married on 11 August 1845 in Boston to Mary Esther Younger, daughter of Levi Younger and Catherine Plummer Jones. She was born 17 Feb 1826 and died 7 January 1913 in Boston. Eight children.
Generation 5: Mary Katharine Emerson, born 25 December 1847 in South Boston, died 23 April 1932 in Roxbury, Massachusetts; marrie don 28 October 1869 in Chichester, New Hampshire to George E. Batchelder, son of George E. Batchelder and Abigail M. Locke. Nine children.
Generation 6: Carrie Maude Batchelder, born 22 September 1872 in Chichester, died 21 January 1963 at the Sea View Convalescent and Nursing Home, Rowley, Massachusetts; married on 1 November 1892 in Essex, Massachusetts to Joseph Elmer Allen, son of Joseph Gilman Allen and Sarah Burnham Mears. Five children.
Generation 7: Stanley Elmer Allen, born 14 January 1804 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died 6 March 1982 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married on 14 February 1925 in Hamilton, Massachusetts to Gertrude Matilda Hitchings, daughter of Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil. She was born 1 August 1905 in Beverly and died 3 November 2001 at the Pilgrim Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Peabody, Massachusetts. Seven children. (My grandparents)
Generation 2: Jemima Wyman, born 10 February 1757 in Billerica, died 6 September 1843 in South Boston; married on 21 January 1779 to Colonel Joshua Burnham, son of Stephen Burnham and Mary Andrews. He was born on 26 January 1754 in Gloucester, Massachusetts and died 7 June 1835 in Milford, New Hampshire. Eleven children.
Generation 3: Jemima Burnham, born 9 May 1783 in Milford, died 5 August 1868 at 88 Emerson Street, South Boston; married on 22 November 1810 to Romanus Emerson, son of John Emerson and Katherine Eaton. He was born 1 September 1782 in Townsend, Massachusetts and died 10 October 1852 in South Boston. Seven children.
Generation 4: George Emerson, born 11 July 1817 in South Boston, died 11 January 1890 in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married on 11 August 1845 in Boston to Mary Esther Younger, daughter of Levi Younger and Catherine Plummer Jones. She was born 17 Feb 1826 and died 7 January 1913 in Boston. Eight children.
Generation 5: Mary Katharine Emerson, born 25 December 1847 in South Boston, died 23 April 1932 in Roxbury, Massachusetts; marrie don 28 October 1869 in Chichester, New Hampshire to George E. Batchelder, son of George E. Batchelder and Abigail M. Locke. Nine children.
Generation 6: Carrie Maude Batchelder, born 22 September 1872 in Chichester, died 21 January 1963 at the Sea View Convalescent and Nursing Home, Rowley, Massachusetts; married on 1 November 1892 in Essex, Massachusetts to Joseph Elmer Allen, son of Joseph Gilman Allen and Sarah Burnham Mears. Five children.
Generation 7: Stanley Elmer Allen, born 14 January 1804 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died 6 March 1982 in Beverly, Massachusetts; married on 14 February 1925 in Hamilton, Massachusetts to Gertrude Matilda Hitchings, daughter of Arthur Treadwell Hitchings and Florence Etta Hoogerzeil. She was born 1 August 1905 in Beverly and died 3 November 2001 at the Pilgrim Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Peabody, Massachusetts. Seven children. (My grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ UNKNOWN (Another Brickwall Ancestress)", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 22, 2016, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/10/surname-saturday-unknown-another.html: accessed [access date]).
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