Ebenezer Brockway
- Born: 29 Oct 1704, Lyme, Connecticut
- Marriage: Sarah Buckingham on 11 Feb 1735 in Connecticuit
Noted events in his life were:
• Family History: From The Brockway Family, Francis E. Brockway, 1890, Page 10. V. EUENEZER BROCKWAY, b. at Lyme,Conn., 29 Oct. 1704; married 11 Feb. 1734-35, with SARAH BUCKINGHAM,, daughter of Hezekiah and Sarah (Lay) Buckingham, of Saybrook, where she was born 4 Aug. 1712. See the Buckingham Genealogy, pp. 145 and 149-150.
• Children: From The Brockway Family, Francis E. Brockway, 1890, Page 19. Children of Ebenezer and Sarah (Buckingham) Brockway:
I. EBENEZER BROCKWAY, b. at Saybrook, Conn., 16 Jan. 1735-36. He was distinguished from the other Ebenezer Brockways, by being called ' 'Winking Nezer," as a weakness of his eyes caused a habit of winking.
II. LEBBEUS BROCKWAY, b. at Saybrook, Conn., 29 Dec. 1738.
III. ELIJAH BROCKWAY, b. at Saybrook, Conn., 29 Nov. 1744. He settled in Saybrook, opposite Brockway's Ferry, and was remembered by Charles Hallam Brockway, in 1883, as having lived there about 1813.
• Family History: Page 22 contains his marriage and birth dates of his sons. Town and miscellaneous records of Saybrook, Connecticut
Source Information Ancestry.com. Town and miscellaneous records of Saybrook, Connecticut [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Town and miscellaneous records of Saybrook, Connecticut. unknown: unknown, 19--?.
Ebenezer married Sarah Buckingham, daughter of Hezekiah Buckingham and Sarah Lay, on 11 Feb 1735 in Connecticuit. (Sarah Buckingham was born on 4 Aug 1712 in Saybroke, Connecticut.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage: From Family Search org: Saybroke, Connecticut. Name: Sarah Buckingham Sex: U
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Ebenezer Brockway Spouse U
11 February 1735
Digital Folder Number: 008272222 Image Number: 00565
Citing this Record "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4Z-Q35H : 15 April 2022), Sarah Buckingham in entry for Ebenezer Brockway, ; citing Marriage, Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272222.
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