Benjamin Pattee

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Benjamin Pattee (1724 - abt. 1795)

Benjamin Pattee

Born 13 Apr 1724 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Samuel Pattee and Elizabeth (Prince) Patee

Brother of Elizabeth (Pattee) Witham

Husband of Abigail (Emerson) Pattee — married 8 Aug 1744 in Massachusetts

Father of Moses Pattee, Phebe (Pattee) Emerson and Lydia (Pattee) Page

Died about 1795 at about age 70 in Massachusetts

Profile last modified 25 Oct 2021 | Created 29 Dec 2014

Biography

Private Benjamin Pattee served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Pattee was born on 13 April 1724 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. He married Abigail Emerson on 28 Aug 1744 in Haverhill. She was likely the daughter of John Emerson, Jr. and Abigail Stevens but may have been the daughter of Robert and Abigail (Bond) (Ordway) Emerson. If she was the daughter of John Jr., she was born 13 May 1726 in Haverhill.

In the summer of 1748, Benjamin was on military duty as a sentinel in York County, now Maine. While there, he got to know Catherine Kilgore and nine months later was sued by Catherine and her father. At a church meeting on 18 February 1774 the brethren accused Abigail of having been "overtaken with strong liquor, & chargeable with a wanton use of the tongue." Although required to attend this meeting, Abigail refused, "pleading yt her Husband will by no Means give his Consent to it yt he threatens her with grievous Abuses if she should attend contrary to his Will at which circumstance we cannot but express our sorrow & real Concern for her as being yoked with an unbeliever." The brethren decided to dismiss the matter, cautioning her to "mortify every corrupt Appetite & passion ... & bring it into subjugation to ye Laws of God". Benjamin Pettee of Haverhill was a private in Capt. Timothy Eaton's Co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Regt. in 1776. Benjamin died in Haverhill between 1790 and 1800. Abigail died after 1800.

Children of Benjamin Pattee Abigail Emerson:

1. Phebe, b: 9 May 1745, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, d: after 2 Jan. 1828, m: Josiah Emerson, Jr.

2. Abigail, b: 29 Apr 1747, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, m: her first cousin Peter Pattee.

3. Lydia, b: 25 Nov. 1749, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, d: after 19 June 1816, m: Josiah Page.

4. John, b. 21 Feb 1751, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.

Child of Benjamin Pattee and Catherine Kilgore:

Moses Pattee, b: 9 Apr 1749, York, Maine, d: 20 Nov 1843, prob Conway, NH, m1: Mehitable Low, m2: Betsey Thompson, m3: Elizabeth Lewis.

Research notes

According to the NEHGS Register from 1992, there may have been two women in the area with the name Abigail Emerson. The two connected here were married on August 28th, 1744. Abigail was identified as the daughter of Robert Emerson and Abigail Bond in the book, The Haverhill Emersons. However, it may be likely that she was born in Haverhill on May 13th, 1726 to John Emerson Jr and Abigail (Stevens) Emerson. While Robert Emerson and John Emerson were in the West Parish of Haverhill, they were in different parts of the town. It is possible they married two women with the same name.

See Abigail Emerson for details.

Sources

Scalisi, Marie Lollo and Virginia M. Ryan. 1992. Peter Pattee of Haverhill, Massachusetts: A "Journeyman Shoemaker" and his Descendants. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 146. pp. 315-336.
Scalisi, Marie Lollo, and Virginia M. Ryan. 2007. MOSES PATTEE, BASTARD SON OF BENJAMIN PATTEE AND CATHERINE KILGORE. The Maine Genealogist, Journal of the Maine Genealogical Society. Vol. 29, No. 2. pp. 69-74.
"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-JVQJ : 17 March 2018), Benjamin Pettee, 1776; citing Military Service, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,031,605.
"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-WK8Z : 1 March 2021), Benjamin Pettee, 31 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711089.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YV4P : 29 November 2018), Benjamin Patee and Abigail Emerson, 28 Aug 1744; citing Marriage, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009726.