Jonathan Danforth

Jonathan Danforth was a young Billerica man who died at twenty-five. He was born on January 11, 1712-13, the youngest child of Samuel Danforth and Hannah (Crosby) Danforth, and was a grandson of the surveyor Jonathan Danforth. He married Sarah Manning, daughter of William Manning, and their only recorded child, William, was born on November 7, 1737.

Jonathan died the next summer, on August 13, 1738, "in 26th y.," according to his gravestone in the Old Corner Burial Ground; Hazen placed his death between August 10 and October 9, 1738. His estate was settled in the Middlesex probate court that year. His son William married in 1760 his cousin Elizabeth Danforth, daughter of Samuel Danforth, and died in Hartland, Vermont, about 1814.

References

1. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register p. 36, DANFORTH 9
2. Hazen, History of Billerica (1883), Genealogical Register p. 37, DANFORTH 21: William, son of Jonathan 9, m. his cousin Elizabeth, d. Hartland, Vt.
3. Vital Records of Billerica (1908), births p. 55: Jonathan, s. Samuel and Hannah, Jan. 11, 1712-13
4. Vital Records of Billerica (1908), deaths p. 354: Jonathan jr., Aug. 13, 1738, in 26th y. (gravestone, Old Corner Burial Ground)
5. Middlesex Probate case 5892: estate of Jonathan Danforth Jr. of Billerica, 1738 (index entry)