Gideon Estabrooks Perkins

• General Notes
  • Buried in United Baptiste Church cemetery in Centreville, Carleton
    County, New Brunswick.  Gideon Estabrooks (a minister) was probably the person after whom my great grandfather was named.
    
    Elijah III, son of Elijah II and Mary (Hackett) Estabrooks, was born at Haverhill, Mass., May 16, 1756. In 1777 he married, in N.B., Mary, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Chamberlain) Whittemore. She was born in 1761 and died May 13, 1824. They lived in Canning, Queens Co., N.B. On Sept. 15, 1800, he was ordained a teaching elder of the Baptist Church in Cambridge Parish, Queens Co., and was an influential church leader on the Jemseg until his death, Sept. 26, 1825. He is referred to in several documents as the Rev. Elijah Estabrooks, and was buried at Upper Gagetown, N.B. His tombstone was erected by contributions from the various congregations he served. He is said to have been universally beloved and respected. He worked his farm during the week to support his family. On Sunday he fulfilled his duties as pastor. Their 8th child was:
    Gideon Estabrooks, b. Aug. 17, 1796, Canning, d. May 12, 1880; m. Oct. 25, 1817, Jerusha, daughter of Thomas Turney of Swan Creek, Sunbury Co., N.B. In 1845 they removed to Lower Wicklow, Carleton Co., and joined the Centerville Baptist Church. In 1847 he was ordained pastor of the church in Simonds. Children: 8.1 Albert Estabrooks, b. May 20, 1819; m. Lavinia Ebbett. Children: Whitehead, Jarvis (m. Lucy Estabrooks), and Annie Ida Estabrooks. 8.2 Mary Hackett Estabrooks, b. Dec. 2, 1822; m. George Milbury. Children: Douglas, Duncan D., Watts A., Annie M., Emmeline E., Maude J., and Thomas C.B. Milbury. 8.3 Amy T. Estabrooks, b. Jan. 17, 1825; m. William Palmer. Children: Harvey and Addie Palmer. 8.4 Thomas Turney Estabrooks, b. Dec. 7, 1828; m. Phoebe Turney. They lived on the old homestead at Chester in the Parish of Wicklow, Carleton,Co., the farm which had belonged to his father. Children: Amasa Turney, 1856-1922, never married, and Henry Havelock Estabrooks (m. lst, Eugenia Longstaff, and 2nd, Annie Helen Estey). 8.5 Elizabeth Estabrooks, b. Dec. 7, 1831; m. Matthew Hutchinson. She died a young woman. Children: Jerusha, Sarah, and Thomas Hutchinson. 8.6 Jerusha Ann Estabrooks, b. July 30, 1833; m. Thonms Turney. Children: Duncan, Nelson, Elizabeth, Thomas H., and Amasa Turney. 8.7 Gideon Estabrooks, b. May 22, 1836; m. lst, Margaret Longstaff, and 2nd, Frances Squires. Children, lst: Duncan (never married), Annie Jerusha (m, Samuel Cain), Nelson (m. Annie Fairweather), Mary (m. Andrew Kilpatrick). Children, 2nd: Margaret (m. William Tweedie), and Mabel Estabrooks (m. Chipman Giberson).
    

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