Eliphalet Holbrook

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name
Eliphalet Holbrook
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him. Probably a son of Gideon Holbrook and Nancy Ellis, born in 1828, and so a brother of Capt. Richard Blackmer Holbrook of Whidbey Island; he or his brother Elisha wrote home from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, in January 1854. He married Harriet Rice at Worcester that October and died in 1920.
born
date
19 Oct 1828
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
died
date
25 Mar 1920
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
buried
place
Oak Grove Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
residences
place
Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
research
research/holbrook/Holbrook-Master-Family-Tree.md
note
Of Manomet, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him.
father
id
gideon-holbrook-1765
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[will-gideon-holbrook-1841]
note
Among the nine residuary legatees of his will with his other children.
mother
id
nancy-ellis-1781
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Born during Gideon's second marriage (Dec 1818).
spouses
name
Harriet Rice (1829-1902)
married
date
11 Oct 1854
place
Worcester, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
note
From the Holbrook master tree; record not yet attached.
basis
compiled
confidence
probable

Of Manomet, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him and died, in January 1899; her obituary notes that "Of her four brothers only one, Eliphalet Holbrook, of Manomet, survives her" (Adadourian, 1899). Children: M. Elizabeth (1855-1946), Hattie Maria (1857-1863), George Eliphalet (1859-1866), Etta May (1865-1924) and Florence (1871-1944).

The letter of 1854. On 26 Jan 1854 "E. Holbrook," brother of Capt. Richard B. Holbrook, wrote from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, to his mother in Massachusetts: "I am stopping yet with Richard on this cove, That we are all well and have a plenty to eat and drink and have a good comfortable log house to live in." Governor Stevens had visited the week before; "The best soil I have seen is on this (Whidby) Island"; "Richard has a good farm, all good soil, nearly all cleared land, and one side of it is on the cove, which is a large and beautiful harbor"; and there were "about 30 vessels running between here and San Francisco. Most of them are barks and ships." He sent his respects to "Luther, Aunt Lucy and to all hands" (WPA, Told by the Pioneers, vol. 2, pp. 153-154; source).

Open questions

  • Which brother was "E. Holbrook" of the 1854 letter, Eliphalet or Elisha? The letter gives only the initial. Eliphalet married at Worcester in October 1854; Elisha was at Plymouth in 1849 and 1850 and bought Richard's share of their father's land in 1855. The full letter doesn't say. The Huntington Library has it with a second, from Sonora, California, 26 Apr 1854, and an E. Holbrook journal of 1846-1863 (mssHM 24543-24544, 2280), which may settle it.
  • His marriage record (Worcester, 11 Oct 1854) is still to be attached.
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  2. name: Eliphalet Holbrook
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Of Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him. Probably a
  7. son of Gideon Holbrook and Nancy Ellis, born in 1828, and so a brother of Capt. Richard Blackmer
  8. Holbrook of Whidbey Island; he or his brother Elisha wrote home from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, in
  9. January 1854. He married Harriet Rice at Worcester that October and died in 1920.
  10. born:
  11. date: 19 Oct 1828
  12. basis: documented
  13. confidence: probable
  14. sources: [findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
  15. died:
  16. date: 25 Mar 1920
  17. basis: documented
  18. confidence: probable
  19. sources: [findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
  20. buried:
  21. place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  22. basis: documented
  23. confidence: probable
  24. sources: [findagrave-eliphalet-holbrook-1920]
  25. residences:
  26. - place: Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: probable
  29. research: research/holbrook/Holbrook-Master-Family-Tree.md
  30. note: Of Manomet, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him.
  31. father:
  32. id: gideon-holbrook-1765
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [will-gideon-holbrook-1841]
  36. note: Among the nine residuary legatees of his will with his other children.
  37. mother:
  38. id: nancy-ellis-1781
  39. basis: inferred
  40. confidence: probable
  41. note: Born during Gideon's second marriage (Dec 1818).
  42. spouses:
  43. - name: Harriet Rice (1829-1902)
  44. married:
  45. date: 11 Oct 1854
  46. place: Worcester, Massachusetts
  47. basis: compiled
  48. confidence: probable
  49. note: From the Holbrook master tree; record not yet attached.
  50. basis: compiled
  51. confidence: probable
  52. ---
  54. Of Manomet, where his unmarried sister Mary lived with him and died, in January 1899; her
  55. obituary notes that "Of her four brothers only one, Eliphalet Holbrook, of Manomet, survives her"
  56. ([Adadourian, 1899](/files/sources/book-adadourian-1899-dying-and-behold-we-live/)). Children: M. Elizabeth
  57. (1855-1946), Hattie Maria (1857-1863), George Eliphalet (1859-1866), Etta May
  58. (1865-1924) and Florence (1871-1944).
  60. **The letter of 1854.** On 26 Jan 1854 "E. Holbrook," brother of Capt. Richard B. Holbrook, wrote
  61. from Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, to his mother in Massachusetts: "I am stopping yet with Richard on
  62. this cove, That we are all well and have a plenty to eat and drink and have a good comfortable log
  63. house to live in." Governor Stevens had visited the week before; "The best soil I have seen is on
  64. this (Whidby) Island"; "Richard has a good farm, all good soil, nearly all cleared land, and one side
  65. of it is on the cove, which is a large and beautiful harbor"; and there were "about 30 vessels
  66. running between here and San Francisco. Most of them are barks and ships." He sent his respects to
  67. "Luther, Aunt Lucy and to all hands" (WPA, *Told by the Pioneers*, vol. 2, pp. 153-154;
  68. [source](/files/sources/book-wpa-1938-told-by-the-pioneers/)).
  70. ## Open questions
  72. - Which brother was "E. Holbrook" of the 1854 letter, Eliphalet or Elisha? The letter gives only
  73. the initial. Eliphalet married at Worcester in October 1854; Elisha was at Plymouth in 1849 and
  74. 1850 and bought Richard's share of their father's land in 1855. The full letter doesn't say. The
  75. Huntington Library has it with a second, from Sonora, California, 26 Apr 1854, and an E. Holbrook
  76. journal of 1846-1863 (mssHM 24543-24544, 2280), which may settle it.
  77. - His marriage record (Worcester, 11 Oct 1854) is still to be attached.
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