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Descendants of Jeremiah Wiswall

Generation No. 1

1. Capt., Deacon Jeremiah⁹ Wiswall (Noah⁸, Thomas⁷, Noah⁶, Thomas⁵, Robert⁴, Robert³, Thomas², Richard¹) was born 27 Oct 1725 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 29 May 1807 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married (1) Elizabeth W. Murdock 20 Dec 1750 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of Robert Murdock and Abigail Hyde. She was born 27 May 1731 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 19 Aug 1769 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married (2) Hannah Marean 08 Nov 1770 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of William Marean and Hannah Stone. She was born 30 Dec 1745 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 22 Nov 1811 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for Capt., Deacon Jeremiah Wiswall:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols.):
Volume 17
page 661
Wiswall, Jeremiah, Newton.Captain of a company which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Lexington; service, 4 days; also, Captain, Col. Hatch's (Thatcher's) regt.; service, 5 days; company marched at request of Gen. Washington at the time of taking Dorchester Heights March 4, 1776.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 51
page 144:

Miss Louise Colbourne Brown.
DAR ID Number: 50311
Born in Boston, Mass.
Descendant of Capt. Jeremiah Wiswall.
Daughter of Daniel Austin Brown and Anna M. Davis, his wife.
Granddaughter of Daniel J. Brown and Anna W. Trowbridge, his wife.
[p.144] Gr-granddaughter of Nathaniel Trowbridge and Martha Hall, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Edmund Trowbridge and Elizabeth Wiswall, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Jeremiah Wiswall and Elizabeth Murdock, his wife.
Jeremiah Wiswall (1725-1809), commanded a company of infantry at the battle of Concord and on duty at Dorchester Heights. In 1777, he was one of the patriots who loaned the town money to pay the soldiers. He was born and died in Newton, Mass.

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 4

WISWELL Jeremiah Capt South Bur Gr, Newton Highlands MA 29

Jeremiah was a Selectman of Newton from 1772 thru 1779. He must have been well off financially, for he lent money to the town in 1777 to pay the soldiers. Jeremiah was Captain fo the Newton East Company of Militia which was raised in 1773, organized on 2 January 1775, and disbanded shortly after the 19 April 1775 Battle of Lexington, when the men were absorbed into other units. It consisted of five officers and thirty two men who drilled one-half day each week, summer and winter, for which they were paid 8 pence each. When required the company expanded to seventy-six by means of volunteers. Among the regulars were Jeremiah's brothers Noah and Samuel, John and Ebenezer, and several of his brothers-in-law. Even his father, at the age of seventy-six, was a volunteer at the Battle of Lexington.
Capt. Jeremiah and his company attacked the British Lord Percy's reserves at Concord and hung on their flanks and rear until nightfall. The same men later held Dorchester Heights until the British evacuated Boston at which time they were attached to Col. Hatch's regiment. Jeremiah served on Col. Hatch's staff at the personal request of Gen. George Washington.
Beside those mentioned above, there were more than sixty Wiswalls from Massachusetts who served as patriots during the Revolutionary War.

More About Capt., Deacon Jeremiah Wiswall:
Burial: South Burial Ground, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts ¹

Children of Jeremiah Wiswall and Elizabeth Murdock are:

	2	i.	Samuel¹⁰ Wiswall, born 15 Nov 1751 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 01 Feb 1814 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	3	ii.	Elizabeth Wiswall, born 20 Mar 1753 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 22 Feb 1799 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	4	iii.	Thankful Wiswall, born 05 Nov 1756 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 05 Nov 1820 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	5	iv.	Jeremiah Wiswall, born 23 Aug 1760 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 22 Jun 1836 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	6	v.	Abigail Wiswall, born 1762 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 1852 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
+	7	vi.	William Wiswall, born 23 Aug 1765 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 24 Oct 1798 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Children of Jeremiah Wiswall and Hannah Marean are:

+	8	i.	Esther¹⁰ Wiswall, born 15 Aug 1771 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 16 Jun 1801 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	9	ii.	Thomas Wiswall, born 05 Jan 1775 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 27 Apr 1836 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.
+	10	iii.	Col. Enoch Wiswall, born 09 Feb 1777 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 19 Nov 1842 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
+	11	iv.	Hannah Marean Wiswall, born 18 Dec 1779 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died 15 Apr 1838 in Newton Lower Falls, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
	12	v.	Noah Wiswall, born 18 Dec 1779 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stone 09 Jan 1806 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; born 12 Aug 1780 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts ².

Notes for Noah Wiswall:
I can find no evidence that this couple had children.

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