M, #224, b. 4 May 1738, d. 31 October 1822
Father*William (4) Makepeace1 b. c 1704, d. 15 Apr 1740
Mother*Experience Aldrich b. 11 Nov 1702
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     William (5) Makepeace was born on 4 May 1738 in Norton.2,3 He was the son of William (4) Makepeace and Experience Aldrich.1 He married Anna Cobb on 9 September 1757 in Norton.4 He "served as a sergeant in the expedition against Louisburg, in 1758. He was a farmer, and lived on the same farm from about the time of his first marriage, in 1757, to his death..."5 He married Deborah Briggs on 17 February 1773.3 While the handwritten vital record from Norton, Massachusetts for the family of William Makepeace only records Anne Cobb as wife and mother, there is ample evidence of her death, the marriage and death of his second wife Deborah Briggs, and his marriage to Ruth Hunt. As further evidence, the will of Timothy Briggs (father of Deborah Briggs) mentions his grandson Jonathan Makepeace, but not his daughter or any other grandchildren from her. He married Ruth Hunt, daughter of Samuel Hunt and Experience Paine, on 8 December 1774 in Norton.6,7,5 William was an American Revolutionary War Soldier, a sergeant in Capt Seth Gilbert's Company, Col. John Daggett's Regiment, which responded to the Lexington Alarm.8 He died on 31 October 1822 in Norton at age 84.3

Family 1: Anna Cobb b. 28 Apr 1740, d. 4 May 1771

Family 2: Deborah Briggs b. 4 Dec 1741, d. 7 May 1774

Family 3: Ruth Hunt b. 8 Aug 1741, d. 25 Apr 1824

Citations

  1. [S382] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, dates vary), William Makepeace/Experience Aldrich entry. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital and Town Records.
  2. [S382] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, William Makepeace entry.
  3. [S20] William Makepeace, The Genealogy of the Makepeace Families in the United States, From 1637 to 1857 (Boston: Printed by David Clapp, 1859) https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmakep00make. Hereinafter cited as The Genealogy of the Makepeace Families in the United States.
  4. [S382] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, William Makepeace family entry.
  5. [S20] William Makepeace, The Genealogy of the Makepeace Families in the United States https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmakep00make , pg. 61.
  6. [S382] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, William Makepeace/Ruth Hunt marriage entry for Norton, Massachusetts.
  7. [S74] Vital records of Norton, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1906), pg. 279. Hereinafter cited as Vital records of Norton.
  8. [S411] William Makepeace (5) DAR record, unknown series. Hereinafter cited as William Makepeace (5) DAR record.