Holbrook line: Michael Lunsford 1700 ish to 1756

I really don't know enough about Michael to write a post, but I'm going to at least give a few details about him.  He is a mystery in that he was born about 1700, but I am unable to find any hint of identity for his parents.  At this point, I am wondering if he was the immigrant, but I have no evidence of that, just a lack of evidence for parents. 

The first time he leaves a record is on November 9, 1727, when, as Mickel Lunsford, he is married to Elizabeth Hackben in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.  Elizabeth Hackben is also a mystery as to who she was.  Perhaps both of them had come to Massachusetts as indentured servants, but that is purely my speculation.  I intend to keep searching until I find four parents for this couple. 

I know very little of Michael's life for the next 29 years after his marriage.  He and Elizabeth had three known children, all girls.  At some point, they left Bridgewater and moved to Stafford, Hartford County, Connecticut.  Ir is at that location that we find his name on a list dated May 5, 1756, from Mansfield, Connecticut, stating that these 48 men, including a "Mickel Lunsford", had been mustered in to the military for an intended expedition against the French at Crown Point.  The planned expedition didn't take place, and we are left wondering whether this is our Mickel Lunsford or not.  He wrote his will April 12, 1756, perhaps in anticipation of leaving with his companions.  Or perhaps this is not our Mickel Lunsford at all.  Perhaps our Mickel was already sick. 

The will was exhibited June 7, 1756, which conflicts with a printed death date of June 8, 1756.  At present, I can't explain the discrepancy.  The will was pretty straightforward  He left the use of  everything, real and personal, to his wife until or unless she remarried.  Then it was to be divided equally between his three daughters.  One daughter, Mary White, was to receive 40 shillings, apparently when the will was probated. 

We don't know what his cause of death was.  There were influenza like illnesses and also dysentery that were common causes of death that year.  If he had marched with the troops for any length of time, he would have been exposed to any number of camp diseases.  We just don't know. 

Judging from his probable age at his marriage in 1727, he was probably in his early fifties when he died. An inventory was taken June 25, 1756.  Michael owned 52 acres of land and a dwelling house, a gun and 5 books, various farm animals, and other basic household and farming equipment.  The total value of the estate was a little less than one hundred twenty pounds. 

This is all that I currently know about Michael.  I would love to know more about his life and especially I would love to know where he came from, and who his parents were.  The same goes for his wife Elizabeth.  But for now, we will have to be content with the knowledge that Michael and Elizabeth lived the kind of lives we all want to live, just quietly raising a family and planning for their future.

The line of descent is:

Michael Lunsford-Elizabeth Hackben
Elizabeth Lansford-Nathan Foster
Jude Foster-Lydia M
Betsy Foster-Josiah Whittemore
Mary Elizabeth Whittermore-Joseph Holbrook
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants