The family of Jesse Holbrook 1729-1815

I've written earlier about Jesse Holbrook, a man whom I admire, based on the facts I've uncovered.  However, he seems to have let me down in one way.  I don't have 10 or 12 children to write about, so this will be a shorter post.  

Jesse was the youngest son of Joseph and Mary Cook Holbrook.  He was born July 21, 1729 and died April 17, 1815, both in Bellingham, Massachusetts.  He married Abigail Thayer, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Wheelock Thayer, on March 28, 1753.  Abigail goes back on two different lines to Ferdinando Thayer, so here is another Thayer connection to the Holbrook family.

Jesse and Abigail seem to have had just five children, which was low for the Holbrook line.  We don't know whether there may have been unsuccessful pregnancies.  Of the five children, just two married and had children of their own.  Huldah was born in 1754 and died in 1775, unmarried.  Hannah was born in 1758 and died in 1776, unmarried.  Lucretia was born in 1766 and died in 1790, unmarried.  They were aged 18 to 24 when they died, which must have grieved Jesse and Abigail terribly.  (I have seen lists that include Triphena and Abigail as their daughters, but the Bellingham birth records don't mention either daughter. Perhaps they died at birth.)

However, two sons did live, marry, and have children.  Amariah was born June 6, 1756.  He married Molly (Molley) Wright, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Wilson Wright.  They had at least seven children, and I will mention them in my next post since Amariah is our ancestor.  

Jesse Holbrook Junior was born October 7, 1764 and married Clara or Clarissa Hixson, daughter of Ezra and Esther Fisher Hixson (Hixon).  She was a descendant of Samuel Morse, who is our ancestor on another line, but that was the only connection to our other family members that I located.  Jesse and Clarissa's family included Ursula, Lucretia, Willard, Ezra, another Willard, and Hannah.  

One thing I wonder about the two Jesses: Did they get along?  Jesse Jr moved to Connecticut shortly after his marriage, and then on to New York.  None of the family, other than Ezra, seem to be named for family members, and only Ezra and Hannah were Biblical names, which were used by most of the family for generations.  These are the kinds of questions that names and lists can't tell us.