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3. JONATHAN LAMBERT, son of Joshua2 and Abigail (Linnell) Lambert, and grandson of Thomas1 and Joyce Lambert, was b. 28 Apr. 1657 in Barnstable, Mass. and came to T. abt. 1692 with his wife, ELIZABETH EDDY (22) to whom he was m. 11 Dec. 1683, and bringing four of his elder children. A sketch of him is to be found in Vol. II, Annals of W. T., p. 53, which comprises all that is known of his life. He followed the occupation of carpenter, and d. 1738. His will 23 Mch. 1736-7 was pro. 3 Oct. 1738. This name is found in early records as Lombard, Lumbard, Lumbert and other similar variations, and from investigations made by the author it is probable that this family originated in county Somerset, England. The name of Barnard Lumberd, one of the emigrants, is found in that county and it is believed that further research would establish connection between New England and the home of the emigrant.
10. JONATHAN, b. 20 Nov. 1684.
11. ALICE, b. 16 Oct. 1686; m. JOHN NEWCOMB (16) 23 Sept. 1709.
12. EBENEZER, b. 1 Feb. 1688; (deaf mute) unm.
13. ABIGAIL, b. 12 July 1691; m. ROBERT PARKER 26 Dec. 1717.
14. SAMUEL, b. 1693.
15. HANNAH, b. (1696), m. NATHANIEL DAVIS 15 Oct. 1719.
16. BEULAH, b. 1704; d. 5 Mch. 1790 unm. (deaf mute).
10. JONATHAN LAMBERT, (Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 20 Nov. 1684; res; T., weaver. He m. (1) RACHEL TILTON (13) 19 Oct. 1707, who was b. abt. 1685 and d. 14 Feb. 1733-4; (2) Mrs. PATIENCE (Bourne) ALLEN (wid. of Joseph (17) ), dau. of Shearjashub and Bathsheba (Skiffe) Bourne of Sandwich, who was b. 20 Apr. 1686 and d. 13 Feb. 1765. He was selectman 1737 and d. 24 Apr. 1769.
20. BENJAMIN, b. 22 July 1709.
21. ANNA, b. 7 Feb. 1711; m. NATHANIEL BAKER Jr., 7 Sept. 1732.
22. HEPSIBAH, b. 1713; m. JOHN COFFIN (34) abt. 1738.
23. MARY, b. 18 May 1715; prob. m. DAVID COFFIN (42).
24. TABITHA, b. 19 Oct. 1718; m. ABIJAH ATHEARN (24).
25. ZACCHEUS, b. (1725).
14. SAMUEL LAMBERT, (Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 1693; res. T., wheelwright and carpenter. He m. (1) MARY COOMER 10 Apr. 1717 (who was the mother of his children); (2) Mrs. ABIGAIL (Cottle) (21) (Presbury) LUCE (wid. of John Presbury (53) and Benjamin Luce (34) ); she was b. 6 June 1702 and d. 29 Apr. 1780. He d. 24 Sept. 1786 and his will 24 Mch. 1785 was pro. 1 Nov. 1786.
30. ELIZABETH, b. 10 Oct. 1727; m. RANSFORD SMITH (410).
31. GIDEON, b. 21 Mch 1729.
32. ELISHA, b. 24 Deb. 1732.
33. LEMUEL, b. 17 Aug. 1733. .
34. SAMUEL, b. (1735).
20. BENJAMIN LAMBERT, (Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomasl), b. 22 July 1709; res. T. and C., weaver. He m. BATHSHEBA MAYHEW (131) 16 Jan. 1735, who was b. 1708 and d. 8 July 1776 and her will 15 June 1776 was pro. 3 Aug. 1776. He d. 21 Feb. 1792.
40. TIMOTHY, b. 25 Nov. 1735.
41. MOSES, b. 25 Nov. 1737.
42. RACHEL, b. 20 Mch. 1741; m. NATHAN TILTON (61) 3 Mch. 1764.
43. HANNAH, b. 8 Mch. 1744; d. 11 Nov. 1817.
44. MARY, b. June 1746.
45. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 1747; d. 9 July 1761.
25. ZACCHEUS LAMBERT, (Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. abt. 1725; res. C. (Naushon), light-keeper and inn-keeper. He rem. later to Nantucket where he d. abt. 1774. His house was at Tarpaulin Cove in 1762 and he had been, at that time, the keeper of the lighthouse for several years. He m. Mrs. HANNAH ALLEN of Nantucket 8 Feb. 1754. She survived and adm. his est. Apr. 1774.
50. THOMAS, b. 11 Apr. 1755.
51. ZACCHEUS, b. 1757.
52. JERUSHA, b. (1759); m. JONATHAN MOSIER: 4 July 1776.
53. DAVID, b. (1760); m. ABIGAIL SWASEY, 4 Oct. 1797.
31. GIDEON LAMBERT, (Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 21 Mch. 1729; res. T. blacksmith; rem. to Winthrop, Me. 1769, where he d. 5 Dec. 1819. He m. SUSANNA LUCE (224) abt. 1760, who was b. 6 June 1734 and d. 28 Feb. 1802. He was in Mil. Co. of T. 1757-8.
60. EBENEZER, b. 8 May 1761; Rev. soldier; res. Winthrop, Me.
61. PAUL, b. 16 July 1763; m. MERCY DEXTER 25 Nov. 1790.
62. SILAS, b. 15 Oct. 1765; m. Mrs. HANNAH (Soule) BONNEY.
63. BEULAH, b. 1 Jan. 1768; unm.
64. SUSANNA, b. 24 Sept. 1770; m. SAMUEL PEASE (551).
65. PHEBE:, b. 20 May 1774.
66. GIDEON, b. 11 June 1777; m. SUSANNA FAIRBANKS.
32. ELISHA LAMBERT, (Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 24 Feb. 1732; res. T., weaver. He m. EUNICE NORTON (490) 19 Dec. 1754, who was b. abt. 1738, and surviving her husband m. (2) WILLIAM ROTCH (20) abt. 1768. Elisha Lambert d. 20 Apr. 1765.
70. JOHN, b. Jan. 1756; Rev. soldier Sea Coast Defence 1776; d. 7 Aug. 1776.
71. SAMUEL, b. 21 Jan. 1758.
72. ELISHA, b. (1760).
73. ABIGAIL, b. (1763); perh. m. THOMAS HUTCHINS 6 Apr. 1806.
74. MARY, b. (1766).
33. LEMUEL LAMBERT, (Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 17 Aug. 1733; res. T., husbandman. He m. RELIANCE COTTLE (90) 14 Oct. 1756, who was b. 1732 and d. 1 Sept. 1809. He d. 11 Oct. 1816.
80. MARY, b. (1759); m. ABIJAH LUCE (492) 1 Jan. 1784.
81. ABIGAIL, b. (1762); m. GEORGE LUCE (452) 19 Nov. 1789.
82. ELIZABETH, b. 18 Oct. 1765; m. JOSEPH LUCE (487) 31 Aug. 1794.
83. (Child), b. and d. 1768.
34. SAMUEL LAMBERT, (Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. abt. 1735; res. T., mariner and pilot; rem. to Mattapoisett abt. 1780, where he d. 24 June 1795. He m. MERCY WHITE of Rochester 8 Feb. 1781. He was a Rev. soldier and pensioner, serving in the Sea Coast Defence 1776, and with John Paul Jones in the "Alliance". He had, besides others:
90. SAMUEL.
91. JOSEPH.
40. TIMOTHY LAMBERT, (Benjamin5, Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 25 Nov. 1735; res. T., housewright. He m. HANNAH TILTON (62) abt. 1768, who was b. 1739 and d. 12 Oct. 1814. He d. 7 Nov. 1819.
100. BETSEY, b. 14 May 1770; unm. [She d. Feb. 1854 in Tisbury.]
101. NANCY, b. 23 Sept. 1773; m. [Dea.] TIMOTHY ATHEARN (91) 12 Dec. 1793. [She died 19 Dec 1858 in Tisbury of consumption, and is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
102. BENJAMIN, b. (1775); d. unm.
103. WILLIAM, b. 1777; m. LAURA LAMBERT (120) 6 June 1811 [in Chilmark.]
104. ABIGAIL, b. 10 July 1778; unm. [She died Apr. 1854 in Tisbury.]
105. MATTHEW, b. 1782; d. 1 May 1845, unm.
41. MOSES LAMBERT, (Benjamin5, Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 25 Nov. 1737; res. C., yeoman. He m. SARAH HAYDEN 8 Apr. 1762, who was b. 15 Oct. 1739 in Braintree and d. 26 Mch. 1828. He d. 3 Aug. 1819 [in Chilmark.]
110. JONATHAN b. 5 Nov. 1762; m. LOVE MANTER (153) 19 Nov. 1800 [in Chilmark.] [They had a son, Capt. William M. Lambert, b. 4 Oct. 1801 in Chilmark. He married Betsey W. Hancock of Chilmark (the daughter of John Hancock and Mary Look) on 30 Oct. 1829 in Tisbury, and they had children Caleb Lambert (1829), Frederick Lambert (1831), William M. Lambert Jr. (1833), and John H. Lambert (1842).]
111. SARAH, b. 5 Jan. 1764; m. PRINCE LOOK (80) 29 Nov. 1787.
112. MARY, b. 6 Mch. 1765; m. JEREMIAH STEWART (124) 6 Nov. 1788 [in Chilmark.].
113. JAMES, b. 15 May 1766: d. 26 Oct. 1766.
114. THOMAS, b. 10 Aug. 1767.
115. ABISHA, b. 9 Aug. 1769.
116. PEGGY b. 8 Feb. 1771 ; d. 9 Apr. 1840 unm.
117. NANCY, b. 8 Feb. 1771; d. 30 July 1834.
118. BATHSHEBA, b. 25 Mch. 1773; m. WILLIAM POOL 17 May 1798 [in Chilmark.]
119. DEBORAH, b. 15 Aug. 1774; m. ISAAC WINSLOW 20 Nov. 1800.
120. LAURA, b. 15 Feb. 1776; m. WILLIAM LAMBERT (103) 6 June 1811 [in Chilmark.]
121. PRUDENCE, b. 16 Dec. 1777; m. GEORGE WEST (260) 27 Oct. 1796 [in Chilmark.].
122. BELINDA, b. 29 Dec. 1781 ; m. JERUEL WEST (272) 8 Dec. 1803 [in Chilmark.] [She died 19 Feb. 1861 in Tisbury.]
71. SAMUEL LAMBERT, (Elisha5, Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 21. Jan. 1758; res. T., husbandman. He m. MARY CHASE (235) 4 Apr. 1787, who was b. 29 Apr. 1769 and d. 8 Dec. 1859 [of consumption in Tisbury.] He d. 12 Apr. 1815 and his will 10 Apr. 1815 was pro. 9 May 1815. [They are both buried in Lambert's Cove Cemetery.]
160. JOHN, b. 30 July 1787; m. BATHSHEBA LOOK (137) 23 Oct. 1811.
161. PRUDENCE, b. Feb. 1789; m. TRISTRAM WEEKS (170) 24 Oct. 1811.
162. SAMUEL, b. (1791).
163. REBECCA, b. (1793); m. PELEG WINSLOW (63) (int.) 15 Jan. 1816. [She died 13 Feb. 1850 in New Bedford of lung fever.]
164. CHARLOTTE, b. (1796); m. GEORGE WEEKS (175) 30 Mch. 1820.
165. ELISHA, b. 1798; m. HANNAH NORTON (654) 20 Feb. 1828. [He died in 1846 and is buried at Lambert's Cove Cemetery. Hannah died 21 May 1871 in Tisbury of apoplexy. They had a son Charles Lambert, born 31 Dec. 1828 in Edgartown, who was a Tisbury yeoman and married Betsey A. Chase; a daughter Leaneth Lambert, born 11 Apr. 1837 in Tisbury, who married Peter D. Claghorn; a daughter Melinthia M. Lambert, born 6 Jan. 1839 in Tisbury, who married Benjamin D. Crowell; and a daughter Diana L. Lambert, born about 6 Oct. 1840 in Tisbury, who married Samuel Andrews.]
166. ALMIRA, b. 18 Sept. 1800; m. CHARLES WEEKS (176) 16 Aug. 1821.
167. MARY, b. 21 May 1807; m. WILLIAM CROWELL (86) (int.) 3 May 1834.
72. ELISHA LAMBERT, (Elisha5, Samuel4, Jonathan3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. abt. 1760; res. T., yeoman. He m. PHEBE YOUNG 12 June 1788 and proh. rem. to Maine bef. 1800 as no further record of him has been found. (ADDITION: It has been since leaned that he removed to Maine.)
170. ABIGAIL, b. 1789; d. y.
171. (Child), b. 1790; d. y.
172. LEVI YOUNG, b. 6 July 1795; m. Mrs. ELIZA (Norton) (720) GRAY, wid. of James Gray, who was b. 5 June 1796 and d. 9 May 1891 at Tisbury.
114. THOMAS LAMBERT, (Moses6, Benjamin5, Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 10 Aug. 1767; res. C. He m. PARNELL HILLMAN (196) 30 Oct. 1791, who was b. 29 July 1767. He d. [10] Feb. 1815 [in Chilmark, of "lethargy"], but date of her death is unknown.
200. PHEBE, b. 7 Sept. 1793; d. unm.
201. THOMAS HAYDEN, b. 8 Apr. 1795; m. (1) DEBORAH LAMBERT (213) 26 Nov 1818 [in Chilmark; she died 31 May 1819 in Chilmark]; (2) LYDIA WEST (213) 22 Jan. 1825. [The Hon. Thomas H. Lambert and his second wife had a daughter Laura H. Lambert who died in Chilmark on 4 Sep 1842 of dysentery and typhoid fever, aged 7y 4m 6d.]
202. SARAH, b. 17 May 1797; m. ISAAC HILLMAN (721) 26 Jan. 1846.
203. PARNELL, b. 18 Sept. 1799; living 1850, unm.
204. JAMES OTIS, b. 14 Oct. 1804; d. unm.
205. PRUDENCE, b. , 17 Jan. 1808; d. 1825, unm.
206. CAROLINE A. b. 17 Jan. 1808; unm.
115. ABISHAI LAMBERT, (Moses6, Benjamin5, Jonathan4-3, Joshua2, Thomas1), b. 9 Aug. 1769; res. C., yeoman. He m. HEPSIBAH COFFIN (101) 16 Oct. 1792, who was b. 22 Nov. 1773 and d. 1 Feb. 1868 [of "old age" in Tisbury.] He d. 13 Apr. 1827.
210. MOSES, b. Dec. 1793; unm.
211. SARAH COFFIN, b. 31 Jan. 1795; m. GEORGE MEADER.
212. JOHN, b. 24 Aug. 1797; d. 24 Jan. 1824; (at sea). [Karen Eddy notes "In Starbuck's History of Nantucket, John's death is chronicled in the Globe Mutiny: 'Mr. Lambert was an entirely inoffensive man with six children dependent on him.'"]
213. DEBORAH ANN, b. 23 Jan. 1799; m. THOS. H. LAMBERT (201) 26 Nov. 1818 [in Chilmark.]
214. (Child), b. June 1801; d. y.
215. THOMAS FRANKLIN, b. 3 Sept. 1803; m. (1) MARY M. POOLE 4 July 1837; (2) ELIZA BRADFORD.
216. SOPHRONIA PEASE, b. 18 Aug. 1805; m. (1) JOHN PEASE; (2) SAMUEL HANCOCK.
217. JULIA ADELINE, b. 1 Nov. 1807; m. (1) A. S. SAMPSON; (2) L. C. WOOD.
218. KEZIAH FANNING, b. 4 Aug. 1817; m. SAMUEL FLANDERS (57) 2 Apr. 1837
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