Eliakim WARDWELL

1687 - 1753  (66 years)

• Name	Eliakim WARDWELL
  Born	17 Aug 1687	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Witchcraft connection?	Y
  Witch Description	He was 5 when his parents were accused of witchcraft, and was sent to live with neighbors.
  Died	16 Oct 1753	York, York, Maine
  Buried	Old York Cemetery, York, York, Maine   [1]
  Person ID	I7832	Main
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel WARDWELL,   b. 16 May 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Sep 1692, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Sarah HOOPER,   b. 7 Dec 1650, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef Jan 1712, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age < 61 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1673	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Notes	Married by Major William Hathorne
  Family ID	F11228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth BRAGDON,   b. 9 Apr 1691, York, York, Maine ,   d. Aft 16 Oct 1753, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age > 62 years)
  Married	Oct 1710	York, York, Maine   [2]
  Children	1. Meribah WARDWELL,   b. 25 Dec 1720, York, York, Maine ,   d. 1753, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 32 years) + 2. Capt Daniel WARDWELL,   b. 17 Apr 1734, York, York, Maine ,   d. 7 Jan 1803, Castine, Hancock, Maine  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F10697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Aug 1687 - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Married - Oct 1710 - York, York, Maine Died - 16 Oct 1753 - York, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Eliakim, the youngest s/o Sarah (HOOPER) Hawkes and Samuel WARDWELL, was born August 17, 1687, at Andover in the Massachusetts Colony. He was named for his paternal uncle of New Jersey. The baby's grandfather, Thomas Wardwell, with his wife Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), had emigrated from the Parish of Alford, Lincolnshire, England, to the Bay Colony in 1634, probably aboard the “Griffin”. The biblical given name of "Eliakim" appears only in the descendants of the Thomas Wardwell branch of the Wardwells in America. In mid-August of 1692, when Eliakim was just five years old, his father, age 49, was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned at Salem. A few weeks later, on September 1, Eliakim's mother, 42, his sister, Mercy, 19, and his half-sister, Sarah Hawkes, 21, were also accused and imprisoned at Salem. The sheriff seized Samuel's moveable property, and then the Selectmen of Andover, fearing that the four younger Wardwell children remaining at home (Samuel Junior, William, Elizabeth, and Eliakim) might be endangered---even imprisoned, or become a tax burden to the town, placed them out in neighboring homes in Andover with the county court's approval. Eliakim was sent to the home of Mehitable (OSGOOD) and Daniel POOR. Only Eliakim's half-brother, Thomas, 21, remained on the Wardwell homestead, his age precluding any action by the Selectmen. Sister, Rebecca had been cared for by her maternal aunts since her mother's imprisonment. The Court Order placing the minor Wardwell children in Andover homes had said, "for ye time being should place out, of if need require, binde out said children", and in Eliakim's case, "until he was 21". While Eliakim may have worked for or was apprenticed to Daniel POOR until he was 21, in all probability he lived at home as did the other "bound out" Wardwell children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 114666517. [S100] Maine Marriages, 1713-1907, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FL-X9M : 14 January 2020), Eliakim Wardwell, 1826.