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Ebenezer and Mary Helme Terry Dr. Ebenezer Terry, 1696-1780, was the first native physician of Enfield. He practiced for a number of years in South Kingston, Rhode Island, where he married Mary Helme, great-granddaughter of Sergeant Christopher Helme, of Warwick, Rhode Island, who died in 1650. Dr. Terry returned to Enfield in 1722, and at one time represented the town in the General Court of Massachusetts. Enfield did not become a part of Connecticut until 1750. Dr. Terry's daughter, Penelope Terry, 1729-30-1818, as her father's pupil and assistant in the practice of his profession, was a forerunner of the women physicians of today. In her obituary, already referred to, the Hartford "Courant" states that she practiced for thirty-three years and was present at the birth of 1,389 children. She welcomed into life a whole generation of the inhabitants of this town, and is as worthy of commemoration for her good works as her husband, Captain Abbey, the subject of this memorial. She was the mother of eleven children, and left forty-five grandchildren" fifty-two great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. A total of 104 descendants of herself and Captain Abbey were living at the time of her death, January 2, 1818. Ebenezer was a physician who lived for a time in South Kingston, Rhode Island but settled in Enfield around 1722, representing the town in the legislature (of the Massachusetts colony). Mary was the daughter of Samuel Helme of South Kingston, Rhode Island. Descendants of Ebenezer and Mary Helme Terry 1 Ebenezer Terry 1696 - 1780 b: March 31, 1696 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: August 02, 1780 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Mary Helme 1700 - 1762 b: June 14, 1700 d: April 05, 1762 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: Abt. 1724 in Enfield, Connecticut 2 Samuel Terry b: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Ebenezer Terry 1722 - 1817 b: October 29, 1722 in S. Kingstown, RI. d: July 15, 1817 in field, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Mindwell Pease 1734 - b: September 08, 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in field, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: January 17, 1760 in field, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Dorcas Terry 1725 - b: April 02, 1725 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 John Terry 1725/26 - b: March 07, 1725/26 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Mary Terry 1728 - b: April 16, 1728 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Penelope Terry 1729/30 - b: February 05, 1729/30 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Thomas Abbe, Jr. 1731 - 1817 b: April 11, 1731 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: December 05, 1817 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: Abt. 1749 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Mehitable Terry 1734 - 1737 b: July 05, 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: July 09, 1737 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Christopher Helms Terry 1735/36 - b: March 03, 1735/36 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut 2 Hiram Terry 1737/38 - b: February 16, 1737/38 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut 2 Mehitable Terry 1739/40 - 1744 b: January 06, 1739/40 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: August 31, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
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