Elizabeth (Cowperthwaite) Shotwell (1692 - 1785)

Born 24 Apr 1692 in Flushing, Queens, Long Island, NY

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Shotwell — married 5 Oct 1712 in Flushing, Queens, NY

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 92 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

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Biography

married Abraham Shotwell

Find-A-Grave: Elizabeth Cowperthwaite Shotwell BIRTH 24 Apr 1692 Flushing, Queens Co., New York DEATH unknown Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey BURIAL Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Quaker unmarked Parents: John Cowperthwaite 1668–1732, Sarah Adams Cowperthwaite 1668 – unknown Spouse: Abraham Shotwell 1688–1757.

Daughter of John Cowperthwaite (1668 - 1732) & Sarah Adams (b. 1688) resided in Long Island, NY. Marriage to Abraham Shotwell on 05 OCT 1712 in Flushing, Queens, New York Colony. Source: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society/NY Marriage Index. Elizabeth & Abraham Shotwell raised a family in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. Their Children:: Elizabeth 1716-1757 m. Joseph Webster 1710-1790. Sarah 1720-1752 m. John Vail & Jacob Laing 1722-1798. Hannah (Johannah) 1722- abt 1723. John Shotwell 1727-1857 m. Anna Dove 1726-1790. Abraham 1732-1775 m. Mary Hampton. Deborah 1735-1753 m. Daniel Shotwell 1725-1788, son of Joseph Shotwell 1692-1732 & Mary Manning. Elizabeth's date of death is unsourced. Family records have her date of death as Feb 2, 1777. Source Provided: Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Ancestry. It is presumed she died in Piscathaway, Middlesex, NJ, year of death is unknown (corrected). Non Cemetery burial- Quaker.

Sources

Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182754720/elizabeth-shotwell

• WikiTree profile Cowperthwaite-15 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.

Sources

• Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.