Deliverance Pease (abt. 1641 - 1694)

Born about 1641 in MA

Died 26 Jul 1694 at about age 53 in Groton, MA

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Biography

There is confusion about William Longley’s wives. Lydia Madeline Longley, in her testimony for her baptism into the Roman Catholic Church in Montreal on April 24, 1696, gave her parents’ names as John Longley and Deliverance Crispe. Considering the date she was born (April 1674), Deliverance was most likely her step-mother who raised her. We have no marriage record of William and Deliverance; we do have a marriage record of John with Lydia (no surname given, but quite possibly Pease) on May 15 1672 in Groton, MA. Lydia was most likely the mother of William’s older children, but not his younger. We don’t actually have a record of when this Lydia died. As a result some genealogists combine the two wives, calling her Lydia Deliverance.

Adding to the confusion, different genealogies list Deliverance as different people. We have no documentation to prove exactly who this Deliverance Crispe was. The following are the best possibilities.

1. She might have been the daughter of Benjamin Crispe and Mary Bridget or (much less likely) Joanna Goffe. She would then have married William Longley after his first wife Lydia died around 1680.

2. She might have had unknown parentage and married Jonathan Crispe, son of Benjamin Crispe and Mary Bridget. Jonathan was dead in 1680 when his father administered his estate. It's possible his widow married widower William Longley.

3. She might have been Lydia (last name unlisted although many genealogies consider her the daughter of Robert Pease), and Deliverance was a name she went by later on in life. In this case, Lydia wouldn't have died around 1679. We have no documentation of Lydia's death or William's marriage to Deliverance, which makes this a possibility.

Sources

http://minerdescent.com/2010/06/22/benjamin-crispe/

Lancaster, MA marriage records

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