Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jotham Brigham
and Abigail (Howe) Brigham
Sister of
Abraham Brigham, Edmund Brigham, Oliver Brigham, Asa Brigham, Persis (Brigham) Knapp and Antipas Brigham
Wife of
Jonathan Stratton
— married
23 Feb 1742 (to 10 Aug 1758) in Marlborough, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Jonathan Stratton Jr. and Sarah (Stratton) Barnes
Died before
before age 74
in Marlborough MA
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Feb 2010
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Biography
Elizabeth (Betty) Brigham married Jonathan Stratton in Marlborough in 1742. After his death she remarried unsuccessfully, and returned to Marlboro where she died by 1794.
Marriage
At Marlborough:
"Straten, Jonathan and Betty Brigham, Feb. 23, 1741-2."[1]
Children
- Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1742 ; m. Sept. 10, 1765, Abigail Barnes.
- Betty, b. April 11, 1744; m. Sept. 4, 1764, William Brigham.
- Sarah, b. March 20, 1746; m. Nov. 14, 1769, Daniel Barnes.
- Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 17-18.
- Lucy, b. Dec. 4, 1750; d. April 1, 1771, unm.
- Aaron, b. Sept. 6, 1753; d. Oct 19, 1753.
Sources
- ↑ Franklin P. Price, compiler, Vital Records of Marlborough, Mass., to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, MA: F.P. Rice, trustee of the fund, 1908), p. 313
- Howe Genealogies by Daniel Wait Howe, Vol. 2, Page 282
- Paige, Lucius R. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts: with a genealogical register. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1990), Elisha Hedge Page 396, Page 509.
Betty, widow of Jonathan Stratton m. (int) 4 Nov 1765 Elisha Hedge. She "appears to have left him" and returned to Marlborough where she died. Son Jonathan Stratton appointed administrator on 11 Mar 1794.
- History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incoporation of the town, by Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881; Allen, Joseph, 1790-1873 , # 27-70 Betty Page 335
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