Elisha Bruce was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, on September 14, 1695, the son of Roger and Elizabeth Bruce.[1][2][3]
He married Silence Newton in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on June 18, 1718. They removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where their first child was born in 1720, then to Marlborough by 1725, and to Southborough, Massachusetts, by 1731. Children:[1][2][4]
Elisha, Jr., born May 7, 1731, in Southborough; married 1st, January 8, 1754, Ruth Parmenter, 2nd, May 4, 1762, Esther Buck; died April 23, 1810, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.[1][10][11][12]
Elisha Bruce appears in a deed dated May 1, 1762, in which he released and quitclaimed to his son Elisha, Jr., all his lands in Southborough including his right in "ye land now improved by my brother David lying and being the northerly part of the farm that was my honored father's." (Worcester Deeds, 46: 145).[13]
Death: No death record has been found for Elisha Bruce in Southborough, or Hopkinton records (where one person on Geni.com cites he died on 10 Jan 1770).
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2Newton Genealogy: Page 561 (Footnotes). Citing: "ELISHA BRUCE (s. Roger) and SILENCE NEWTON, m. in Marlborough June 18, 1718, moved to Worcester and had : [4 Children]."
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 September 2020), memorial page for Elisha Bruce Sr. (14 Sep 1695–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #191359086, ; Maintained by J. Ivins (contributor 49641763) Burial Details Unknown. Note: Contains Unknown Burial. For Research Only.
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