Elizabeth (Cooper) Huddleston (1673 - abt. 1729)

Born 13 Apr 1673 in Low Ellington, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Huddleston Sr. — married Mar 1701 in Bucks, British Colonial America, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1729 at about age 55 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Elizabeth was born (or baptised) on 13 Apr 1673 in Low Ellington, Yorkshire, daughter of William Cooper II (1649 - 1709) and Thomasine Porter (1658 - 1698). A pre-merge version of the profile reported that she was born in Snapt, but provided no sources, and this place name can not be located on maps.

An earlier pre-merge version of the profile recorded that she "had one of two children illegitimately before her marriage to Henry Huddleston. No marriage records before Henry were found."

She had an illegitimate child born Jan 2, 1698, before coming to America. (Israel's birth record mentions only his mother, Elizabeth.) Her father listed Israel in his will, but not with Elizabeth’s three Huddleston children. Most likely William took Israel as his own since he was given an equal share with his other children.

1. Israel Cooper, b Mar 2, 1798; adopted by his grandfather, William Cooper

She came to America with her father and family in 1699 when she was 26 years old. She was still unmarried at the time.

1701 - When Elizabeth was 28, it seems that William arranged a good marriage for her to his prosperous friend Henry Huddleston (1660-1706), who was 41. Henry was not a Quaker, which caused William trouble with his church, but he probably felt that it was good for his daughter and her illegitimate child. One of her sisters may have married a brother of Henry Huddleston, possibly William.

Elizabeth and William were the parents of :

1. William Huddleston, b 1702; m Dorothy Walsh; d 1776, Bucks Co, PA
   
2. Elizabeth Jane Huddleston, b 1704
   
3. Henry Huddleston, Jr; b 1706; m Mary Wilkinson; d 1780, Plumstead twp, Bucks Co, Pa.

Elizabeth had only been married 4 years when her husband Henry died in 1705 leaving her with 3 very small children (one unborn), and then her father William died in 1709. William named his children in his will and gave Israel an equal share, possibly because he had raised Israel. He also named Elizabeth’s three Huddleston children. Israel was 11 when William died. Perhaps he lived with Elizabeth afterwards. He died in 1712 at the age of 14.

Elizabeth married Thomas Davis sometime after 1705.

A 1743 deed shows that Elizabeth Cooper Huddleston married Thomas Davis. It also shows that she was alive in 1729.^[1]

Research Notes

Earlier pre-merge versions of the profile recorded that :

• Elizabeth died in Bucks, PA in 1706. No sources were provided, and this is assumed to have been in error.
• Elizabeth was the wife of Henry Huddleston (Sr, esq), and mother of Henry b.1657,^[2] and died and was buried in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, on 21 Nov 1659.^[3] This appears to have conflated her with at least one different Elizabeth.

Sources

1. ↑ Davis, John David (1997). Bucks County, Pennsylvania Deed Records 1684 - 1763, p.159. np : Heritage. Book is located at Spruance Library which is part of The Mercer Museum, Bucks County, PA Historical Society, Doylestown, PA : 3 Apr 1743, William & Dorothy Huddleston, cordwinder, of Middlestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania to William Blakey, yeoman, of same, L12.1, 100 acres line of James Dilworth purchased 1706, of William Hayhurst by Henry & Elizabeth Huddleston, (parents of said William and said Elizabeth later married Thomas Davis) and said Thomas and Elizabeth, sold 1729 to said William. Signed William Huddleston and Dorothy Huddleston. Wit. John Cawley and Euetydus Longshore.
2. ↑ Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, Cambridgeshire Baptisms, viewed at https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FB%2F323355854%2F1 : Birth at Sawston, Cambridgeshire, on 4 Oct 1657 of Henry, son of Henry Esq and Elizabeth.
3. ↑ Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society, Cambridgeshire Burials, viewed at https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F403184562%2F1 : Burial at Sawston, Cambridgeshire, on 21 Nov 1659 of Elizabeth, wife of Henry Huddleston (Sr, esq). [This is a burial date and Elizabeth is assumed to have died somewhat earlier.]

See also :

• Ancestry Family Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8570615&pid=-373085553
• Ancestry Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=50193025&pid=893
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-126243821-1-227/elizabeth-huddleston-born-cooper-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-171378602-3-502628/elizabeth-huddleston-born-cooper-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841

Acknowledgements

• Cooper-10703 was created by Lisa Welch through the import of Lisa Jean Huddleston.ged on Jul 5, 2015.
• Mark Huddlestun, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.