Elizabeth (Gilbert) Deming (1654 - 1714)

Born 28 Mar 1654 in Wethersfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Deming — married 25 Dec 1673 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1714 at age 60 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Elizabeth (Gilbert) Deming was born on Mar 28, 1654, in Wethersfield, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Josiah Gilbert and Elizabeth Belcher. ^[1]

Jonathan Deming and Elizabeth Gilbert were married on 25 Dec 1673 in Wethersfield. Elizabeth was his second wife.^[2][3]

Jonathan Deming, Sr. & wife, Elizabeth (Gilbert), were church members in 1694. She died Sept 3, 1714 age 60, according to the Church Records Index.^[4] Several secondary sources list her death as Sept 8. Her nuncupative will was dated the 4th, which generates a question about the third, although the witnesses may have written the information down after Elizabeth's death. If possible the original church records should be checked to verify the 3rd in case a transcription error was made.

Probate

Elizabeth Deming of Wethersfield, relict of Jonathan Deming, left a nuncupative will, dated 4 Sep 1714, and witnessed by Sarah Deming and Abigail Deming date 5 Sept 1714. The will left "what Estate doth ofright belong to her in her life time or in reversion" to her daughters Mary and Anne Deming equally. She specifies that her bed and furniture, which she "lyeth on" be left to Ann as part of her equal portion. The inventory was valued at £37. 0. 7.^[5] No executor was mentioned and the court appointed Jonathan Deming and John Edwards.^[6] who gave an accounting 7 Dec 1715.^[7]

Children

They had:^[3]

1. Eliza/Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1674, (in the margin was written "May 11, 1675" suggesting a possible death date)
2. Elizabeth, June 12 1677
3. Thomas, Nov 27, 1679
4. Charles, Jan 10, 1681
5. Benjamin, Jan 20, 1684
6. Jacob, Dec 20, 1689
7. Mary, Oct 24, 1692
8. Ann, Oct 1, 1695

Sources

1. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records: Wethersfield
2. ↑ Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904. https://archive.org/details/historyofancient12adam
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 "Wallingford" (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, (1928.) [1] pp 83+] marriage p 89 Links at AmericanAncestors
4. ↑ Connecticut Church Records Index. Wethersfield Congregational Church 1694-1908. Hartford: Conn. State Library, 1962. marriage p. 89
5. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut: Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1716-1729. Book IX p. 57. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
6. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. (comp.) A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Vol II. Hartford District 1700-1729. (Hartford, Conn: R.S. Peck. 1904.) p. 187 Link at Archive
7. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 Hartford Probate Records, Vol 9-10, 1716-1729 Vol 10 p. 3 Accessed at Ancestry ($)

• Mackenzie, George Norbury (ed.). Colonial Families of the United States of America, In which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775 Vol VI (Baltimore, Maryland: The Seaforth Press, 1917) https://archive.org/details/colonialfamilie00rhoagoog/page/n10/mode/2up

• http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23565658M/Genealogy_of_the_descendants_of_John_Deming_of_Wethersfield_Connecticut Genealogy of the descendants of John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut] Published 1904 by Press of Mathis-Mets co. in Dubuque, Ia; Page 11