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Elizabeth (Granger) Booth (bef. 1637 - bef. 1721)

Elizabeth Booth formerly Granger
Born before in Eastwell, Kent, Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of and
Sister of
Wife of — married Nov 1656 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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Died before at about age 84 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Origin & Immigration

Elizabeth (Granger) Booth immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Elizabeth Granger was the daughter of Thomas, Sr., and Grace (Hasse) Granger, who were married at Eastwell, Kent, England, in 1620.[1]

Thomas and Grace Granger emigrated from Eastwell, Kent, England, departing from Sandwich on August 23, 1637, on the ship Hercules. Thomas Granger, Grace Granger and son Thomas Granger, Jr., are listed as servants. The younger children, John and Elizabeth, are not listed as passengers, and it is presumed that they were too young to be listed as servants.[1][2][3]

Marriage

According to researchers Robert Charles Anderson and Malcolm Young, Elizabeth married John Booth, probably at Marshfield, Massachusetts, in November, 1656. Mr. Young claims to have reconstructed their Marshfield marriage record, the original of which had sustained some damage, and believes it to have read, "[John Boo]th & Elizabeth [Granger] were marryed [worn] november 1656."[1][4][5][6] John Booth was known to be living in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in 1655, when he was released from his service to the Winslow family. He was likely aged 21 shortly before May 18, 1655, as he was at that time sponsored by Josiah Winslow for a land grant.[1]

They settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, where all of their children were born.[7]

Husband John left no will, having conveyed lands to his sons during his lifetime. He died between August, 1704, when he acknowledged a deed, and October, 1709, when his heirs filed at settlement deed.[1]

Life Facts

Elizabeth's father Thomas Granger Sr., died at Scituate in late 1642, and Timothy Hatherly and Edward Eddenen were appointed administrators of his estate on January 3, 1642-3.[1][4]

Elizabeth's mother Grace Granger wrote her will on November 24, 1648, leaving her house in Scituate and land called "Conahasset," to son John, when he came of age. "Allso I Doe give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth one bedsted with the feather bead and bolster 2 paire of sheets 2 pillowes and blanckit and Covering belonging to it and a young heifer which young heifer I Doe give with the Encrease to bee keepte for her at prsent and the bedsted and beading at my Death ; also I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth one great morter and pestell and one great kitell."[1][4][8][9] Her brother John died on October 4, 1655.[1][4][9]

Elizabeth inherited the properties at Scituate, left in her mother's will to brother John Granger. In May 1659, John Booth and wife Elizabeth sold the inherited dwelling house to Walter Hatch.[1]

On February 7, 1718-19, Elizabeth Booth, then of Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, signed a quitclaim deed in which she included an extraordinary declaration that when her now deceased husband John Booth had conveyed the entire Scituate homestead to their son Abraham, he had also excepted and conveyed an associated meadow to son John, and that this latter "conveyance was not with my Consent; or was I then of Capacity." She then ordered that what had been deeded to John should go to Abraham instead.[1]

Death

Elizabeth died probably at Pembroke, Massachusetts, between February 7, 1718-19, when she signed a quitclaim deed, and May 1, 1721, when her son Abraham signed a quitclaim deed to Mary (Dodson) Booth, widow of his brother John Booth, Jr., reversing his mother's 1719 declaration and restoring Mary's rights to the property originally deeded to John, Jr., by his father. It is presumed that Abraham waited until after his mother's death to do so.[1]

Children

Children of John and Elizabeth Booth - Scituate, Massachusetts, births:[7]

  1. Elizabeth Booth, born October 5, 1657;[7][10] died between February 21, 1698-9 (named in father's deeds of gift) and October 21, 1709 (not a signatory to settlement deed), probably at Scituate.[1]
  2. Joseph Booth, born March 27, 1659.[7][11] (had a child by, but did not marry Mary Sutton, Scituate 1686); removed to Delaware and married (1), November 28, 1690, Frances (Cowdrey) Spencer, (2) August 20, 1716, Elinor (Hethard) Robinson; died between March 19, 1733[-4?] and January 6, 1736.[1]
  3. John Booth, Jr., born January 1, 1661-2;[7][12] married, December 12, 1687, Mary Dodson, of Scituate.[13][14] died February 6, 1717-18, at Scituate, aged 57.[15][1]
  4. Benjamin Booth, born July 4, 1667;[7][16] married (1) say 1690, Mary Sutton, (2) say 1719, Hannah Stoughton; died at Middleborough, Massachusetts, between March 26, 1745 (deed of gift to son) and April 9, 1746 (heirs signed quit claim deed).[1]
  5. Mary Booth, born June 6, 1669;[7][17] married, October 20, 1697, Abraham Barden, of Scituate;[13][18] died probably at Middleborough, probably by June 24, 1746 (husband sold homestead).[1]
  6. Abraham Booth, born February 7, 1673-4;[7][19] married, February 6, 1700-1, Abigail Howland; died at Pembroke, Massachusetts, between September 27, 1742 (codicil to will) and February 7, 1742-3 (will proved).
  7. Grace Booth, born July 4, 1677;[7][20] married, April 11, 1705, Ephraim Pray;[13][21] died probably at Berkley, Massachusetts, after 1716.[1]
  8. Judith Booth, born March 13, 1680-1;[7][22] married, January 24, 1702-3, Isaac Peirce, Jr., of Duxbury;[23] died May 4, 1733, at Middleborough, Massachusetts.[1][13]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Young, Malcom A. John1 Booth of Marshfield and Scituate: Servant and Planter, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 2005). Volume 159. Pages 220-234 ($).
  2. ↑ Banks, Charles Edward. The Planters of The Commonwealth (The Riverside Press, Boston, 1930). Pages 188-189.
  3. ↑ Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants. 1607-1660. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Surrey, England, 1987). Pages 188-190.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Anderson, Robert Charles. Elizabeth Granger Probable Wife of John Booth of Scituate, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1992) Volume 42, No. 1. Page 55 ($).
  5. ↑ Sherman, Robert M. & Sherman, Ruth Wilder (Comp.) Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1970). Volume 1, Page 2. Citing: "(worn)th & Elizabeth (worn) were maryed (worn) november 1656."
  6. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (NEHGS, Boston, 2015). Volume 1, Page 172 ($) Citing: "BOOTH, John & ____ ____; by 1657, by 1659; Scituate {Reg. 19:221; French Anc. 6; Sv. 1:212; Pierce (#7) 43}"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 Early Marriages and Births at Scituate, Mass. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1865). Volume 19. Page 221. Citing: "John Booth had Elizabeth, 5 Oct., 1657 ; Joseph, 27 March, 1659 ; John, 1 Jan., 1661 ; Benjamin, 4 July, 1667 ; Mary, 6 June, 1669; Abraham, 7 Feb., 1673"; Grace, 4 July, 1677 ; Judith, 13 March, 1680."
  8. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest. Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1907) Vol. 9. Page 85. Citing: "The Will of Grace Granger."
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Winsor, Justin. Abstract of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850). Volume 4. Page 283. Citing: "Grace Granger."
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XL5 : Wed Oct 25 22:37:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth Booth and John Booth, 5 Oct 1657.
    Transcript of Image: "Elizabeth the Daughter of John Booth was Borne the 5 day of october 1657."
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XL3 : Thu Oct 26 02:54:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Booth and John Booth, 27 Mar 1659.
    Transcript of Image: "Joseph the Son of John Booth was Borne the 27 day of March - 1659."
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLT : Wed Oct 25 22:56:33 UTC 2023), Entry for John Booth and John Booth, 1 Jan 1661.
    Transcript of Image: "John the Son of John Booth was Borne the first day of January 1661."
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Peirce, Abraham. The Peirce Family of the Old Colony: or The Lineal Descendants of Abraham Pierce Who Came to America as Early as 1623. (David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1870). Pages 42-43. Citing: "John Booth ... children ..."
  14. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate: Volume II. Marriages. Page 32. Citing: "Booth, John Jr. and Mary Dodsun, Dec. 12, 1687."
  15. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate: Volume II. Deaths. Page 354. Citing: "Booth, John, Feb. 6, 1718, a. 57. G.R.2."
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLH : Wed Oct 25 22:55:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Benjamin Booth and John Booth, 6 Jun 1667.
    Transcript of Image: "Benjamin the Son of John Booth was Borne the 4 day of July - 1667."
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLF : Thu Oct 26 12:06:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Booth and John Booth, 6 Jun 1669.
    Transcript of Image: "Mary the Daughter of John Booth was Borne the 6 day of June - 1669."
  18. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate: Volume II. Marriages. Page 32. Citing: "Booth, Mary and Abraham Barden, Oct. 20, 1697."
  19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLZ : Thu Oct 26 02:23:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Abraham Booth and John Booth, 7 Feb 1673.
    Transcript of Image: "Abraham the Son of John Booth was Borne the 7 day of ffebuary - 1673."
  20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLK : Wed Oct 25 22:57:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Grace Booth and John Booth, 4 Jul 1677.
    Transcript of Image: "Grace the Daughter of John Booth was Borne the 4 day of July - 1677."
  21. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate: Volume II. Marriages. Page 32. Citing: "Booth, Grace and Epherem Pray, Apr. 11, 1705."
  22. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-XLJ : Wed Oct 25 22:44:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Judith Booth and John Booth, 13 Mar 1680.
    Transcript of Image: "Judith the Daughter of John Booth was Borne the 13 day of March - 1680."
  23. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate: Volume II. Marriages. Page 32. Citing: "Booth, Juduth and Isaace Peirse [Peirce, written above in later hand], Jan. 24, 1702-3."

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