Elizabeth (Hancock) Wyeth (1704 - 1793)

Born 16 Nov 1704 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Wyeth Jr. — married 20 Dec 1733 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 23 Feb 1793 at age 88 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass

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Biography

Elizabeth Hancock was born at Cambridge, Mass. 16 Nov 1704, died there bet. 1772-1781, daughter of Nathaniel Hancock (1668-1755) and Prudence (Russell) Hancock (b.1670); ^[1]. ^[2] married at Cambridge, Mass. 20 Dec 1733 John Wyeth Jr., born 27 Dec 1705 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, died there 23 Oct 1756, son of John Wyeth (1655-1706) and Deborah (Ward) Wyeth (1662-1708); ^[3]

Children of John Wyeth Jr. and Elizabeth (Hancock) Wyeth (all born Cambridge, Mass.): ^[4]

• John, b. 29 Dec 1734, died young.
• Elizabeth, b. 4 July 1736, died young.
• Martha, b. 23 July 1738.
• Elizabeth, b. 30 Nov 1740, died 17 Sept 1804 of consumption, at Cambridge, Mass.
• John, b. 6 March 1743, died 1811 at Cambridge, Mass. unmarried, graduated Harvard 1760, a lawyer and member of the clergy.
• Prudence, b. 28 April 1745.
• Jonathan, b. 13 Nov 1748, died at Cambridge, Mass. 29 Sept 1756.

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 Volume 1. Births (Boston, Mass. 1914)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 323
2. ↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), p. 235.
3. ↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), pp. 27-28.
4. ↑ Grousset, Agnes M., Horns A’Plenty: Newells, Tiemanns, Wyeths, (Baltimore: Gateway Press Inc., 1980), pp. 27-28.