Elizabeth (Harris) Sawtell (1649 - 1679)

Wife of Zachariah Sawtell Sr. — married Apr 1668 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1679 at about age 30 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Elizabeth Harris was born about 1649 in an unknown location to John Harris and his first, also unknown, wife. She was married in April 1668 to Zachariah Sawtell.^[1] She died of smallpox in 1677/8 after having four children.

Children

1. Zachariah b 1668/9; married Mary Blood
2. Elizabeth b Dec 1671^[2]; married Joseph Morse
3. Annah b 14 Mar 1673/4
4. Mary b 1676

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-FMXT : 29 November 2018), Zachariah Sawtell and Elizabeth Harris, about 1668; citing Marriage, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578571.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-PB9 : 15 January 2020), Elizabeth Sawtell, 1671.

• Harris, Gale Ion, John1 Harris of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and North Yarmouth, Maine, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., Spring 2016) Vol. 170, Page 153

• Morse Society: Publication: Joseph Morse Family

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSG-FHJ : accessed 11 August 2015), Zachariah Sawtell and Elizabeth Harris, Apr 1668; citing reference page 244 line c.c.; FHL microfilm 14,774.