Elizabeth
Stilson
formerly [surname unknown] aka Stitson,Williams, Harris
Born about in Hatherop, Gloucestershire, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Harris
— married
before 1611 in England
Wife of
William Stitson
— married
before 22 Mar 1633 in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Harris, Silvester Harris, Anna (Harris) Maverick, Thomas Harris Jr., William Harris, Anthony Harris, Elizabeth Harris and Daniel Harris
Died
at about age 93
in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Disputed Origins
A previous version of this profile claimed she was the daughter of Richard Hills but there is no evidence for that connection.
Biography
Elizabeth (Unknown) Stilson is related to US President Franklin Pierce. Here is the trail.
She married first in England by about 1610 Thomas Harris, alias Williams. Many online profiles name her Elizabeth Hills, but proof of this maiden name has not been found. [1] "Elizabeth Williams"[2]
After her first husband died, she married William Stilson by 22 March 1632/3, when they were admitted as a married couple to the First Church in Charleston.[3] Stilson also took over the ferry business of Thomas Harris.
Her death is given as 16 Feb 1669/70, aged 93;[4] she was more likely a decade younger.
William Stilson wrote his will on April 12, 1689/90and in it he names, among others:
- to John Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris, Daniel Harris and Anna Maverick, relict widow of Elias Maverick, the children of my first wife - 5 shillings each [5]
Note
Elizabeth Harris married again in 1634, her second husband being Deacon William Stitson, an elder of the Puritan Church. The Mavericks of Devonshire and Massachusetts Author Cresswell, Beatrix F. [6]
Sources
- ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, Boston, MA: NEHGS 1995, p 864-5, does not identify a maiden name.
- ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts, 2009. Page: 449
- ↑ James Frothingham Hunnewell, Records of the First Church in Charleston, Massachusetts 1632-1789, (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1880), 8.
- ↑ "Vital records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the year 1850", Vol. 1, Page 73.
- ↑ Case 21376: p. 1-5 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
- ↑ Cresswell, Beatrix F. The Mavericks of Devonshire and Massachusetts. Exeter: J.G. Commin, 1929. FamilySearch
See also:
- Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833, The Southworth Press, 1934.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #73183889
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Williams) Henderson (1714-abt.1794) › Elizabeth (Harris) Arndell (1712-bef.1785) › Elizabeth (Williams) Jackson (1814-1879) › Elizabeth (Williams) Hopkins (abt.1552-aft.1593) › Elizabeth (Carpenter) Hill (abt.1644-aft.1694) › Elizabeth (Cotton) Williams (1665-1698) › Elizabeth (Jeffery) Hills (1838-1897) › Elizabeth E. (Wilson) Williams (1859-1898) › Elizabeth (Thurston) Williams (abt.1778-) › Elizabeth (Harris) Lancaster (abt.1604-abt.1624)
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She "married by 22 March 1632/3, William Stilson and she died in Charlestown 16 February 1669[/70]". The Marriage By date is from https://books.google.com/books?id=21Fb71VEe-kC&pg=PA8
The death record is from here: "Vital records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the year 1850", Vol. 1, Page 73.
Has her maiden name as 'HILL', but after reading many posts about this.
I find no docs stating her name is this. I think I have to agree with (Unknown) as her Maiden name (Unverified)
I agree. We'll leave her as Unknown LNAB.--Gene
Last name of Hills is mentioned and discounted in -461373. Same spouse Thomas Harris. No sources support dates on -392. Please merge to Unknown
Because there is no proof for Hills as maiden name (and no clue as to why Richard Hills is attached as father), the PPP should be removed after the proposed merge with Williams-3708 is either completed or rejected.
Thanks!
I think that Elizabeth Williams is a duplicate of Thomas's wife, Elizabeth Hills, who was attached as mother of a duplicate Anne Harris.
Thomas was aka "Williams alias Harris" - see Harris-640).
I don't know which birth year is correct (1593 or 1577), but the wife of (1) Thomas Harris & (2) William Stilson was probably born closer to 1600 (her husbands' profiles have birth years of 1590 & 1600). See comments on Williams-3708 about the 1577 birth year (including reference to an Elizabeth Williams baptized 1575) and also the text of Hills-568, which cites Anderson as saying "Many online profiles name her Elizabeth Hills, but proof of this maiden name has not been found."
If you reject the proposed merge, I think it best to detach her (Williams-3708) from being wife of Thomas Harris.
Vic
I show Elizabeth Williams as being baptized 25 Dec 1575 in Blunham, Bedfordshire, Eng.
She married Thomas Harris 31 Jul 1600 (dont know where) and she Died 16 Feb 1669 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA at age 94. I show her with 7 children, born from 1601 to the last tw baptisted 18 Apr 1618 : all born in Hatherop, Gloucestershire, Eng. My children for her includes Anna (Annie) b.11 Sep 1612.
I also show her as married to Wiliam Stilson in 1635, Winnissimmet, MA. He was born 1600 in England and died abt 1688 in Winnissimmet. MA. They had no children that I know of.