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Elizabeth (Longfellow) Whidden (1741 - 1830)

Elizabeth Whidden formerly Longfellow
Born in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshiremap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married [date unknown] in Greenland Rockingham New Hampshiremap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 88 in Newport, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canadamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Born on 17 Jul 1741 in Nottingham, New Hampshire, Elizabeth was the daughter of Jonathan Longfellow and Mercy Clark[1].

She married John Whidden in 1759 in New Hampshire. They had the following children:

  1. Nancy (18 Aug 1760-1837)
  2. Sarah Jane. b. 30 Jan 1763; d. Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, on 12 Aug 1779. Drowned at the Board landing in Truro (home of her grandfather).
  3. James. Born on 14 Dec 1764.
  4. David (7 Dec 1766-19 Apr 1826)
  5. Elizabeth (15 Dec 1768-12 Jun 1816)
  6. Abigail (25 Feb 1772-1842)
  7. Hannah (29 Sep 1774-15 Jan 1813)

The whole of her husband's Whidden family moved to Nova Scotia in about 1760. John settled in Cornwallis, and was a leading man there. He was Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Kings County.

She apparently was a very remarkable lady, full of charm and greatly beloved by her family and many friends.

Elizabeth died in Newport, NS, on 2 Jun 1830; she was 88.[2] The Allison Genealogy has the following note: "Mrs. Whidden (Elizabeth Longfellow) and her sister, Maria Longfellow, lie buried at Horton, N.S., in the very centre of the cemetery.

Sources

  1. ↑ Whidden Family Register Report. H. Douglas Goff, 2019. Citing
    • The Whidden Family of Nova Scotia, 1973, by Miss Helen H. Whidden and her nephew Phillip Whidden Barlow
    • The Whidden Family of Colchester, by Jane Currie Wile.
    • Whidden, Paul David and Raymond Marvin Whidden. 2007. Whidden: NH, NS and beyond, 1662-2002. A Family Odyssey. 2 Volumes.
  2. ↑ Goff, Douglas. The Ancestry of the Four Sons of James Whidden and Abigail Sanborn : Early Colchester County Settler’s. 24 Feb 2018. [1]




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