Isabella (Macoone) Bliven (abt. 1670 - 1753)

Born about 1670 in Westerly, Providence Plantations

Wife of Edward Bliven — married 31 Oct 1691 in Westerly, Providence Plantations, British North America

Descendants

Died 1753 at about age 83 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island

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Biography

Isabella Macoone, daughter of John MacCoone (b. abt 1630 in Scotland) and his wife Mary, was born in 1670 in Westerly, Providence Plantations. ^{[1] [2]}

Isabella was wed to Edward Bliven on 31 October 1691 ^[3] or on 2 October 1691 ^[4] in Westerly, Rhode Island. Isabella and Edward had the following children:

1. Jane (Bliven) Clarke;
2. Edward Bliven;
3. Rachel (Bliven) Saunders;
4. James Bliven;
5. John Bliven.

Isabella Bliven is mentioned in her deceased husband's will proved on 30 April 1718. ^[5] Isabella Macoone Bliven died in 1753 in Westerly, Kings county, Rhode Island. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Her will is dated 14 October 1742 and proved on 28 May 1753 in Westerly, Rhode Island.^[9] She mentions her daughter Jane Clark, her son Edward Bliven, her daughter, Rachel Saunders, her daughter-in-law Mercy Bliven, her granddaughter Mercy Bliven, and her son James. Her inventory was taken on 28 May 1753.^[9]

The distribution was recorded on 31 July 1753.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Isabella Macoone
2. ↑ Rosemary Canfield, Rhode Island Roots, March 1987. Text: "Unrecorded, but probably child of John-1: ISABEL, b. ca 1670, d. ?; m. 31 Oct. 1691, Westerly RI, Edward Bliven."
3. ↑ Rosemary Canfield, Rhode Island Roots, March 1987. Text: "Isabel Macoone, b. ca 1670, d. ?; m. 31 Oct. 1691, Westerly RI, Edward Bliven."
4. ↑ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: Volume 1, edited by William Richard Cutter
5. ↑ Alden G. Beaman, Abstracts of Westerly, Rhode Island Wills, page 213
6. ↑ Isabella Macoone
7. ↑ Lee A. Bliven, The Bliven Genealogy, 1643-1991, 1991, page 7
8. ↑ Wikipedia - History of Washington county, Rhode Island Text: "Washington County was created from Providence Plantations in 1729 as Kings County. It was renamed Washington County on October 29, 1781, in honor of General and President Washington."
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649998_00219). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Washington, Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 5-6, 1745-1787, image 219-220 & 225. Westerly, Book 4, page 352-355 & 364-365, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free ancestry.com image of Will; Free Ancestry.com image of Distribution

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Isabella Macoone was created by Albertus on 20 Jan 2015. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Albertus and others.
• WikiTree profile Maccoone-3 was created through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged on 06 August 2010, and was merged into Macoone-1 on 29 Mar 2016.
• Wikitree profile Maccoon-4 was merged into Macoone-1 on 12 May 2016.
• WikiTree profile Macoon-1 was created through the import of culmer_family.ged on 22 Oct 2012 by Steve Culmer, and was merged into Macoone-1 on 20 July 2016.