Elizabeth (Eldred) Parris (1648 - 1696)

Born 1648 in England

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1696 at about age 48 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1648 in England.

She married Samuel Parris about 1681 in Massachusetts.^[1][2]

Elizabeth Parris died (age 48) on 14 July 1696 in Salem, Massachusetts.^[3]

Elizabeth Parris was mentioned on a memorial in Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 21 March 1696.^[4] Her grave is marked by a headstone upon which is the following verse, after which are the initials of Mr. Paris:^[5]

"Sleep precious dust, no stranger now to rest,

Thou has thy longed wish, within Abraham's brest,

Farewell best wife, choice mother, neighbor, friend,

We'll wail thee less, for hopes of thee in the end."

Children of Samuel Parris and Elizabeth Eldridge

1. Thomas Parris, b. 25 Oct 1681, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[6][2]
2. Elizabeth Parris, b. 28 Nov 1682, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[7]; m. Benjamin Barnard (Barron); d. 28 Nov 1682, Rumford (now Concord), New Hampshire
3. Susannah Parrris, b. 9 Jan 1687, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[8][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
   Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3824 #162151 (accessed 19 July 2023)
   Elizabeth Parris marriage to Samuel Parris in 1681 in New England, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wikipedia: Samuel Parris
3. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #80716393 (accessed 19 July 2023)
   Elizabeth Parris death 14 Jul 1696 (age 48) in Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #7121807 (accessed 19 July 2023)
   Memorial page for Elizabeth “Betty” Eldridge Parris (1648-21 Mar 1696), citing Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Laurie (contributor 2811407).
5. ↑ “The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889 : Hudson, Alfred Sereno, 1839-1907 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Sudbury, Mass. : The Sudbury Press, January 1, 1968. https://archive.org/details/historyofsudbury00huds_0/page/274/mode/1up.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM7-TPY : 15 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Thomas Parris, 1681.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-JM6 : 14 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Elizabeth Parris, 1682.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM4-987 : 15 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Susanna Parris, 1687.