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Priscilla (Peterson) Weston (1713 - 1778)

Priscilla Weston formerly Peterson
Born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 64 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Priscilla Peterson was born in 1713 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay; the daughter of Isaac Peterson and his wife Mary (Hobart) Peterson.[1]

In 1738 Priscilla married Eliphaz Weston, the son of John Weston and his wife Deborah Delano.[2]He was a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower. Eliphaz was a mariner who died on March 18, 1762 when he drowned in Duxbury Bay during a snow storm; aged 53 years. His son Joshua also drowned at this time.

Priscilla (Peterson) Weston died at Duxbury on September 22, 1778; age 64 years.[1]She was buried with her husband Eliphas Weston in Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [3]

Children born at Duxbury:

  1. Daniel b. 25 Nov 1739[4]
  2. Warren b. 1740; d. 1799[2]
  3. Eliphaz b. 7 July 1741[5]
  4. Ezra b. 21 Jul 1743[6]d. 11 Oct 1824[2]
  5. Arunah, a female, b. 4 Feb 1746[2], bap. 20 Apr 1746.[7]d. 17 Jan 1831.[2]
  6. Joshua b. 1748, d. 18 Mar 1762 drowned with his father in a snow storm on Duxbury Bay.[2]
  7. Timothy b. 1749.[2]
  8. Simeon bap. May 1753.[8]

Probate

Priscilla Weston, of Duxbury, widow, died intestate and on 7 December 1778, Warren Weston was granted the administration of her estate.[9]

Her inventory was recorded on 29 January 1779.[10]

In 1779, her estate was set out to her children, Warren Weston (eldest son), Eliphas Weston, Ezra Weston, Arunah Weston, and Timothy Weston.[11]


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "The Peterson Family of Duxbury, Mass." William Bradford Browne. Vol. 70 (1916) p. 164.subscription
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Descendants of Edmund Weston of Duxbury, Mass., For Five Generations" Thomas Weston. Vol. 41, #15, pp 286, 288, 289.subscription needed
  3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #49676106
  4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-FX2 : 15 January 2020), Eliphaz Weston in entry for Daniel Weston, 1739.
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-LXT : 15 January 2020), Eliphaz Weston in entry for Eliphaz Weston, 1741.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-NBL : 15 January 2020), Eliphaz Weston in entry for Ezra Weston, 1743.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3N-B54 : 15 January 2020), Eliphas Weston in entry for Arunah Weston, 1746.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-X26 : 15 January 2020), Eliphas Weston in entry for Simeon Weston, 1753.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8HH4 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 807 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-Z3YZ : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 388 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-Z3ZC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 454-456 of 568; State Archives, Boston.




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