Elizabeth (Stover) Downing (abt. 1653 - aft. 1738)

Born about 1653 in Cape Neddick, York, Maine

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Hunnewell — married 31 Mar 1674 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

Elizabeth was said to be the daughter of Sylvester Stover and Elizabeth Norton.

Elizabeth's age was recorded as 85 in 1738, making her estimated birth year about 1653.^[1] She was likely born in or near York, Maine.

She married Richard Hunnewell on 31 March 1674 in Scarborough, Maine.^[2] Some accounts show her name at marriage as Moore, suggesting she had a marriage prior to 1674, or that she was the daughter of Richard Moore.

Elizabeth and Richard had the following children:^[3][4]

1. Elizabeth born 1868

2. Patience born 1674 in Bristol, Massachusetts or Maine

3. Roger born 1676 in Maine

4. John born about 1680

Richard died on 6 Oct 1703 in Black Point, Scarborough, Maine, along with 18 other men.^[3]

Elizabeth survived Richard and in 1704 she petitioned Treasury of Mass Bay for money for disbursements by her late husband Richard.^[3]

Elizabeth married second to Jeremiah Walford on 7 December 1714 in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire. She married third to John Downing about June 1733.^[2][3]

She likely died about 1738 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 5. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2005, p. 271.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, database, Ancestry.com, entry for Richard Hunnewell & Elizabeth Stover / Moore, citing Clarence A. Torry, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, database, Ancestry.com (accessed 28 March 2018), Surnames G-H, Page 362, entries for Richard Hunnewell.
4. ↑ Libby, Charles Thornton. The Libby Family in America 1602-1881. Portland, Me. : B. Thurston & Co., 1882, pg. 44-45.

• Hunnewell, James Melville and Samuel Willet Honeywell. The descendants of Roger and Ambrose Hunnewell (Honeywell). S.W. Honeywell, 1972. pp. 2-4.
• Honeywell Family Newsletter, Honeywell Heritage, Vol 2, No 1, database, Honeywell Family Association, entry for Richard Hunnewell.
• Kim's New England Ancestors (and more), owner Kim Branagan, entry for Richard HUNNEWELL, UID: 61C25BED612A004486D1B70EF0BF0EBCCF7B.