Elizabeth (Swain) Wyman (1743 - 1773)

Born 10 Dec 1743 in Reading, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Wyman Jr. — married 31 Oct 1765 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 6 Jan 1773 at age 29 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Elizabeth Swain was born in Reading, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1743, the daughter of Benjamin Swain and Sarah Appleton.^[1][2]

She married Benjamin Wyman, Jr., in Woburn, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1765 (January 23, 1765 - County Record). They are listed as "both of Woburn" in the marriage record. Benjamin was the son of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Wyman. He died July 6, 1774. Children:^[1][3][4]

1. Benjamin, born August 8, 1767.^[5]

Elizabeth (Swain) Wyman died in Woburn on January 6, 1773, "in ye 30th Year of Her Age." The Woburn Death Record cites a death date of July 6, 1773,^[6] but that was almost certainly taken from Nathan Wyman's 1847 cemetery survey in which he erroneously cited, "Wyman, Elisalett w. of Benjamin July 6 1773 30y."^[7] Elizabeth was buried at the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where her gravestone reads:^[1]

Here lyes yͤ Body of

M^rs ELIZABETH WYMAN

Wife of M^r

BENJAMIN WYMAN jun^r

Who departed this life

Jan^ry yͤ 6^th 1773 in yͤ

30^th Year of Her Age.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Woburn Records: PART II. EPITAPHS, FIRST BURIAL-GROUND. Pages 43-44. Citing: "(223.) 'Here lyes y^e Body of M'rs Elizabeth Wyman Wife of M’r Benjamin Wyman Jun'r who departed this life Jan'ry y^e 6'th 1773 in y^e 30'th Year of Her Age.'
   Elizabeth (Swain) Wyman, only wife of Benjamin Wyman, Jr., married Oct. 31, 1765, in Woburn. Mr. Thomas B. Wyman, of Charlestown, Mass., well known as an antiquary and genealogist, in a letter to the compiler of this collection, Oct. 18, 1873, states that she was daughter of Benjamin Swain and Sarah, daughter of Oliver Appleton, of Ipswich, the second wife of Benjamin Wyman, Sr. Benjamin Wyman, Jr., died July 6, 1774, son of Benjamin (epitaph 229) and first wife, Esther Richardson (epitaph 154), born Jan. 1, 1740."
2. ↑ Reading Records: Births. Page 217. Citing: "SWAIN, Elizabeth, d. Benjamin and Sarah, Dec. 10, 1743."
3. ↑ Woburn Records: PART III. MARRIAGES. Page 317. Citing: "Benjamin Wyman, Jr., and Elizabeth Swain, both of Woburn, Oct. 31, 1765. [Jan. 23, 1765. County Record.]."
4. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. DEATHS. Page 215. Citing: "WYMAN, Mr. Benjamin, s. of Capt., July 6, 1774."
5. ↑ Woburn Records: PART I. BIRTHS. Page 291. Citing: "WYMAN, Benjamin, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth, Aug. 8, 1767."
6. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. DEATHS. Page 214. Citing: "WYMAN, Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin, Jr., July 6, 1773; in her 30th year."
7. ↑ Wyman: Vol. III. Page 264. Citing: "Wyman, Elisalett w. of Benjamin July 6 1773 30y."

See also:

• Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1912).

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900 (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).

• Wyman, Nathan. Woburn Burying-Ground, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848-1849).

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 August 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Swain Wyman (1743–6 Jan 1773), Find A Grave: Memorial #7849470, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Dorothy Longabard (contributor 46588619).