Elizabeth (Unknown) Utter (abt. 1640 - aft. 1722)

Wife of Nicholas Utter — married about 1670 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died after 1722 after about age 82 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Nothing is known of Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas Utter, other than her first name and that she was presumably living at the time his will was proved in 1722.

There is absolutely no evidence to support the claim that her last name at birth was Tefft. A younger, unmarried "Elizabeth Tift" signed Nicholas Utter's will as a witness; nothing suggests she was related to his wife.

Because Nicholas' will also names his "daughter-in-law" Eleanor, and because "-in-law" at that time most often meant "step-", it is thought that Eleanor was Elizabeth's daughter from an unknown prior marriage and that Elizabeth was a widow when she married Nicholas on an unknown date. The rest of Nicholas' children are attributed to his unknown first wife.^[1]

Elizabeth's origin and birth/death dates are not known. She died sometime after 1722 when her husband Nicholas Utter named her in his will.

Sources

1. ↑ Waterman, Katherine Minerva. Nicholas Utter of Westerly, Rhode Island, and a few of his descendants. Westerly, R.I.: Utter Co., 1941.

• Randall, Paul K. Genealogy of a branch of the Randall family, 1666 to 1879. Norwich, N.Y.: Printed at the office of the Chenango Union, 1879.
• Austin, John Osborne. The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island: comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690: with many families carried to the fourth generation. Albany: J. Munsell's Sons, 1887.
• Brown, Cyrus Henry. Brown genealogy of many of the descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown: sons of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown, of Lynn, Mass., 1628-1907, Volume 2. Higginson Book Co., 1915, pp. 353-377.
• Brown, Walter LeRoy. The Maxson family: descendants of John Maxon and wife Mary Mosher [sic] of Westerly, Rhode Island. Albion, N.Y.: Eddy Printing, 1982.