Elizabeth (Walker) Fitch (1677 - 1716)

Born 13 Feb 1677 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Fitch — married 20 Mar 1695 in Billerica, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1716 at age 39 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Elizabt, daughter of Joseph Walker & Sarah, was born on 13 December 1677 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1]

Elizabeth married Samuel Fitch on 20 March 1696 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^{[2] [3]}

Elizabeth died on 26 November 1716 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. ^{[4] [5]}

From Fitch Genealogy, Pg. 8:

16. Samuel (3) Fitch, b. March 4, 1673-4, was son of Samuel (2). In addition to the estate of his father, he received from his maternal grandfather, Job Lane, one-fourth of the Winthrop farm, upon which he settled at the time of his marriage. (See Hazen's Billerica,^[6] and Brown's Bedford.^[7]) This farm was in Billerica, and in the incorporation of Bedford, 1729, it was included in the new town. His children were born in Billerica, but those who remained upon the paternal acres were residents of Bedford. He was a soldier in the Indian War, 1706; and many of his sons and grandsons were soldiers in the French and Indian War or in the Revolution. He was town clerk and selectman, and through life an intelligent useful citizen. He m. March 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, b. Feb. 13, 1677-8, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker of Billerica. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. Seven of her eight children survived her. He m. second, 1717, Eunice Taylor, b. in Concord, Dec. 22, 1678, dau. of John and Eunice (Wooley) Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742. The widow Eunice d. Aug. 27, 1767.

Children by first wife:

i. Sarah (4), b. Dec. 25, 1696; d. Feb. 4, 1696-7.

23. ii.. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Aug. 26, 1727, Richard Hickson of Stoughton.

24. iii. Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1699-1700.

25, iv. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1702.

26. v. Benjamin, b. July 30, 1705.

27. vi. John, b. Feb. 12, 1707-8.

28. vii. Jeremiah.

29. viii. Zachariah, b. Feb. 13, 1712-13.

Child by second wife:

ix. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718; m. Dec. 11, 1725, Joseph Mead, b. 1712, son of Stephen and Ruth (Taylor) Mead. They lived upon the Mead homestead in Bedford.

From History of the Town of Bedford, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10:

Samuel [Fitch], (3) m. Mar, 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, dau. of Joseph. She d. Nov. 26, 1716. He m. 2d, Eunice Taylor. He d. April 4, 1742; she d. Aug. 27, 1767, aged 91. Ch. Sarah, b. and d. 1696. Sarah, b. May 4, 1698; m. Richard Hixson. Samuel, (4) b. Feb. 14, 1699; m. 1732, Joanna Kidder, settled in Westford, d. Jan. 1775. h Joseph, (4) b. Oct. 22, 1702. h Benjamin, (4) b. July 30, 1703. John, (4) b. Feb. 12, 1707-8, settled in Lunnenburg, 1728, and doubtless the one for whom Fitchburg was named. h Jeremiah, (4) b. (?). h Zachariah, (4) b. Feb. 13, 1712. By 2d wife, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1718, m. Joseph Mead. For the homestead of Samuel Fitch(3) see Brookside. His will dated Nov. 13, 1741, gives wife Eunice west end of dwelling house and cellar, and corn, rye, beef, pork and necessaries, to be provided by son Jeremiah, who was to have all at his mother's decease, excepting legacies to other ch.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966, FamilySearch Record: FC9M-TVW FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89QY-H3FL Image number 00187, Elizabt Walker born on 13 Dec 1677, daughter of Joseph Walker & Sarah, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Marriage, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657, FamilySearch Record: FH7F-426 FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-4HZZ Image number 00080,
3. ↑ Vital records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Boston, Mass.: New England historic genealogical society, 1908
4. ↑ Chase, Douglas W., and Stanley L. Johnson. "William Marshall of Billerica, Bedford, Concord, and Holden, Massachusetts." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 163 (2009). Pages 183-191.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Death, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657, FamilySearch Record: FHDV-LZK FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-4HZZ Image number 00080,
6. ↑ Hazen, Henry Allen. History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with A Genealogical Register (A. Williams & Co., Boston, 1883).
7. ↑ History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891.

• Fitch Genealogy : A Record of Six Generations of the Descendants of Deacon Zachary Fitch, of Reading: by Ezra S. Stearns, Printed by D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1902. Elizabeth is the first wife of Samuel Fitch, Record #16, Pg. 8.
• History of the Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891, with a Genealogical Register of Old Families, by Abram English Brown, published by the author, Bedford, 1891. Elizabeth Walker is the first wife of Samuel Fitch, Genealogical and Biographical, Pg. 10
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