Elizabeth (Bourne) Wilcoxson is currently protected by the Puritan Great Migration Project for reasons described in the narrative. Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: PGM
She is being protected by the Puritan Great Migration project due to disputed origins and marriage to a PGM immigrant.
Elizabeth is often mistakenly called "Elizabeth Curtis,"[1] but Anderson, Jacobus, and Lemuel Welles all agree that John Welles, Sr's only marriage was to Elizabeth Bourne.[2][3][4]
Anderson makes note of Elizabeth's maiden name with this quotation from the record:
on 6 November 1677, in the distribution of the estate of Ellen (_____) Bostwick, the court took notice of a claim against the estate by "Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson sometime Elizabeth Bourne next of kin with her children to the deceased and the said Elizabeth was by Mr. Tomlin[son] & the deceased brought from her friends with an engagement to give her child's portion" [Stratford PD, Case #903 and FOOF 1:91].[2]
Hollister Family of America:
"Mary [Hollister] daughter of Lieut. John Hollister, the settler, and Joanna Treat, was born in Wethersfield. She married John Welles, son of John Welles and Elizabeth Curtis, and grandson of Gov. Thomas Welles. John Welles, Jr., was born in Stratford, Conn., in 1648, and died March 24, 1714"
Some sources list as Elizabeth Curtis/Bourne. Potential that Curtis or Bourne is a married name preceding or superceding.
Marriages
Elizabeth married twice.
Elizabeth Bourne married before 1647, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, first to John Welles.[5]
She married on March 19, 1662/3 in Stratford, Connecticut, second to John Wilcoxson.[6][7]
Children
John Welles and Elizabeth Welles' known children were:[3]
Note: Other researchers do not include daughter Mary among the children of John Welles.[4][3]
Death and Legacy
Elizabeth died on October 8, 1668 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[citation needed]
Sources
↑ Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes Or, Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. (1969) page 251. View in FamilySearch (online page 271). "John Welles of Stratford, Conn, was married to Elizabeth Curtis, sister of William Curtis, and daughter of John Curtis, one of the first settlers of that town.."
↑ 2.02.1 Anderson, Robert C., "Thomas Welles," Featured NameThe Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y, Vol VII, Page 291 (Online database accessed 4 March 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, Reference page 291.
↑ 3.03.13.2 Welles, Lemuel Aiken, [ The English Ancestry of Governor Thomas Welles, NEHGR 80:303, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database accessed 4 March 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
↑Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, reference Volume 3, page 1625, John Wells (sic), Wethersfield, Connecticut
↑Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, Reference Volume 3, page 1670
Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Vol. 1, page 656
Pg, 34 - The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
Welles, Lemuel A., The English Ancestry of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1926) Vol. 80, reprint Page 26
I found one possible source that people may be using to identify that her mother's last name may be Collyer, and it shows her as well. Joseph Collyer wrote his will in 1648, proved Sept 28, 1649. In it he mentions his sister, Elizabeth Bourne, and her daughter, Elizabeth Bourne.
However, in 1648, when he wrote his will, Elizabeth Bourne (this profile) would have been Connecticut already, married to John Wells. In his will, he also mentions his sister, Mary Browninge in New England. The fact that he acknowledged Mary as being in New England, but not either his sister, Elizabeth Bourne or her daughter, Elizabeth Bourne, makes me doubt that he was referring to the same Bournes. Link: NEHGR 47:281 Page 281
However, in 1648, when he wrote his will, Elizabeth Bourne (this profile) would have been Connecticut already, married to John Wells. In his will, he also mentions his sister, Mary Browninge in New England. The fact that he acknowledged Mary as being in New England, but not either his sister, Elizabeth Bourne or her daughter, Elizabeth Bourne, makes me doubt that he was referring to the same Bournes. Link: NEHGR 47:281 Page 281
PGM is ok with the disconnect and disputed section addition
How do the other PMs feel about removing these parents but adding them to the Disputed section?
And instead lists John Bourne and Frances Bourne as the parents.
There are some Baptism records as sources that back this up.
"Elizabeth Bourne." Family Search. Accessed March 6th, 2018. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9425-H1W.