Deborah (Elkins) Bixby (abt. 1679 - abt. 1761)

Born about 1679 in Exeter, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Bixby — married 8 Dec 1703 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 29 Jun 1761 at about age 82 in Home of Joseph, Blanchard, Tewsbury, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Elkins Name Study.

Eleazer Elkins, son of Henry and Mary Elkins, born, presumably in Exeter, died, probably there, circa 1694. He married in Hampton on 31 December 1673, Deborah Blake, daughter of Jasper and Deborah (Dalton) Blake of Hampton. His children are known through a deed, dated 14 October 1708, in which "Thomas Bigsby of Andover [Massachusetts] in right of my wife Deborah, daughter of Eliazer Elkins, late of Exeter, deceased, and Jasper Elkins and Abiah Elkins, for 10 pounds to each...to our brother Samuel Elkins of Exeter.. .all that part of our father's estate... (Rockingham County Deeds, 14:340-341). (p. 135-6)

Children of Eleazer and Deborah (Blake) ELKINS: (probably b. in Exeter, NH): Deborah, mar. in Andover, Mass., 8 Dec. 1703, Thomas Baxby [Bixby] They had at least two children, both recorded in Andover:

Child ___, b. 9 Oct. 1704

Mary, b. Mar. 1710. (p. 136) ^[1]

Daniel Bigsbie and Hannah Chandler were married 2 Dec., 1674, by William French. Hannah Chandler was daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Hannah (Brewer) Chandler, and died 20 Nov., 1730. Children, born at Andover: Thomas, born 18 Dec, 1681; married Deborah Elkins. ^[2]

Thomas Bixby, son of Daniel, b. 18 Dec. 1681 at Andover; d. 5 Dec. 1754; m. 8 Dec. 1703, Deborah Elkins, dau. of Eliazer Elkins. (p. 50) ^[3][4]

Andover Births

BIXBY, Thomas, s. Daniell and Hannah, Dec. 18, 1681. (p. 67)

BIGSBY, ___, ch. Thomas and Deborah, Oct. 9, 1704. (p. 67)

Andover Marriages

BAXBY, Thomas and Deborah Elkins, Dec. 8, 1703. (p. 48)^[5]

Chelmsford Births

Bixby, Thomas, s. of Thomas and Deborah, May 17, 1722. (p. 24)

Chelmsford Deaths

BIGSBY, Thomas, Dec. 5, 1754. [a. 73 y. CR1] (p. 365)

BIXBY, Sary, d. Thomas and Deborah, Aug. 10, 1714. (p. 365)^[6]

Tewksbury Deaths

BIXBY, ___, wid., old age, at Joseph Blanchard's, June 29, 1761. CR1 (p. 193)^[7]

[NOTE: This profile had no information other than Deborah was the dau. of Eleazer Elkins and had inserted the death information. In looking at the Tewksbury Records, there is no first name for the Bixby who died June, 29, 1761. CH]

• Entered by Chris Hoyt 3 March 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RECORD Whole Number 39 July 1993 Vol. 10, No. 3
2. ↑ A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby family in England, descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk (1914) Willard Goldthwaite Bixby NY 1914
3. ↑ A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts: who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby family in England, descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk W. G. Bixby, 1914
4. ↑ 1703 Marriage Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (30 October 2019), Essex > Andover > Marriages 1647-1844 > image 12 of 143; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the Year 1850
6. ↑ Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1850
7. ↑ Vital Records of Tewsbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850

Acknowledgement

• This person was created through the import of Geer.ged on 25 September 2010.