Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams (abt. 1597 - 1674)

Born about 1597 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Williams — married 11 Dec 1628 (to 28 Jul 1674) in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1674 at about age 77 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth STALHAM was born about 1597 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.^{[citation needed]}

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that Elizabeth was born in 1609 at Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, England, daughter of John Stalham (b. 16 Apr 1564) and Alicia Gibson (b. c 1570, d. a 1617). ^{[citation needed]}

The Boston Transcript writer says "November 1597"

The Find-A-Grave link has a photograph of a baptism register with the date 11 Nov 1597.

She married Robert Williams, son of Stephen Williams and Mary Margaret Cooke, on 11 December 1628 at Norwich, Norfolk, England.^{[citation needed]}

Another source claims they married before 1630 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England^[1]

Elizabeth Stalham (by Williams family tradition has also been known as "Stratton") sailed with her husband Robert Williams and 4 children for America in the ship "Rose" from Great Yarmouth, landing in New England in the year 1637. ^{[citation needed]}

Elizabeth died 28 Jul 1674 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. ^{[citation needed]}

According to family tradition, Robert's wife "was of a good family and had been delicately reared; and when her husband desired to come to America, though a truly religious woman, she dreaded the undertaking and shrank from the hardships to be encountered. While the subject was still under discussion, she had a dream foreshadowing that if she went to America, she would become the mother of a long line of worthy ministers of the Gospel. The dream so impressed her that she rose up cheerfully and began to prepare to leave her home and kindred for the new and distant land".^[2]

Children:

1. Elizabeth Williams (1620 - 1662)
2. Edward Williams (1627 - 1688)
3. Deborah Williams Turner (1628 - 1676)
4. Mary Williams Wood (1630 - 1670)
5. Samuel Williams (1632 - 1698)
6. John Williams (1635 - 1658)
7. Isaac Williams (1638 - 1708)
8. Stephen Williams (1640 - 1720)

A "woman of piety and force, a fit helpmate for her Puritan husband"^[1]

Elizabeth died in 1674 and was buried at Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury. The cemetery is also know as Eustis Street Cemetery. Her memorial has pictures, some biographical material and links to those of her husband and chldren.

Elizabeth Stalham died on 28 July 1674 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA.^[3]

Burial

Eustis St Cemetery, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Her gravestone reads:

E:W

Elizabet Williams

Aged 80 Years Died

The Last Of JVN 1674^[4]

Notes

Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Granberry Family and Allied Families" (Hartford 1945), page 347, gives both surnames Stratton and Stalham for Elizabeth.

N698Elizabeth Stalham (by Williams family tradition has also been known as "Stratton") sailed with her husband Robert Williams and 4 children for America in the ship "Rose" from Great Yarmouth, landing in New England in the year 1637.

According to family tradition, Robert's wife "was of a good family and had been delicately reared; and when her husband desired to come to America, though a truly religious woman, she dreaded the undertaking and shrank from the hardships to be encountered. While the subject was still under discussion, she had a dream foreshadowing that if she went to America, she would become the mother of a long line of worthy ministers of the Gospel. The dream so impressed her that she rose up cheerfully and began to prepare to leave her home and kindred for the new and distant land".

Note we seem to be lacking any evidence that John Stalham's daughter was the same person as Robert Williams's wife. The gerrymandering of the Stalham dates looks like an attempt to make things fit better. Not sure who made this statement, but this source does tie her to Robert Williams: Harrison Williams, "The Life, Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury", (Washington DC 1934), page 18.

From husband's profile: Williams, Harrison.

Robert married Elizabeth Stalham (or Stratton) sometime before the year 1630 in England, although no record has yet to be found of their marriage date or place.^{[1][5][6][7] [8]}

Elizabeth was baptized November 11, 1597 at St. George, Tombland, Norwich, probably the daughter of John Stalham of St. George, Tombland, Norwich, County Norfolk and his wife Alicia Gibson.^[1] "Proof of this identification, however, has not been found."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Williams, Harrison. The Life, Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury in His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1607-1693. Washington, D.C: W.F. Roberts Company, 1934. Print. pp. 16-20.see at archive.org will, page 18-19
2. ↑ Emily Williams of Wethersfield, MA, a great-great-great-grandaughter of Elizabeth, is remembered to have related this tradition in the early part of the nineteenth century, with full confidence of its truth.
3. ↑ Family History Archives, SLC. BETTER SOURCE DETAILS SOUGHT.
4. ↑ Elizabeth Stalham Williams memorial at Find A Grave.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Marsha Hoffman Rising, "Enigmas #12. Was Elizabeth, Wife of Richard Cutter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Daughter of Robert Williams of Roxbury?," in The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 74 (1999) pp 292-298. link for subscribers
6. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The Granberry Family and Allied Families" Edgar F. Waterman, Hartford, Conn. 1945. p. 347, 348; see at hathitrust.org
7. ↑ "Registration of Pedigrees: No. 67: John Jabez Williams," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Vol. 43, p. 292; link for members
8. ↑ Torrey. 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.link for subscribers

See also:

• Marlyn_Lewis Our Royal Titled Noble and Commoner Ancestors
• Harrison Williams, "The Life, Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury", (Washington DC 1934), page 18.
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
• Rising, Marcia Hoffman. "ENIGMAS #12: Was Elizabeth, Wife of Richard1 Cutter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Daughter of Robert1 Williams of Roxbury?." The American Genealogist, Volume 74 1999, pp 292-298.
• Brown genealogy of many of the descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown by Brown, Cyrus Henry, 1829- [from old catalog] Vol.1 Published 1907 pg 538