Elizabeth (Parish) Tracy (1691 - aft. 1722)

Born 13 Mar 1691 in Groton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Tracy — married 6 Jan 1714 in New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 5 Jan 1722 after age 30 in Preston, New London County, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

Elisabeth [sic] was born 13 March 1690/1 in Groton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of John & Mary (Wattles/Wattell/Waddell) Parish/Parrish.^[1]

She married Francis Tracy, son of Jonathan & Mary (Griswold) Tracy, on 6 Jan 1713/14, in Preston, New London County, Colony of Connecticut^[2]

Their children, born in Preston, were:

1. Elizabeth, born 23 August 1714;^[2]
2. Francis, born 23 February 1716/17;^[2]
3. Isaac, born 9 November 1716; ^[3]
4. Thankful, born 29 November 1718; ^[4]
5. Miriam (record Merrum), born 12 October 1720; ^[5]
6. Sherebiah, born 5 January 1721/22.^[4]

Two of her sisters also married Tracy brothers: Lydia married Christopher Tracy, and Sarah married David Tracy.

Sources

1. ↑ "Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849." Salem, Mass.: The Essex institute, 192627. Volume 1, Births, page 179.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 [hereinater Preston Vital Records](Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Preston, page 198. Subscription site.
3. ↑ Preston Vital Records, page 199.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Preston Vital Records, page 201.
5. ↑ Preston Vital Records, page 200.

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RESEARCH NOTE: Death date erroneously entered; it was the death date of husband Francis. No death date found in Connecticut town records. She died sometime after the birth of son Sherebiah on 5 January 1722.