Elizabeth (Avered) Hotchkiss (1704 - 1802)

Born 5 Nov 1704 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Died 6 Jan 1802 at age 97 in Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Avered and Elizabeth Cook, was born on 5 November 1704 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony.

Elizabeth Avered was wed to Isaac Hodgkis on 8 July 1724 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. ^{[1] [2]} To this marriage were born:

1. Isaac Hotchkiss, 1725–1755;
2. Miles Hotchkiss, 1728–1810;
3. Elizabeth Hotchkiss Lee, 1731–1818;
4. Lucy Hotchkiss.

On 1 Jan 1746/47 Elizabeth & husband Isaac Hotchkiss are listed as communicants of the church in Guilford. ^[3]

Elizabeth Avered Hotchkiss, relict of Isaac, died on 6 January 1802 in Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut. ^[4] She was buried at Village Green Cemetery. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Text: "Name: Elizabeth Avered; Marriage Date: 8 Jul 1724; Marriage Place: Guilford, Connecticut; Spouse: Isaac Hodgkis."
2. ↑ Marriage (NEHGS; image of typewritten record; original shows "HODGKIS"): Hotchkiss... Isaac, m. Elizabeth Avered, July 8, 1724, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles" -- Guilford VRs, p. 139; Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/12535/139/24281828 (by subscription)
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com. Txt: "Name: Elizabeth Hotchkiss; Spouse: Isaac Hotchkiss; Residence Date: 1 Jan 1746; Residence Place: Guilford, Connecticut."
4. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Ancestry.com. Txt: "Name: Elizabeth Hotchkiss; Age: 97; Death Date: 6 Jan; Death Place: Bethany, Connecticut; Spouse: Isaac."
5. ↑ Find A Grave Elizabeth Avered Hotchkiss

• Olding, Jr., Herbert H., Old Guilford Births and Deaths, Connecticut Nutmegger'(Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1977) Vol. 10, Page 160