Elizabeth (Brewster) Christophers (1637 - 1708)

Born 1 May 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Bradley — married 7 Sep 1653 (to 3 Apr 1662) in New London, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Christopher Christophers — married after 13 Jul 1676 (to 23 Jul 1687) in New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1708 at about age 70 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth Brewster, the daughter of Jonathan Brewster and Lucretia Oldham, was born May 1, 1637, at Duxbury, Massachusetts. She married (1) Sept. 7, 1653, Peter Bradley (died April 3, 1662), and married (2) Christopher Christophers (died July 23, 1687.^[1]

OF NOTE- It appears that Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley had been accused of some scandalous behavior: MB&D, Roser I:261, 262, Footnote 6: Christopher’s wife Mary died in July of 1676. Connecticut county court records at New London, September,1673, however, tell an interesting story. About three years before Chistophers wife’s death, it seems that Elizabeth “Brawly” [Bradley, by then a widow with four children] was found guilty of fornication with Christopher Christophers who was a “married man,” the second of such offenses, and she was now “neare the time of delivery.” Delaying punishing due to her condition, the court nonetheless noted the “haniousness” of this crime and stated that she was to appear in public at a later date displaying the notice: “Let the punishment of my whore dome be a warning to others; or else to pay fifteen pound fyne.” Elizabeth chose to pay the fine. Despite this fact the Brewsters recorded the birth of John Christopers as the son of Christopher and his wife Elizabeth <Brewster Book, MD 1:7

Children

1. Elizabeth Bradley, b. March 16, 1654^[1]
2. Hannah Bradley b. Sept 17, 1656^[1]
3. Peter Bradley b. Sept 7, 1658^[1]
4. Lucretia Bradley b. Aug. 16, 1661^[1]
5. John Chritophers, b. Sep 3, 1668^[1]

Notes

BIOGRAPHY: 'Munsey-Hopkin Genealogy, A' Elizabeth, b. at Plymouth (now Duxbury), 1 May 1637; d. at New Lodon, Ct, Feb. 1708; m. 1) at New London, 7 Sept. 1635, Peter Bradley, d. at New London, 3. Apr. 1662 (sic June 1663); m. 2) prob. at New London aft. 13 July 1676, Christopher Christopher, b. Eng. ca. 1631; d. at New London, 23 July 1687. He m. 1) in Eng., Mary----; d. at New london, 13 July 1676

Ancestral File Number: 8LFX-XJ

Alt. Death: 11 Nov 1713 Plymouth, Massachusetts^[2]

Alt. Burial: 11 Nov 1713 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "Early Generations of the Brewster Family." New England Hist. and Gen. Register 53:113
2. ↑ FamilySearch
3. ↑ FamilySearch

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• Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and edited by Scott Andrew Bartley, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Part 1, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2014
• The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants) Vol. 1, Page 7
• Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, “History of New London, Connecticut: From the First Survey of the Coast in ...” (New London : The author [Hartford, Ct., Press of Case, Tiffany and company], 1852) Page 317.
• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

Birth year: 1636; Birth city: ; Birth state: MA. Birth date: 1636 Birth place: MA Death date: 11 November 1713 Death place: Plymouth, MA

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