Elizabeth (Carter) Boreman (1575 - 1631)

Born 1575 in Claydon, Oxfordshire, England

Wife of Thomas Boreman Sr. — married 2 Feb 1596 in Claydon, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 11 May 1631 at about age 56 in Claydon, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Carter, the eldest daughter of Felix Carter and his wife Margaret of Claydon, was born about 1575. On 2 February 1595/6 she married Thomas Boreman. They had 9 children: ^[1]

1. William Boardman (1596-1613)
2. Felix Boardman born 1599, settled in London
3. Thomas Boreman born 1601, emigrated to New England
4. Samuel Boardman born 1604, probably died young
5. Daniel Boardman born 1606, living in New England in 1670
6. John Boardman (1608 - 1680)
7. Joseph Boardman born 1611, lived near London
8. Job Boardman (1613 - 1632)
9. Sarah Boardman born 1617

Elizabeth's will is of great importance, because the special provision she makes in it for the maintenance of her son Daniel, together with a similar provision that Thomas of Ipswich makes for his brother Daniel, clearly prove that the emigrant Thomas was her son.

Judging by the sum of her inventory, Elizabeth Boreman must have ably managed the farm left by her husband, for the value of the property after the interval of three years had more than doubled in her hands, rising from a valuation of £54. 3s .3d to £109 6s. 4d. She had five horses and mares, with five "payre of horse geres" for them, six milch cows and eight heifers, besides swine and poultry.

"In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Borman of Clkeydon in the county of Oxford wydowe, syck in bodye but of good & p'fect remembrance thanks be to God for it do ordayne & make this my last will & testament this 27th day of Aprill 1631 as followeth, first I bequethe my Soule into the hands of All-mighty God my maker & redemr by whose p'trous bloude shedinge I hope & stedfastly beleve to be saved, my bodye to be bureid in the Church yard of Cleydone aforesayde. Item I give to the church of Cleydon xvid. Item my will is that my sonne Daniell shall staye & have his being with my sonne John Boremand and alowe unto my sayd sonne Daniell meate, drinke and apparrell and tenn shillings a yeare during the naturall lyffe of the sayd Daniell & yf my sonne Daniell shall not be contented to stay with his brother John & can bettr prfer himself in some other service he may, my sonne John to paye unto him tenn shillings a yeare notwithstanding as aforesayde. Item my will is that my executor hereafter named shall pay unto my daughter Sara Boreman Syx poundes which was given her by the last will & testament of my father Felix Carter deceased. I give unto her also forty shillings to be payde unto her when she shal be of the age of twenty yeares. I give unto her also this my bed that I lye nowe upon wth all that belongs unto it and also I give unto her the best payre of shetes in the house. I give unto my sonne Job seaven poundes to be payde unto him wthin one yeare after his apprentishippe is fully expired. I give unto my son Joseph Boreman syx pounds to be payde unto him when he shall be of the age of foure and twentye yeares. I give unto my sonne Felix Boreman forty shillings to be payde unto him within foure yeares next after my decease, and I give unto my sonne Thomas Boreman forty shillings to be payde unto him within foure yeares next after my decease. All the rest of my goods moveable & unmoveable unbequeathed I give unto my sonne John Boreman whom I make my whole Executor of this my last will and testament In witness hereof I have set my hand & seale the day & year above written Witnesses William Sanderson Peter Carter Elizabeth Christopher Boreman (Mark) Boreman I do intreat my very good friends Ambrose Holbridge, George Hopkins Peter Carter and Christopher Boreman to be overseers to this my will and testament." Proved at Cropredy August 5, 1631

Sources

1. ↑ Charlotte Goldthwaite, Boardman Genealogy 1525-1895: the English Home and Ancestry of Samuel Boreman, Wethersfield, Conn, Thomas Boreman, Ipswich, Mass. with Some Account of Their Descendants Now Called Boardman in America, 1895, viewed on Ancestry.com, pages 93-99.

• Barnum, Mary Pierpont. Pierpont Genealogy and Connecting Lines (Boston, 1928) Page 29-30