Elizabeth Janes (abt. 1684 - abt. 1757)

Born about 22 Jul 1684 in Connecticut [uncertain]

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Died about 10 Apr 1757 at about age 72 in Lebanon, New Haven, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

SILAS PHELPS, son of Jedediah and Elizabeth (Janes), dau. of Abel and Mary (Judd), see page 229, b. Jan. 17, 1720, at Lebanon, Conn.; d. , 1816.

ABEL'S EPITAPH Herc Lieth the Body of Mr Abel Janes y Hufband of Mrs Mary James who Died December ye 18 I718 in ye 73 year of his age Leet Heavens Blefiings relt upon ye Derling of my youthful dayes & alfo one my children yong To keep them all in wifdom's wais

MARY S EPITAPH Here lyes ye Body of y worthy virtuous 8c pious Mother in Ifrael wife to Mr Abel Janes Mrs Mary Janes by Name when he had Lieved Long a holy and Patient Life Dyed April 24 1735 in ye 80 year of Har age Farwell my Loving Children My Neigburs & my Friends Sarve God in Truth while in Your Youth & Til Your Life doth End

CHILDREN

1. MARY born 8 Oct 1680 married (1) Benjamin King Northampton 16 May 1700 (2) Jonathan Graves
   
2. RUTH born 5 June 1682 married Ebenezer Chapin of Springfield
   
3. ELIZABETH born 22 July 1684
   
4. ELISHA born 1686 married Mindwell supposed she afterwards married James Tisdale
   
5. SARAH born 1689 married Waitsill Strong
   
6. WILLIAM born 1692 married Abigail Loomis 5 June 1712
   
7. ESTHER born 1695 married Stephen Hunt of Lebanon
   
8. NOAH born 30 Nov 1697 unmarried
   
9. RACHEL born 26 March 1700
   
10. BATHSHEBA born 8 April 1703
    

Sources

• Phelps, Oliver Seymour & Servin, Andrew Tinkey. The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors, with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records. Pittsfield, MA: Eagle Publishing, 1899. Volume 2
• Dewey, Adelbert Milton, 1857-; Dewey, Louis Marinus, 1865-; Dewey, William T. (William Tarbox); Dewey, Orville. Life of George Dewey, rear admiral, U.S.N.; and Dewey family history : being an authentic historical and genealogical record of more than fifteen thousand persons in the United States by the name of Dewey, and their descendants : Life of Rear Admiral George Dewey.1898. p 405

https://ia600204.us.archive.org/28/items/lifeofgeorgedewe00dewe/lifeofgeorgedewe00dewe.pdf

• The Janes Family: A Genealogy and Brief History of the Descendants of William Janes the Emigrant Ancestor of 1637, with an Extended Notice of Bishop Edmund S. Janes, D. D., and Other Biographical Sketches. Frederic Janes. 1868. p 83

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