Elizabeth (Lockwood) Betts (abt. 1720 - 1759)

Born about 1720 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Wife of Silas Betts — married 15 Jan 1744 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1759 at about age 39 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth may have been born about 1724 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. She would then have been about 22 years of age when she married. Elizabeth passed away 29 April 1759 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.^[1]

Elizabeth married Silas Betts in January 1743/44 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[2]

Research notes

The marriage record for Elizabeth and Silas Betts states that Elizabeth was the daughter of Gershom. There is an Elizabeth listed as daughter of Gershom born 9 January 1739. This is obviously not the Elizabeth here as she would been only five years old when she married.

There is a Gershom and a Gershom Junior Lockwood listed in the Barbour Collection. Unknown if they are the same person or father and son.

Sources

• Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g2830.htm
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WC-32V : 3 December 2014), Elizabeth Betts, 06 Dec 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

1. ↑ Her death date and place can be found in the Barbour Collection on ancestry.com. For some reason it has been omitted from the transcription found online and listed in the sources here.
2. ↑ Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1668-1852 – I-M

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut, Town Birth Records (Barbour Collection), 1759