Frances (Pelham) Stonnard (bef. 1643 - bef. 1673)

Born before 9 Nov 1643 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died before 1673 at about age 29 in Essex, England

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Biography

Frances was born on or before 9 November 1643 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Herbert Pelham and his second wife Elizabeth Bosvile. The transcriptions of the records gives a birth register date of 12 November 1643 for her sister Mary. They are not recorded as being twins, and this may be a transcription error. ^[1]
Pellam Frances, d. of Hurbert and Elisabeth, Nov. 9, 1643

Frances would have returned with her family to England in the late 1640s.

She had probably died before 1673: she is not left a bequest in her father's will which was dated 1 January 1672 (probably 1672/3) and which named other children of his and referred to her husband as his son (meaning son-in-law) Jeremiah Stonnard.

Research Notes

Susan Hardman Moore's Abandoning America calls her initially Frances and then, later in the same paragraph, Elizabeth. The latter appears fairly clearly to be a mistake.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850 ed. Baldwin T.W. pub 1914 Boston, Mass (NEHGS) Volume 1 Births, page 551 FamilySearch Image accessed 1 April 2023

• Moore, Susan Hardman. "Abandoning America, Life-Stories From Early New England" The Boydell Press. (2013) p. 238, 239. link for purchase.