Elijah Purington (1729 - aft. 1770)

Born 24 Sep 1729 in Hampton, New Hampshire

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Died after 1770 after age 40 in Weare, New Hampshire

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Biography

Elijah Purington was born on 24 September 1729 in Hampton Falls, New Hamshire. His parents were Elisha and Phoebe (Swett) Purington.^[1] (His name was incorrectly transcribed as Elisha on the New Hampshire card catalogue record).

Elijah married Dolly Green about 1751, based on the birth of their first known child in 1752.

Elijah and Dolly had children:

1. Hezekiah (1752)^[2], married Sarah Collins
2. Betty (1753)^[3], married Elisha Gove
3. Winthrop (1754)^[4]
4. Dolly (1758)^[5], married Johnson Gove
5. Elijah (1762)^[6], married Phebe Gove

Elijah died sometime after 1770.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5F-SSH : 21 October 2022), Elisha Purinton, ; citing Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ6-CQ4 : 18 January 2020), Elijah Purington in entry for Hezekiah Purington, 1752.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNJ-9V2 : 18 January 2020), Elijah Purington in entry for Betty Purington, 1753.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ6-CQG : 18 January 2020), Elijah Purington in entry for Winthrop Purington, 1754.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNJ-927 : 18 January 2020), Elijah Purington in entry for Dolly Purington, 1758.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ5-9HG : 18 January 2020), Elijah Purintun in entry for Elijah Purintun, 1762.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 March 2019, 18:04), entry for Elijah Purington(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4HK-9D5); contributed by various users.