Samuel’s wife Elizabeth Rayner was born 28 Jul 1661. Her parents were William Rayner and Elizabeth Black. She first married Thomas Fossey (Fancey) Feb 14, 1685 in Ipswich, Mass. In 1696, 1696. Thomas Fossey is keeper of Ipswich prison.
Before she married Samuel Graves, Elizabeth and Thomas Fossey testified in 1692 regarding Mary Estey’s behavior in Ipswich prison during the course of the witchcraft trials. Thomas Fossey was the keeper of Ipswich prison. They were poor spellers even for the times.
Boyer, Paul and Stephen Nissenbaum, eds.. The Salem witchcraft papers, (279-321) Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library 1692:
(Thomas Fosse and Elizabeth Fosse for Mary Easty) thes may Sartifie home it may cun[cern] that wee hows names are undor Ritt[en] Being dasired by some of the Realeations of mary estweke to give our obsarvation how she behaved hur self while she Roumain[ed] in Ipswech prison we dow afarme th[at] wee sawe noe ell carreg or behav[iour in] hure but that hure daportment wosi [torn] Sobor and civell as wittnes our h[ands this] 5 Saptem 92
thomos
[Fosse]
his mark
elesabeth [Fosse]
Birth
Elizabeth Reiner was born to William Reiner on July 28, 1661 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.[1]
Marriage
Eliza Rainer married Tho Fossey on February 14, 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.[2]
Eliza Fasey [widow Fosse, int.] married Samuel Grates [Graves, Jr. int.] on November 17, 1703 at Chebacco, Massachusetts.[3]
DNA
The mtDNA results of Winifred Jean Johnson, Elizabeth (Rayner) Graves's direct maternal descendent, indicate that her mtDNA haplogroup is I2, as confirmed by 23andMe.[4]
Sources
↑Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-B279 : 13 July 2016), Elizabeth Reiner, 28 Jul 1661; citing Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1871, p. 7, Ipswich town clerk office, Massachusetts; Family History Library microfilm 777,636.
↑Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G46D : 13 July 2016), Tho Fossey and Eliza Rainer, 14 Feb 1685; citing Marriage, Ipswitch, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; Family History Library microfilm 877,468.
↑Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1993. Print, p. 159.
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCCS-1B9 : 4 December 2014), Samuel Grates and Eliza Fasey, 17 Nov 1703; citing reference ; Family History Library microfilm 0547505 IT 1.
Is Elizabeth your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: