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Elizabeth (Rayner) Graves (1661)

Elizabeth Graves formerly Rayner aka Fossey
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 14 Feb 1685 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Wife of — married 17 Nov 1703 in Chebacco, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

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
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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1993. Print, p. 159.
  4. 23andMe.
  • 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.




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