Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman (1670 - 1752)

Born 28 Jun 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Coggin — married 12 Apr 1692 (to 17 Feb 1725) in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Jacob Wyman — married 4 Feb 1740 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 2 May 1752 at age 81 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

The two wives of Jacob Wyman were cousins, and both were by birth named Elizabeth Richardson. The first wife of Jacob Wyman was Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel Richardson. The second wife was Elizabeth, the third daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Green) Richardson, and the widow of Capt. John Coggin. She was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, on June 28, 1670.^[1][2]

She married first, Capt. John Coggin, son of John and Mary (Long) Coggin, in Woburn on April 12, 1692.^[1][3]

She married second, Jacob Wyman, as his second wife, in Woburn on February 4, 1739.^[1][4]

Elizabeth (Richardson-Coggin) Wyman died in Woburn on May 2, 1752, at the age of 81.^[5]

Jacob Wyman

Jacob Wyman was born June 4, 1665 at Woburn, Mass. He was the son of Lieut. John Wyman and Sarah Ruth Nutt. His occupation: Tanner. He became a freeman in 1690.

On November 23, 1687, he married his first wife, Elizabeth Richardson. Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel and Martha Richardson.

Jacob and Elizabeth Richardson had the following children:

Jacob Wyman. Born September 11, 1688. Married on June 19, 1732, to Anne Nutt. Samuel Wyman. Born February 7, 1690. Elizabeth Wyman. Born January 7, 1692. She married Josiah Waters. She died before 1742. David Wyman. Born April 4, 1693. On Oct. 31, 1716, he married Phoebe Richardson, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Richradson, and granddaughter of Thomas Richardson the First. Martha Wyman. Born October 13, 1695. Her first husband was Ebenezer Tidd. Her second husband was Major Joseph Richardson. Mary Wyman. Born July 8, 1698. Married Josiah Waters, and resided at Woburn and Medord. John Wyman. Born Dec. 11, 1700. Died July 9, 1721 at Harvard. Solomon Wyman. Born April 24, 1703. Died Sept. 22, 1725. Patience Wyman. Born April 15, 1705. She married John Coggin, of Sudbury. Ebenezer. Born May 5, 1707. He became the Rev. Ebenezer Wyman. He was married May 22, 1739 to Mary Wright. Ebenezer died Feb. 9, 1746. Isaiah. Born Feb. 22, 1709. Died Feb. 9, 1746 or 1747. Peter Wyman. Born September 27, 1711. In 1744, he married Abigail Russell, of Woburn. Daniel Wyburn. Born May 27, 1715. His first wife was Rebecca, but she died Feb. 10, 1744. His second wife was Dorothy Jennison, and she lived until Sept. 30, 1806. Daniel died December 29, 1766, leaving 8 children. Jacob married a second time on February 4, 1740. His second wife was Elizabeth (Richardson) Coggin, the widow of Capt. John Coggin. She was first cousin to Jacob's first wife.

Jacob Wyman died March 31, 1742.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Richardson Memorial: Pages 194-195. Citing: "1569. Elizabeth Richardson ... third daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Green) Richardson; born in Woburn, June 28, 1670; married, first, April 12, 1692, Capt. John Coggin, ... son of John and Mary (Long) Coggin. ... John Coggin died Feb. 16, 1724-5. Second, Feb. 4, 1740, Jacob Wyman .. She was his second wife. The two wives of Jacob Wyman were cousins, and both were by birth named Elizabeth Richardson. The first wife of Jacob Wyman was Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Samuel Richardson [1574]."
2. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume I. Births. Page 210. Citing: "Richardson, Elizabeth, d. of Joseph, June 28, 1670."
3. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume III. Marriages. Page 56. Citing: "John Coggin and Elizabeth Richardson, Apr. 12, 1692."
4. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume III. Marriages. Page 57. Citing: "Mrs. Elizabeth Coggin and Mr. Jacob Wyman, both of Woburn, Feb. 4, 1739."
5. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume II. Deaths. Page 214. Citing: "Elizabeth, widow of ___, May 2, 1752."
6. ↑ Entered by Elizabeth Hargrave.

See also:

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900. (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).
• Vinton, John. The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson (Brown Thurston & Co., Portland, Maine, 1876).

• http://www.marthachurchill.com/wyman.html#ephraim&sarah
• http://www.wyman.org/Genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2777&tree=Wyman

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