Elisabeth (Rogers) Richmond (1673 - 1724)

Born 16 Apr 1673 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Silvester Richmond — married 1693 (to 23 Oct 1724) in Little Compton, Colony of Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1724 at age 51 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Colony

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Biography

Elisabeth Rogers was born on 16 April 1673 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers.^[1][2]

She married Sylvester Richmond in 1693, their marriage recorded in both Little Compton and Tiverton, towns in the Colony of Rhode Island.^[3] He was born Little Compton in 1673, the son of Edward and Abigail (Davis) Richmond.^[2]

Elisabeth died in Little Compton on 23 October 1724 in her 52nd year.^[4][5]

Sylvester then married 2. Deborah (Cushing) Loring on 18 February 1727/8 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,^[6] the widow of Thomas Loring.

Sylvester died in Dartmouth on 20 November 1754 in his 81st year, and was buried in Little Compton.^[4][7] Elizabeth and Sylvester's gravestones still stand in the Old Commons Burial Ground in Little Compton.^[5]

Children born Little Compton:^[4][2]

1. William, b. 10 Oct 1694
2. Elizabeth, b. 10 May 1696
3. Silvester, b. 30 Jun 1698
4. Peleg, b. 25 Oct 1700
5. Perez (Pharez), b. 5 Oct 1702
6. Ichabod, b. 27 Feb 1704
7. Ruth, b. 7 Mar 1705
8. Hannah, b. 9 Jul 1709; d. 20 Jan 1728 in 20th year
9. Sarah, b. 31 Oct 1711
10. Mary, b. 29 Nov 1713
11. Roger(s), b. 25 May 1716

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-44RR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-T3F%3A353350201%2C353419701%2C353423501 : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Duxbury > Town records 1645-1749 > image 13 of 96; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   "General Records Dates Included 1645-1749, Town of Duxbury", p. 23.

   Elis Rogers the daughter of John Rogers and Elisabeth his wife was borne Aprill 16 1673

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [1st printing]), pp. 15, 46-7.
3. ↑ James N Arnold, compiler, Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, 21 vols., 1891), Recorded Little Compton, p. 49 and Tiverton, p. 43.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island, Little Compton, p. 151.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 June 2019), memorial page for Elisabeth Rogers Richmond (16 Apr 1673–23 Oct 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #23254357, citing Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Jay Richmond (contributor 46949292). (Includes gravestone photo.)
6. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA:NEHGS, 1911), p. 294.
7. ↑ Reeves & Westgate, MF Families, Rogers, p. 46, citing Bristol Co., Mass., Probate Records 16:336, his will was written and probated at Dartmouth.

See also:

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Acknowledgments

• Contributors: Robert Harter, Charles Seamon.