Elizabeth (Unknown) Eldred (abt. 1622 - 1711)

Born about 1622 in England

Wife of Samuel Eldred — married about 1641 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1711 at about age 89 in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island

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Biography

Disputed Origins

Elizabeth had been shown as a daughter of Daniel Miller without sources on either profile. Quality sources do not show her last name. Daniel Miller has been detached as her father.

The only potentially credible source that her surname was Miller comes from an U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970,^[1] but even that could be based on family lore. This application lists her birth place as Needham Market, which is in Suffolk, not Norfolk, England.

There is no connection to Norfolk. This myth has been perpetuated by a birth record from Norfolk, England showing a Samuel ALDRIDGE and an Elizabeth. However, upon closer inspection, the record is from 1749 in England.^[2] It seems that family trees and unsourced marriage records, etc, have added Norfolk to Needham Market. No such place exists, nor did it ever.

Name

All sources used to reference Samuel Eldred's wife refer to her as Elizabeth, with no surname. ^[3][4]

Marriage

Elizabeth married Samuel Eldred about 1642 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay.^[4]

She did not marry Samuel Eldred in England, His father's will, dated 1640, states that his son Samuel was to be given 75 pounds when he turned 18. Since Samuel Eldred was in the colonies by 1641,^[5] it easily be can be assumed they married in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. subsrciption needed
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.subscription needed
3. ↑ Austin, John Osborne,. One hundred and sixty allied families. Salem, Mass.: Printed at the Salem Press, 1893. pg 90 subscription needed
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Torrey, Clarence A. "New England Marriages Prior to 1700." Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. pg 246 subscription needed
5. ↑ Virkus, F. Adams., Marquis, A. Nelson. (192542). "The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America: A genealogical encyclopedia of the United States." Chicago: F. A. Virkus & Co. pg 477

See Also:

• Samuel Eldred and Some of His Descendents by Nelson B. Eldred III, 1992. Library of Congress Cat Card No. 92-81631, p. 43.
• Devere Allen. The Allen Families and 83 Connected Families Wilton, Connecticut, January 1947
• Eldred, Nelson B. III. Samuel Eldred and Some of his Descendants. Marietta, Georgia, 1992
• Eldred & Alllied Families by Ercel, Virginia Hunt 1975 available on microfilm from Salt Lake City;
• a page from the "EARLY RECORDS OF BOSTON" showing the Eldred or Eldridge Genealogy prepared by W.H.Eldridge (photocopy obtained from Brome County Historical Society of Brome Co., Quebec) and
• correspondence from Tony Eldridge of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. birth of Samuel, son of Samuel & Elizabeth Eldred 26 (8) 1644;
• Eldred from Genealogies of Rhode Island Families' Vol I, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1983;