Priscilla (Vinal) Litchfield (1723 - 1804)

Born 18 May 1723 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Litchfield — married 1 Apr 1742 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1804 at age 80 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Vinal Name Study.

Priscilla Vinal was born in Scituate, Plymouth, on May 18, 1723 and baptized at First Church on October 22, 1727. She was the daughter of Jacob Vinal and Elizabeth Simons.

Priscilla married Samuel Litchfield in Scituate on April 1, 1742, their marriage being performed at First Church by Rev. Shearjashub Bourn. They had filed their marriage intention in Scituate on February 27, 1742/3.

Priscilla and Samuel had the following nine children, eight of whom lived into adulthood:

Abigail (1) b. abt. 1743; bp. 1 May 1743, d. bef. 1747

Elizabeth b. abt. 1744; bp. 4 Nov 1744

Abigail (2) b. abt. 1747; bp. 26 Apr 1747

Lawrence b. 19 Feb 1749; bp. 14 May 1749

Hannah b. abt. 1752; bp. 10 May 1752

Priscilla b. abt. 1754; bp. 7 Jul 1754

Olive b. in 1758; bp. 4 Jun 1758

Lillis b. abt. 1760; bp. was not recorded prob. due to lapse bet. ministers

Deborah b. 27 Dec 1763; bp. 5 June 1763

All the children's baptisms, except Lillis, occurred at First Church in Scituate.

Priscilla's death appears in the First Church registry as "1804, Widow Priscilla Litchfield."

Sources

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-7XYN?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-449%3A353350201%2C353448301%2C353448302 : 13 July 2016), Plymouth > Scituate > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1801 > image 112 of 264; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. (Priscilla's birth record in original registry; parents named "Jacob Vinal Jun. and wife Elizabeth")

• Litchfield, W. L. (comp.), Litchfield Family in America (Part One): Lawrence Litchfield and His Descendants, October 1903, p. 208-211: https://archive.org/stream/litchfieldfamily13sout#page/208/mode/2up/search/jacob+vinal

• New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Acknowledgments

• This profile originally was created on 26 October 2010 through the import of Allen-Patterson & Allied Families.GED.

• Misc. Possibly Relevant Information

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Marriage:

Date: 1 APR 1742

Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts USA

Source: #S046884

• Original Source Information

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Title: The Genealogy of Thomas Lee Clough

Author: Thomas Lee Clough

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Media: Internet

• New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970