Polly (Watson) Town (1768 - aft. 1830)

Born 19 Jan 1768 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Elisha Town — married 28 Sep 1788 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 1830 after age 61 in New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Polly Watson was born at Leicester, Massachusetts, on 19 Jan 1768, the daughter of Matthew Watson and Mary (Taylor) Watson.^[1]

Marriage

Polly Watson and Elisha Town, both of Leicester, Massachusetts, published at Leicester on 6 Sep 1788 their intention to marry.^[2] They married there on 28 Sep 1768.^[3]

Death

No record has been found of the death of Polly (Watson) Town. She was probably the adult female living in the household of Elisha Town at Alstead, New Hampshire, in 1830, between 60 and 70 years old,^[4] and if so, that is the last record found of her.

Sources

1. ↑ 1903 transcription of the birth record of Polly Watson, in Vital records of Leicester, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, Mass., 1903). page 101
2. ↑ Marriage intention of Elisha Town and Polly Watson, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 database with images, FamilySearch > Worcester > Leicester > Marriages 1722-1905 > image 14 of 63; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
3. ↑ Undated transcription of the marriage record of Elisha Town and Polly Watson, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Worcester > Oxford > Births, marriage intentions, marriages, deaths 1714-1874 > image 165 of 491; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ Elisha Town household, in United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > image 17 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).