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Betsey (Webber) Elwell (1782 - 1858)

Betsey Elwell formerly Webber
Born in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 11 Dec 1802 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 75 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Weber Name Study.

Betsey Webber was born to Benjamin and Betsey (Webber) Webber on 29 Apr 1782 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.[1] Her mother was the daughter of Ignatius and Elizabeth (Stuart) Webber[2]

She married Robert Elwell, 4th, also of Gloucester on 11 Dec 1802.[3]

Betsey Elwell died of "lung fever" in Gloucester on 9 Feb 1858.[4]

Research Notes

  1. There are three marriage records that specify Robert Elwell, 4th:
    1. Jan 1801 to Betsy Brown
    2. Dec 1802 to Betsey Webber
    3. Dec 1824 to Dorcas Day
  2. Using the date of the first marriage mentioned, we might suppose that Robert was born in 1780, In fact, the records of Gloucester births yield a Robert born to Robert, 3d on 8 May 1780. …. And that his first wife died soon after marriage.
    1. Date works for our thesis
    2. This Robert is the son of Robert, 3d, so that works for our naming pattern
    3. Unable to find a document that confirms this thesis
  3. There is a record of
    1. a James, son of Robert, bp Mar 1804,
    2. a Betsey, dau of Robert, b. 1806,
    3. a Lydia, dau of Robert and Betsey, bp. 11 Sep 1811,
    4. Sarah Haskell, dau of Robert, bp. 6 Sep 1817.
  4. There is also a Robert, Jr." having children in the late 20's and 30's with a woman named Dorcas, and a Robert with no suffix marrying and having a child or two before 1801.

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, Betsy Webber, 29 Apr 1782; citing GLOUCESTER,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,641, 823,642.
  2. "Descendants of Michael Webber of Falmouth Maine and of Gloucester, Massachusetts". Chamberlain, George. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1935
  3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch, Robert Elwell and Betsey Webber, 11 Dec 1802; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.
  4. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. subscription reqiuired
  • Adobe Digital Editions - Chamberlain, George. Descendants of Michael Webber of Falmouth, Maine and of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., Rutland, VT. 1935.




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