Elizabeth Birchard
F, b. before 1 November 1621, d. 28 February 1699/0
Elizabeth was born before 1 November 1621 in Terling, County Essex, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Birchard and Mary Robinson. She was christened there on 1 November 1621 in All Saints' Church.1 Elizabeth married Thomas Bliss, son of Thomas Bliss and Margaret Snowe, on 30 October 1644 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.2,3 Thomas and Elizabeth had children: Elizabeth [11/20/1645-7/10/1689] [m. 7/07/1673 Edward Smith], Sarah [8/26/1647-8/29/1730] [m. 12/__/1668 Thomas Sluman], Mary [2/07/1649-] [m. David Caulkins], Thomas [3/03/1652-1/29/1682], Deliverance [8/19/1655-] [6/08/1682 David Perkins], Samuel [12/07/1657-12/30/1731], Anne [9/15/1660-2/19/1715] [m. 4/08/1688 Josiah Rockwell] & Rebecca [3/18/1663-8/22/1737] [m. 4/08/1686 Israel Lathrop].4 Thomas moved from his family home to Saybrook shortly after his father's death [1651]. His allotment of land was on the east side of the river in what is now Lynn. By 1660, he had moved his family to Norwich, where the couple gave birth to Anne, the second white child born in Norwich. Elizabeth's husband, Thomas, died on 15 April 1688 in Norwich leaving her a widow.5 Elizabeth departed this life on Sunday, 28 February 1699/0 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.5
Family | Thomas Bliss b. b 23 Jan 1617/18, d. 15 Apr 1688 |
Citations
- [S2384] Prentis Glazier, Thomas and Mary [Robinson] Birchard, their origin, ancestry and family, page 17.
- [S2083] New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Volume 1 page 163.
- [S2382] Donald Lines Jacobus, Hale, House and Related Families mainly in the Connecticut River Valley, page 479.
- [S2385] The Connecticut Historical Society and the Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of Saybrook, 1647-1834, page 6 - The Marriage of Thomas Bliss and his children.
- [S2383] Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of Norwich, Connecticut: from its possession by the Indians, to the year 1866, pages 167-68.