Elizabeth Jeffery

F, b. 1629, d. after 1684
     Elizabeth was born in 1629. Elizabeth married John Sweete, son of John Sweete and Mary (?), circa 1650 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.1 Elizabeth's husband, John, died before 16 July 1677 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, leaving her a widow. She married second a Mr. Wilson Who had died in or by 1684. In 1684, she is noted on record as being Elizabeth Wilson, widow, aged 55 or thereabouts. and that she and her family had been living at the home of her first husband on the Ponotocut River.2 Elizabeth departed this life after 1684 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. John & Elizabeth had children: John [7/21/1651-7/29/1719][m. Jane], Daniel, James, Henry, Richard, Benjamin, William, Jeremiah.3

Family

John Sweete b. c 1621, d. b 16 Jul 1677

Citations

  1. [S166] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Families, pages 194-195 - John Sweete, son of John & Mary m. Elizabeth who m. 2nd Samuel Wilson.
  2. [S1653] Lois Stewart, James Sweet of Rhode Island: A Mystery, page 28 - On 18 Sept. 1684, Elizabeth Wilson, widow, aged 55 or thereabouts, testified that her first husband, John Sweet, and she kept possession peaceably of their house and land at Potowocut Neck and their mill in Potowocut River for several years until forced off by the late Indian war and after the war she and her children returned and kept possession of the same place. - www.americanancestors.org.
  3. [S166] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Families, pages 194-195 - children of John & Elizabeth.