Elizabeth
SAFFORD
Born
3 August 1670
,
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died
19 January 1739
,
Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
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Born: 3 August 1670 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Father:
Joseph SAFFORD
Mother:
Mary BAKER
Paternal grandparents:
Thomas SAFFORD
, Elizabeth SUTTON
Maternal grandparents:
John BAKER
, Elizabeth UNKNOWN
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elizabeth married John BROWN abt. 1696 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
John BROWN was born abt. 1674 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. John died 17 February 1767 in Griswold, Connecticut, USA (Jewett City). John was the child of Nathaniel BROWN (BROWNE) and Judith PERKINS.
Elizabeth SAFFORD died 19 January 1739 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
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Spouse & Children of Elizabeth SAFFORD
Elizabeth SAFFORD married 
John BROWN
Marriage date: abt. 1696
Marriage place: Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
John BROWN was the child of Nathaniel BROWN (BROWNE) and Judith PERKINS
John BROWNMarriage date: abt. 1696
Marriage place: Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
John BROWN was the child of Nathaniel BROWN (BROWNE) and Judith PERKINS
Marriage notes:
"John & Elizabeth [SAFFORD] (1670-); ca 1696; Ipswich-Wenham-Preston, CT {Stonington Hist. 256; Essex Ant. 12:156; Safford (ms) B; Davis: Anc. of Phoebe Tilton 83, 156}"
Children of John BROWN and Elizabeth SAFFORD
John BROWNBorn: 24 March 1697, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 14 April 1697, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 14 April 1697, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
John BROWNBorn: 3 March 1698, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 8 August 1699, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 8 August 1699, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Judith BROWNBorn: 28 August 1700, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 11 June 1785, Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 11 June 1785, Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Ebenezer WILLIAMS 14 May 1723 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Nathaniel BROWNBorn: 22 January 1704, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 11 June 1787, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 11 June 1787, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Keziah KINNE 14 December 1731 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
John BROWN (BROWNE)Born: 19 July 1706, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 15 March 1776, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 15 March 1776, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Amie (Ame) FELLOWS 16 December 1731 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Elizabeth BROWNBorn: 7 February 1709, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 27 August 1759, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 27 August 1759, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Ebenezer WITTER 26 March 1729 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Jacob BROWNBorn: 6 July 1711, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 10 January 1793, Preston, Connecticut, USA
Died: 10 January 1793, Preston, Connecticut, USA
Married: Deliverance BUMP (BUMPAS) 11 November 1742 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Married: Mary PAYSON 14 December 1757 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Married: Jerusha ENSWORTH 11 December 1776 Place: Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
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1670 Birth - Ipswich
SAFFOURD (see also Safford)
Elizabeth, d. Joseph, Aug. 3, 1670. CTR
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Elizabeth Saffourd
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 03 Aug 1670
birthplace: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Joseph Saffourd
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04442-7
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 877468
reference number: 29
source; familysearch.org
Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors
SAFFOURD (see also Safford)
Elizabeth, d. Joseph, Aug. 3, 1670. CTR
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Elizabeth Saffourd
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 03 Aug 1670
birthplace: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Joseph Saffourd
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name:
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C04442-7
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 877468
reference number: 29
source; familysearch.org
Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors
Title History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut: from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900
Author Richard Anson Wheeler
Publisher Press of the Day publishing company, 1900
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized Aug 22, 2007
Length 754 pages
Title History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut: from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900
Author Richard Anson Wheeler
Publisher Press of the Day publishing company, 1900
Original from the University of Virginia
Digitized Aug 22, 2007
Length 754 pages
1697 Birth of ChildJohn BROWN was born 24 March 1697, Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth was 26 years old.
1698 Birth of ChildJohn BROWN was born 3 March 1698, Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth was 27 years old.
1700 Birth of ChildJudith BROWN was born 28 August 1700, Wenham, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth was 30 years old.
1704 Birth of ChildNathaniel BROWN was born 22 January 1704, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Elizabeth was 33 years old.
1706 Birth of ChildJohn BROWN (BROWNE) was born 19 July 1706, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Elizabeth was 35 years old.
1709 Birth of ChildElizabeth BROWN was born 7 February 1709, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Elizabeth was 38 years old.
1711 Birth of ChildJacob BROWN was born 6 July 1711, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Elizabeth was 40 years old.
1720 Admission to Preston, Connecticut First Congregational Church
1720 BROWN NOV. 17, JOHN BROWN, ESQR, AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH. ADMISSION
SOURCE:
PRESTON, CONNECTICUT, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH RECORDS, 1698-1898. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2009.) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF PRESTON, CONNECTICUT, 1698-1898 : TOGETHER WITH STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH TAKEN FROM CHURCH RECORDS. PRESTON, CONN.: THE SOCIETY, 1900.
1720 BROWN NOV. 17, JOHN BROWN, ESQR, AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH. ADMISSION
SOURCE:
PRESTON, CONNECTICUT, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH RECORDS, 1698-1898. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2009.) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF PRESTON, CONNECTICUT, 1698-1898 : TOGETHER WITH STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH TAKEN FROM CHURCH RECORDS. PRESTON, CONN.: THE SOCIETY, 1900.
1723 Marriage of ChildJudith BROWN married 14 May 1723, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) to Ebenezer WILLIAMS
1729 Marriage of ChildElizabeth BROWN married 26 March 1729, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) to Ebenezer WITTER
1731 Marriage of ChildNathaniel BROWN married 14 December 1731, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) to Keziah KINNE
1731 Marriage of ChildJohn BROWN (BROWNE) married 16 December 1731, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) to Amie (Ame) FELLOWS
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Her tombstone describes her as "Elizabeth Brown," "age 69 years," "wife of John."
Pachaug Cemetery
Griswold, Connecticut, USA (Jewett City)
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Death — 173919 January 1739
Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
She died at the age of 68.
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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
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1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
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1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
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