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Elizabeth Brush (Clarke)

Also Known As: "Clark", "Bruce"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: August 13, 1710 (67)
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Clarke, of Woburn and Margery Clarke
Wife of George Brush/Bruce of Woburn
Mother of William Bruce; Elizabeth 1 Bruce; Mary Hay; William George Bruce; John Bruce and 7 others
Sister of William Clarke; Margaret Mary Locke; Lydia Bragg; Hannah Talbot; Rebecca Clarke and 2 others

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Elizabeth Brush


Biography

Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of William and Margery Clarke of Watertown & Woburn, was born 26 Nov 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 13 Aug 1710 at age 67 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

She married George Brush on 28 Dec 1659 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. His parents are not known. He was born about 1633 and died 13 Aug 1692 at about age 59 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. it can be speculated that he was captured at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650 where he may have served as a Leftenant of Horse and sent to the Colonies as a slave aboard the ship Unity.

From https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-wa...

Biographical Notes:

The marriage record for George Bruce and Elizabeth Clark is the first documented appearance of him in New England. 10 On 18 April 1690 he applied to be a Freeman.12

SEE: Sources and Notes below!

Children of GEORGE¹ and ELIZABETH (CLARK) BRUCE:

  • 2. i. WILLIAM² BRUCE 1 (George¹), b. at Woburn 21 Nov 1660;13 d. 1 Jan 1661.14
  • 2. ii. WILLIAM² BRUCE 2 (George¹), b. at Woburn 20 Oct 1661; 15 d. 3 Nov 1661.14
  • 2. iii. ELIZABETH² BRUCE 1 (George¹), b. in Woburn 26 Jan 1662;16 d. abt 1671.
  • 2. iv. MARY² BRUCE (George¹), b. in Woburn 15 June 1665; d. abt 1742; m. (1) in Woburn 4 June 1683 WALTER CRANSTON17 18 b. abt 1661; d. bef. 30 Dec 1684; m. (2) in Woburn 30 Oct 1684 JOHN BROOKS19 b. in Woburn 1 Mar 1664;20 d. in Woburn 7 Aug 1733,21 son of John and Eunice (Mousall) Brooks; m. (3) in Woburn 15 Jan 1734 PETER HAY22 b. in Concord abt 1661.
  • 2. v. WILLIAM² BRUCE 3 (George¹), b. at Woburn 28 Apr 1667;23 d. at Bolton, Worcester 15 March 1747;24 m. in Woburn 15 Mar 1693, ELIZABETH (_____) GOULD, widow.25 26
  • 2. vi. JOHN² BRUCE/BRUSHSen. (George¹), b. in Woburn 18 June 1670; m. (1) in Woburn 31 Jan 1693, ROSE WATTLES, 27 b. in Chelmsford 22 Oct 1670;28 d. in Woburn 21 Sept 1723,29 dau. of John Wattles/Woodall, Worcester Prisoner of War and Mary (Gould) Wattles; m. (2) in Woburn May 1724, ISABEL LEPINGWELL,17 b. in Woburn 6 Jan 1697, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Dunkley) Lepingwell.30
  • 2. vii. ELIZABETH² BRUCE 2 (George¹), b. in Woburn 24 Aug 1672; 31 d. in Cambridge, Middlesex 20 Apr 1748; m. in Woburn 2 Mar 1698, EBENEZER SWAN,32 b. in Cambridge, Middlesex 14 Nov 1672;33 d. in Menotomy, Middlesex 27 Jan 1740, son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Pratt) Swann.
  • 2. viii. GEORGE² BRUCE (George¹), b. in Woburn 18 Jan 1673/4;34 35 d. in Woburn 18 Jan 1673/4.36 37
  • 2. ix. JOSEPH² BRUCE 1 (George¹), b. in Woburn 11 Jan 1674/5; 3438 d. 28 Feb 1676.36 39
  • 2. x. JOSEPH² BRUCE 2 (George¹), b. in Woburn 29 Dec 1676; 34 40
  • 2. x. SAMUEL² BRUCE (George¹), b. 28 Mar 1680;34 41
  • 2. xi. MARJORY² BRUCE (George¹), b. in Woburn 24 Apr 1684; 34 42 m. in Woburn 20 Feb 1704, ISAAC WALKER, 43 44 b. in Woburn 1 Nov 1677, “removed to Concord, N.H.”, son of Deacon Samuel Walker, Jr and Sarah (Reed) Walker. 45 46 47
  • 2. xii. LYDIA² BRUCE (George¹), b. in Woburn 10 Apr 1687; 48 47 d. in Woburn 27 Apr 1743; m. in Woburn 23 Oct 1734, JOSIAH WINN,49 b. in Woburn 11 Feb 1710; d. in Lancaster, Middlesex July 1777, son of Joseph and Martha (Blodgett) Winn.

References

  • "The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 58", By Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Page 53. GoogleBooks
  • Book of the Lockes : a genealogical and historical record of the descendants of William Locke, of Woburn ; with an appendix containing a history of the Lockes in England, also of the family of John Locke, of Hampton, N. H., and kindred families and individuals, Locke, John Goodwin, (Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts: James Monroe and Company, 1853.), pages 300-301 (Reliability: 3).
  • Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825., ((Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Watertown Records. Prepared for publication by the Historical Society. Watertown, Mass. 1894-1906)), Page 10: "Elifabeth the daughter of William & Margery borne 26 (9) 1642" (Reliability: 3).
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 17 2016, 20:41:43 UTC
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Elizabeth Brush's Timeline

1642
November 26, 1642
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1661
October 20, 1661
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1662
January 20, 1662
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1663
January 20, 1663
Woburn,Middlesex,Mass
1665
June 15, 1665
Woburn, MA
1667
April 28, 1667
Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1670
June 18, 1670
Woburn, Massachusetts
1672
August 24, 1672
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1674
January 18, 1674
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts