Eleanor Converse

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Eleanor Converse (Richardson)

Also Known As: "Elener"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: August 06, 1785 (66-75)
Stafford, Hartford County, CT, United States
Place of Burial: Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Nathaniel Richardson, Jr. and Abigail Richardson
Wife of Josiah Converse
Mother of Mary Burgess Phelps; Eleanor Moulton; Capt. Josiah Converse; Joshua Converse; Dorothy Steele and 8 others
Sister of Abigail Goffe; Elizabeth Richardson; Rebecca Whittmore; Nathaniel Richardson, III; Benjamin Richardson and 7 others

DAR: Ancestor #: A025182. (Wife of Patriot)
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About Eleanor Converse

Josiah Converse married in Leicester, Mass., 27 December 1732, Eleanor Richardson, who was born in Woburn in 1714, died 6 August 1785, and was the daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Reed) Richardson.

Gov. Julius Converse of Vermont, their grandson, said that. Lieut. Josiah was rather below the common size, but that his wife, Eleanor, was of very large size, and "came from a family of giants."

Citations

  • link to Kith and Kin : Containing Genealogical Data of the Following Families, 1922 Page 46
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Eleanor Converse's Timeline

1714
1714
Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1733
July 12, 1733
Leicester, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts
1734
March 21, 1734
Leicester, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts
1735
1735
1737
June 4, 1737
Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony
1739
May 21, 1739
Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1741
June 11, 1741
Stafford, Tolland County , Province of Connecticut, Colonial America
1743
August 17, 1743
Stafford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1745
September 9, 1745
Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States