Elizabeth Balch

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Elizabeth Balch (Fairfield)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: January 31, 1737 (70)
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Walter Fairfield, Sr. and Sarah Fairfield
Wife of Freeborn Balch, Sr.
Mother of Skipper Fairfield Balch; Elizabeth Elliott; Sarah Balch; Abigail Raymond; Tabitha Raymond and 5 others
Sister of Sarah Abbe; William Fairfield, Sr.; Walter Fairfield, Jr.; Mary Marah Fairfield; Prudence Dodge and 8 others

Managed by: Phillip Balch
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Balch

Elizabeth Fairfield Balch

  • BIRTH 9 Aug 1666 Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 31 Jan 1737 (aged 70) Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • PLOT Sect. E5, Stone 206 MEMORIAL ID 25175742

Elizabeth is the earliest member in this cemetery.

Inscription
Here lyes Buried ye Body
of Mrs. ELIZABETH BALCH,
Wife to Mr FREEBORN
BALCH, OF Beverly,
Who Died January
31st, AD. 1736/7 in ye 71st
Year of Her Age.

Parents
Walter Fairfield 1631–1723
Sarah Skepper Fairfield 1639–1710

Spouse
Freeborn Balch 1660 in Beverly –1729 m. 1690 [3]
Miriam ____, m. 2nd, Elizabeth Fairfield 1690, d. 1729 in Beverly.

Siblings
Sarah Fairfield Abbe 1655–1742
William Fairfield 1662–1742
Walter Fairfield 1672–1756
Prudence Fairfield Dodge 1680–1737

Children
Skipper Balch 1692–1714
Sarah Balch 1700–1714
Tabitha Balch Raymond 1702 – unknown
William Balch 1704–1792
Mary Balch Wingate 1707–1787

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25175742/elizabeth-balch

Sources

[2] Wenham births: FAIREFIELD, Elizabeth, d. Walter, Aug. 9, 1666. CT. R.

[3] 1690 (U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 online); possibly April 30, 1690 Beverly (Ancestry One World Tree record)

[4] Bedford deaths: BALCH, Elizabeth, Mrs., Jan. 31, 1736-7. C.R. [w. Freeborn of Beverly, G.R.]

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Elizabeth Balch's Timeline

1666
August 9, 1666
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1685
November 25, 1685
Aug, Bad Tolz-Wolfratshausen, Bayern, Germany
1692
July 25, 1692
Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
1694
1694
Wenham, Essex Co., MA
1696
1696
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1698
1698
Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
1700
1700
Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
1702
1702
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1704
September 30, 1704
Beverly, Essex Co., MA