Elizabeth Eldred

Evidence needed to support Elizabeth Eldred as daughter of Daniel Miller

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180610697/elizabeth-eldred

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-562652

Disputed Origins

Elizabeth had been shown as a daughter of Daniel Miller without sources on either profile. Quality sources do not show her last name. Daniel Miller has been detached as her father.

The only potentially credible source that her surname was Miller comes from an U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970,[1] but even that could be based on family lore. This application lists her birth place as Needham Market, which is in Suffolk, not Norfolk, England.

There is no connection to Norfolk. This myth has been perpetuated by a birth record from Norfolk, England showing a Samuel ALDRIDGE and an Elizabeth. However, upon closer inspection, the record is from 1749 in England.[2] It seems that family trees and unsourced marriage records, etc, have added Norfolk to Needham Market. No such place exists, nor did it ever.

Name: All sources used to reference Samuel Eldred's wife refer to her as Elizabeth, with no surname. [3][4]

Marriage: Elizabeth married Samuel Eldred about 1642 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay.[4]

• She did not marry Samuel Eldred in England, His father's will, dated 1640, states that his son Samuel was to be given 75 pounds when he turned 18. Since Samuel Eldred was in the colonies by 1641,[5] it easily be can be assumed they married in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Children were:

1. Elizabeth Eldred-10573,
2. Samuel Eldred-10574,
3. Mary Eldred-10576,
4. Thomas Eldred-10577,
5. James Eldred-10580,
6. John Eldred-10581,
7. Capt. Daniel Eldred-10554.

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Older notes

Born 1622 at Neeham Mkt, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

More About SAMUEL ELDRED and ELIZABETH MILLER: Marriage: November 25, 1640, St. Mary at the Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Children of SAMUEL ELDRED and ELIZABETH MILLER are:

• +MARY ELDRED, b. June 15, 1646, England, d. Bet. January 16, 1728 - 1729, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Notes

From: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/r/Debbie-L-Gordon/WEBSITE-0001/UH...

• >Elizabeth Miller seems to have sailed to America very soon after the marriage, for Samuel is on record in Boston in 1641, when he joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston.He was actually living in Cambridge at the time, but he later lived at several other places near Boston, among them being Charlestown, Medford and Chelsea, where he plied his trade of shoemaker and farmed rented lands.In 1660 he moved to Wickford, on the western shore of Narrangansett Bay, in Rhode Island.He and his descendants lived in Rhode Island for the next 100 years, and more.
• Samuel Eldred was a shoemaker by trade and he probably engaged in that occupation for a time after settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the records do not indicate that he did any farming for some time after he came to New England.He probably farmed rented lands until his removal to Rhode Island.He appears a number of times on the court records of Plymouth Colony, usually as defendant with Edward Hutchinson as his attorney.In fact, Samuel Eldred seems to have been very friendly with the Hutchinson family, which may have been an influence inhis decision to move to Rhode Island, which he did in 1668 (date illegible).The Hutchinsons had already gone there after Ann Hutchinson's banishment.

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http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-565

Elizabeth Eldred formerly Miller

• Born 1624 in Needham, Norfolk, England
• Daughter of Daniel Miller and [mother unknown]
• [sibling%28s%29 unknown]
• Wife of Samuel Eldred — married November 25, 1640 in Ipswich, England
• Mother of Elizabeth Eldred, Samuel Eldred Jr., Mary Jane (Eldred) Gardiner, Thomas Eldred, James Eldred, John Eldred and Daniel Eldred
• Died 1711 in Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island
• This person was part of the Puritan Great Migration.
• Birth 1622 Needham, Norfolk, England [1]
• Marriage 25 Nov 1640 St. Mary At The Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Death 1711 Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island
• Marriage 25 NOV 1640 Ipswich, England

Sources:

• 1. I think we can discount the "born in Massachusetts", based on her marriage in England.
  • Devere Allen The Allen Families and 83 Connected Families Wilton, Connecticut, January 1947
  • Nelson B. Eldred, III Samuel Eldred and Some of his Descendants Marietta, Georgia, 1992
  • Eldred, Nelson B. III, and Eldrid, John Trevor Saxon House of Eldred, , Phillimore & Co. Ltd, Shopwyke Hall, Chicester, Sussex, England, 1992;
  • Available from: Joan S. Eldred, 2885 Pine Grove Court, Marietta, GA 30067, $30 incl. shipping (3/98)
• DUERIGEN, Bob bduer@juno.com (I hesitate to loose this) Some of my information has come from Ancestral File. Printed information that I have photocopies for include:
  • 1. Eldred & Alllied Families by Ercel, Virginia Hunt 1975 available on microfilm from Salt Lake City;
  • 2. a page from the "EARLY RECORDS OF BOSTON" showing the birth of Samuel, son of Samuel & Elizabeth Eldred 26 (8) 1644;
  • 3. Eldred from Genealogies of Rhode Island Families' Vol I, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1983; Eldred section of One Hundred And Sixty Allied Families;
  • 4. Eldred or Eldridge Genealogy prepared by W.H.Eldridge (photocopy obtained from Brome County Historical Society of Brome Co., Quebec)
  • 5. and correspondence from Tony Eldridge of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Source S-2126060691: Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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GEDCOM Note

NOT HER Possible parents:

• Daniel Miller (1595–1643)
• Agnes Watson (1595–1642) - this could be wrong possible Anna Watson who is listed as her husband Samuel's mother with similar b/d dates.</line><line /><line>12/5/20</line><line /><line>***Update***
• See Gallery for last name issues - under Disputed Origins Elizabeth Unknown m Samuel Eldred</line><line /><line>2/14/22</line><line />