Elizabeth Fobes

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Elizabeth Fobes formerly Howard aka Haward

Born about 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Daughter of John Howard and Martha (Hayward) Howard

Sister of Anna (Hayward) Graves [half], John Howard Jr., John Howard Jr. [half], Sarah (Howard) Packard, James Howard, Jonathan Howard, Ephraim Howard and Bethiah (Howard) Kingman

Wife of Edward Fobes — married 1677 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, New England

Mother of Elizabeth (Fobes) Keith, John (Fobes) Forbes, Bethiah (Fobes) Keith, Hannah (Fobes) Keith, Joshua Fobes, Benjamin Fobes and William Forbes

Died about 1747 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 18 Dec 2018 | Created 27 Apr 2015

Biography

Elizabeth Howard, daughter of John Howard and Martha (Hayward) Howard, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[1][2] The ABGI lists her birth year as 1650.[3] However, since her last child was born in 1698 (when she would have been 48 if born in 1650), that date seems too early. Based on her date of marriage (1676/7) and the date of birth of her last child (1698), a birth date sometime between 1653 and 1659 seems more likely. A date in that range is also consistent with the date used in many genealogies.

Elizabeth married Edward Fobes in Bridgewater in 1676/7.[4][1][5]

Elizabeth and Edward had nine children, all in Bridgewater:

Elizabeth, b. March 20, 1677, m. Joseph Keith[6][5][1] John, b. July 1, 1679, m. Abigail Robinson[7][5][1] Mary, b. September 7, 1681, never married[8][5][1] Bethiah, b. October 11, 1683, m. 1703 Samuel Keith[9][5][1] Hannah, b. March 31, 1686, m. 1710 Timothy Keith[7][5][1] Ephraim, b. February 9, 1688, m. Martha Snell[6][5][1] Joshua, b. May 20, 1689, m. Abagail Dunbar[7][5][1] Benjamin, b. August 24, 1692, m. Martha Hunt[9][5][1] William, b. July 24, 1698, m. Thankful Dwelly[10][5][1] No reliable source has been found that establishes Elizabeth's year of death. There is no record of her date in the published vital records for either Bridgewater or West Bridgewater. Genealogies suggest a variety of dates, including 1700, 1732, 1747 or even 1755. The Ancestry Family Data Collection lists 1747 as her year of death.[11] However, given the unreliability of that source (e.g., it also lists her birth date as a very unlikely 1647) and the fact that that date would mean that she was 90 or older at her death, that date is uncertain at best and perhaps unlikely.

Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Herman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," Standard Printing Company, 1903, p 5 ↑ Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts," 1840, p 197 ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. ↑ Ancestry.com U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts," 1840, p 163 ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 114 ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 115 ↑ "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 116 ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 113 ↑ "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 119 ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.