Elizabeth Parris

Elizabeth Eldridge

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• Birth: 1648 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Or London
• Death: July 14 1696 - Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Husband: Reverend Samuel Parris
• Children: Thomas Parris, Elizabeth "Betty" Barron (born Parris), Susanna Parris

She was said to be one of the most beautiful women in Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1648[1]

She married Samuel Parris about 1681.[2][3]

She died on 14 Jul 1696 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, aged about 48 years.[1] Her grave is marked by a headstone upon which is the following verse, after which are the initials of Mr. Paris:[4]

"Sleep precious dust, no stranger now to rest, Thou has thy longed wish, within Abraham's brest, Farewell best wife, choice mother, neighbor, friend, We'll wail thee less, for hopes of thee in the end."

Children of Samuel Parris and Elizabeth Eldridge

1. Thomas Parris, b. 25 Oct 1681, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[5][3]
2. Elizabeth Parris, b. 28 Nov 1682, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[6]; m. Benjamin Barnard (Barron); d. 28 Nov 1682, Rumford (now Concord), New Hampshire
3. Susannah Parrris, b. 9 Jan 1687, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[7][3]

References

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. AncestryImage Name: Elizabeth Eldridge Gender: Female Baptism Date: 5 Nov 1648 Baptism Place: Saint Margaret,Westminster,London,England Father: John Eldridge Mother: Jane FHL Film Number: 908519
• Fowler, Samuel P. (1857). An Account of the Life and Character of the Rev. Samuel Parris, of Salem Village. Salem: William Ives and George W. Pease, Printers. Archive.Org
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. AncestryImage Name: Elizabeth Parris Event Type: Death Birth Date: abt 1648 Death Date: 14 Jul 1696 Death Place: Salem, Massachusetts Death Age: 48
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7121807/elizabeth-parris

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Biography

Elizabeth Eldridge was born about 1648[1]

She married Samuel Parris about 1681.[2][3]

She died on 14 Jul 1696 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, aged about 48 years.[1] Her grave is marked by a headstone upon which is the following verse, after which are the initials of Mr. Paris:[4]

"Sleep precious dust, no stranger now to rest, Thou has thy longed wish, within Abraham's brest, Farewell best wife, choice mother, neighbor, friend, We'll wail thee less, for hopes of thee in the end."

Children of Samuel Parris and Elizabeth Eldridge

Thomas Parris, b. 25 Oct 1681, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[5][3]
Elizabeth Parris, b. 28 Nov 1682, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[6]; m. Benjamin Barnard (Barron); d. 28 Nov 1682, Rumford (now Concord), New Hampshire
Susannah Parrris, b. 9 Jan 1687, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony[7][3]
This profile lacks source information. Please add sources that support the facts.
Name: Elizabeth Eldridge. [8] [9] Born 1648 England [8] Died 14 July 1696. Danvers Center, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. [8] [9] Buried Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America. [8] Marriage Husband Samuel Parris. Wife Elizabeth Eldridge. Child: Elizabeth Betty Parris. Child: Susannah Parris. Child: Thomas Parris. Marriage by 1681 Massachusetts Bay Colony[10]. [11]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Eldred-1081

Elizabeth (Eldred) Parris (1648 - 1696)

Elizabeth Parris formerly Eldred aka Eldridge

Born 1648 in England

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Samuel Parris — married 1680 [location unknown]

Mother of Elizabeth (Parris) Barron

Died 14 Jul 1696 at about age 48 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Eldred-1081 created 6 Apr 2014 | Last modified 5 Aug 2021

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Slaughter, John. Vital Records page image for Salem, MA. Accessed June 14, 2020. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/Images/SalemV6_D115.shtml.
↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Online at: Ancestry.com
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wikipedia: Samuel Parris
↑ “The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889 : Hudson, Alfred Sereno, 1839-1907 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Sudbury, Mass. : The Sudbury Press, January 1, 1968. https://archive.org/details/historyofsudbury00huds_0/page/274/mode/1up.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM7-TPY : 15 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Thomas Parris, 1681.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWK-JM6 : 14 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Elizabeth Parris, 1682.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM4-987 : 15 January 2020), Samuel Parris in entry for Susanna Parris, 1687.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Source: #S364741385 Ancestry Record 60525 #106193164
↑ 9.0 9.1 Source: #S364278648 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry Record 3824 #162151
↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) page 1145
↑ Source: #S364278648 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry Record 3824 #62151
See also:

Find A Grave: Memorial #7121807 with image (caution - some conflation with her daughter, Elizabeth)
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Source: S364278648 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 3824
Source: S364741385 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 60525