Elizabeth Southworth

Elizabeth Collier married on 2 Nov 1637 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony to Constant Southworth, son of Edward and Alice (Carpenter) Southworth. She was the daughter of William Collier and Jane Clark, baptized 9 March 1619 at St Olave, Southwark in Surrey, England, and died after 20 February 1678/9 at Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, the date her husband’s will was written.

The eight children of Elizabeth Collier and William Southworth were:

1. Mercy (1638-1712). Married Samuel Freeman.
2.  Edward (1644-~1727). Married Mary Pabodie.
3.  Mary "Marie" (~1650->1718). Married David Alden.
4.  Priscilla (ca1651-1722). Married 1) Samuel Talbot 2) John Irish.
5.  Alice (~1646-1719). Married Benjamin Church.
6.  Nathaniel (1648-1711). Married Desire Gray.
7.  Elizabeth (ca1658-1709). Married Samuel Gallup.
8.  William (~1659-1719). Married Rebecca Pabodie.

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Notes

Extracted from http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/genealogy/ps03/ps03_207.htm

Elizabeth, m. C. Southworth, Nov. 2, 1637.” 377

She was said to have died after 20 Feb 1678/9 since she was living at the date of her husband’s will.362

“The will of Constant Southworth of Duxborrow dated 27 Feb. 1678 names wife Elizabeth and dau. Allice Church.” 1089, 1108

“The St. Olave Parish registers show: . . . Baptisms

9 Mar. 1618[/19] Eliz., d. Willm Colliar, Grocer” 856

“In John Cole’s will which was probated on January 7, 1637/38, he not only left five shillings to William Colllier’s daugher, Elizabeth, but he gave ‘unto each of master Collyers men half a crouen a peece,’ and named five men, probably workmen but possibly servants.” 658

“Constant Southworth made his will 27 February 1678 and inventory was taken 15 March 1678/9:

. . . I will and bequeath vnto my deare and loving wife Elizabeth Southworth for and dureing the tearme of her Naturall Life, my dwellinghouse with the out housing and Mill belonging vnto it, and all vplands and Meddowes; Lying and being within the towne of Duxburrow, or Marshfield for her support & comfort . . . Item I will and bequeath vnto my deare and Loving wife Elizabeth Southworth (my Debts and Legacyes being first payed) All the Rest of my estate in whatsoever it is or wheresoever it my abe found I Give it all vnto her my aforesaid Deare and Loving wife. And I doe by these presents appoint make ordain my Deare and Loving wife Elizabeth Southworth my full Lawfull and sole Executrix of this My Last Will and Testament . . .. 598

“Elizabeth Collier, bp. St. Olave, Southwark, co. Surrey, England, 9 March 1618/9 (TAG, 49:215); died after 20 February 1678/9 (the date of her husband’s will); daughter of William and Jane (___) (Clark_ Collier.

She married at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2 November 1637 (MD, 13:84), General Constant Southworth, son of Edward and Alice (Carpenter) Southworth.” 598

Comments

Death date also seen as Apr 5 1670, without supporting evidence.

References

1. “A Genealogical Profile of William Collier” www.PlymouthAncestors.org retrieved May 2014. (document attached)
2. “A Genealogical Profile of Constant Southworth” www.PlymouthAncestors.org retrieved May 2014. (document attached)
3. http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I5634&tree=Schirado cites
   1. [S11] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995). Page 448. < AncestrySharing >; Page 1711. < AncestrySharing >.
   2. [S14] Plymouth Colony vital records, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman.
4. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_455.html#P5634 cites
   1. 16. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995, Three volumes.
   2. 62. “Plymouth Colony vital records,” Mayflower Descendant, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, various volumes.
   3. 33. Samuel G. Webber, A Genealogy of the Southworths (Southards) Descendants of Constant Southworth with a sketch of the family in England.
5. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_049.html#P5633
6. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/genealogy/ps03/ps03_207.htm cites
   1. 1180. Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967), pg. 167
   2. 377. Justin Winsor, History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849).
   3. 858. Charles A. Collier, The Story of our Branch of the Collier Family, (Santa Barbara, CA: Privately printed, 1975).
   4. 855. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. I (A-F).
   5. 856. Robert S. Wakefield, “The Children of William Collier,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 49 (4), (October, 1973).
   6. 857. Rich Houghton (rich_houghton@ thomas.senate.gov), “Bio of William-1 Collier (d 1670) ENG>MA,” 3 Nov 2000, GenForum.
   7. 598. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Spooner Saga, Boston: Newbury Street Press, 1997.
   8. 362. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. III (P-W).
   9. 377. Justin Winsor, History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, with Genealogical Registers, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849).
   10. 658. L. Efingham de Forest and Anne Lawrence de Forest, Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore, New York, NY: The de Forest Publishing Company, 1938.