Elizabeth Thomas

Not the same as Elizabeth Annable

Warning

In his treatment of Anthony Annable, Robert Charles Anderson in the Great Migration series adds this note:

• In his marriage index, Torrey identifies the wife of Alexander Kennedy/Canedy as Elizabeth Annable. This does not derive from any of the sources cited by Torrey, and is apparently a suggestion based on the fact that this couple named a child Annable in 1698 [ MD 1:209]. Despite this interesting name, the chronology makes such an identification unlikely.

Here is the original reference from Torrey:

• CANNEDY, Alexander & Elizabeth ANNABLE; by 1678; Plymouth {MD 1:208, 6:81; Plymouth (Davis) 166; Reg. 21:348}

Note none of these sources give any evidence that his wife's maiden name was Annable.

Biography with errors

Elizabeth was admitted and baptized at the First Church in 1688, and

was dismissed, along with others, on 27 October 1698. They probably

moved to Plympton. Alexander died by 1718 and his estate was not

divided until 1723. Elizabeth was living in Plympton on 25 June

1718, when she was married in Plymouth by Rev. Peter Thatcher to

David Thomas as his second wife.

Reference: Publications of the Colonial Society of Mass, 2:264,

23:262; MD 1:53, 209, 4:71; Plymouth Ch records; Mrs. Richard Jones,

Belfast, Maine.