Elizabeth Cartwright

Theory re: Parents

A number of sites have Mary Batson as the wife of John Trott and mother of Elizabeth Trott Cartwright. But based on my research, if that is correct, I suspect Mary and John were never married but may have had an illegiimate daughter.

Most sites say Mary Batson m 1st Jonas Clay and 2nd William Brookehouse (Brookus), and that seems to hold up. No husband John Trott.

This site describes Mary's promiscuous lifestyle, which makes the "affair" with John Trott more believable -
https://clayfamilysociety.net/jonas-clay-1st-new-england-clay/

Jonas & Mary (Batson) Clay: 1st New England Clays

"Bourne, in his History of Kennebunk credits Stephen Batson for being the first to live at Drake’s Island. A neighbor in Wells was the charismatic Antinomian Reverend John Wheelwright. ...

"Stephen’s daughter Mary married Jonas Clay. Clay is first found in Wenham, Mass. In 1643 he is before the courts in Essex and before the courts again in Dover (population 47) in 1648. Others who lived in Dover at the time were swept up in the Antinomian frenzy. In 1652 he had gone from Wells to Sagamore Creek with wife Mary Batson. They had a son Jonas who was raised by Richard Tucker, partner to George Cleeves of the Lygonia Patent.

"Mary’s rap sheet in Saco reads like a trashy novel and for that I apologize but history isn’t always pretty.

"June 28, 1655 Mary, wife of Jonas Clay, was before the court facing charges the she had been keeping company with Robert Cooke in a suspicious way day and night even though neighbors of Cooke had offered him another place to stay. Separation was demanded. On the same day she was charged with daily frequenting of the company of John Davis the smythe of Winter Harbor. The court demanded separation.

"In August of 1655 she charged William Battine for spreading rumors about her activities with John Davis. Davis, previously from Sagamore Creek, was a Blacksmith, a Doctor and Later a Preacher who was often chastised for interrupting the accepted church meetings with his ranting.

"The next court session was held June 30, 1656. Robert Cooke was convicted of breach of court order to stay away from Mary Clay. He received 30 lashes. The court further states that if he does not comply with the new separation, they will sell him to Barbados as a slave. Mary escaped the lashes for this charge because her father Stephen Batson paid her fine. Stephen Greenum was presented for keeping disorders in his house at the neck of land & at Winter Harbor and for entertaining James Harmon, Robert Cooke, Mary Clay, John Davis, and Elizabeth Trott. Elizabeth was the [second?] wife of Simon Trott of Trott’s Island and she was Mary Clay’s sister.

"During the same court session the town of Cape Porpus was ordered to see that a woman live with Mary Clay for preventing any future injury to Mary Clay relating to her disease (convulsive fits) which do frequently seize upon her. Could they have meant Quaking?

"On July 3, 1660 Mary Clay was presented for her “uncivil carages in suffering James Harmon and his wife to ly in bed with her. Witness Miss Spencer and Sarah Harmon”. "

Nantucket marriage records then contain a similar, albeit undated, reference, "Trott, Elizabeth, sister of John, and Edward Cartwright"

My theory is this:
We know Mary's Unnamed sister had a son John, who was named in his grandfather's will (son of deceased Unnamed). This would give Elizabeth a cousin John. Given Mary's lifestyle, it could very well be that her daughter Elizabeth went to live with her cousin's family and considered John a brother. In those days a cousin was sometimes referred to as "sister" or "brother".

Mary's son Jonas Clay II was raised by someone else. "Stephen’s daughter Mary married Jonas Clay. They had a son Jonas who was raised by Richard Tucker, partner to George Cleeves of the Lygonia Patent." (https://clayfamilysociety.net/jonas-clay-1st-new-england-clay/) So it would not be out of character for Mary to let her sister raise Elizabeth.

Family

Edward Cartwright married second to Elizabeth Trott of Boston about 1673. She was born about 1650 and died Aug. 12, 1729. They had four children:

1. Sampson b. 1677 (married Bethia Pratt)
2. Susanna b. 1680/81 (married William Stratton)
3. Edward b. 1683 (married Ruth West)
4. Mary b. 1687 (unmarried)

Parents

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trott-57

John Trott and Mary Batson?
Mary Batson dau of Stephen Batson did not marry John Trott

According to Stanley Mack, author of Edward Cartwright (1640-1705) of Nantucket, Mass.:

John Trott, father of Elizabeth and John Trott of Nantucket, died at Cape Porpoise, Maine, in 1666. His wife was one Mary Batson, born about 1640, who after the death of her husband, John Trott, married secondly, James Brookhouse. She was the daughter of Stephen Batson, who was born in 1610 and who died June 30, 1676. He is also mentioned as being one of the signers of the April 28, 1668 petition at Cape Porpoise. By his will, he left money consisting of 20 shillings apiece to two [three] of his grandchildren, John, [Sarah Trott Ashley] and Mary Trott; Elizabeth not being mentioned.'

Some of the above conclusions reached by Stanley Mack appear to be refuted when compared with other sources such as Charles Libby (GDMH:2:82) and Robert Anderson (TGM:7:102), who say that Mary Batson, daughter of Stephen Batson, married first Jonas Clay, and secondly William Brookehouse.

According to Charles Libby (GDMH:2:82) and Robert Anderson (TGM:7:102), "Mary Batson married first Jonas Clay and then William Brookehouse. Her marriage to Jonas Clay had already taken place by 1652, so she was probably born no later than about 1632. Their only known child, son Jonas, married in 1678, and so was born by about 1653, which is consistent with this estimated birth year for Mary Batson."

Simon Trott and Unknown dau. of Stephen Batson?
She would have been mentioned in her grandfather's will with the other children of Simon an dUnknown Batson.

Rather than Elizabeth being a daughter of John Trott and Mary Batson, Charles Libby includes Elizabeth as a fourth child of Simon Trott, and a brother of John Trott, Sr., "Nantucket genealogists say that Edw. Cartwright m. a sis. of John Trott." Nantucket marriage records then contain a similar, albeit undated, reference, "Trott, Elizabeth, sister of John, and Edward Cartwright

However, the other 3 children of Simon Trott and and Unknown Batson are mentioned in their grandfather's (Stephen Batson) will, but Elizabeth is not. And she would have been about 25 when he died.

Until parents of Ellizabeth are confirmed with a reliable source, I am disconnecting her from parents.

Elizabeth Trott Born in 1651 Deceased August 11, 1729 - Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA, aged 78 years old

Parents
John Trott 1625-1666
Mary Batson 1629-1674 [Perhaps not the Mary Batson daughter of Stephen Batson ?.]

Spouses, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Married about 1675 to Edward Cartwright, born in 1640 - Devonshire, England, deceased July 2, 1705 - Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA aged 65 years old with

• M Sampson Cartwright ca 1677-ca 1741 Married about 1701 to Bethia Pratt ca 1680- with

           M Hezediah Cartwright ca 1707-1791 Married March 7, 1732, Nantucket Co., MA, to Abigail Brown /1710-1797 with :

               M James Cartwright 1735-1822

               F Rachel Cartwright 1737

               F Abigail Cartwright ca 1742-

• F Susanna Cartwright 1679-1746 Married December 16, 1706, Nantucktet, Nantucket Co., MA, to William Stratton 1675-1740 with

           M Caleb Stratton 1708-1786 Married January 31, 1728, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA, to Lois Oder 1705-1755 with :

               M Benjamin Stratton 1737-1810

           F Mary Stratton 1710-1781 Married November 28, 1724, Sherborne, Middlesex Co., MA, to Thomas Moores 1703-1749 with :

               M Alexander Moores 1735-1772

• M Edward Cartwright 1683-1752 Married in 1704, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA, to Ruth West 1684- with

           M Bryant Cartwright 1711-1780 Married October 19, 1732, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA, to Elizabeth Weeks 1714- with :

               F Lydia Cartwright 1746-1820

           F Ruth Cartwright 1716 Married in 1740, Tisbury, Dukes Co., MA, to Thomas Allen 1709-1794 with :

               F Anna Allen ca 1740-1776

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Trott-55

Elizabeth (Trott) Cartwright died at Nantucket on 11 August (October?) 1729 ("11th, 8th mo. 1729").
Elizabeth Cartwright formerly Trott

• Born 3 Jul 1651 in Cape Porpoise, Manino, Maine
• Daughter of John Trott and Mary Batson
• Sister of Jonas Clay [half] and Stephen Clay [half]
• Wife of Edward Cartwright — married 11 Jun 1673 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay
• Mother of Sampson Cartwright, Susanna Cartwright, Edward Cartwright Jr., Mary Cartwright and Sarah Cartwright
• Died 11 Aug 1729 at age 78 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Baymap

Elizabeth Trott was born on 3 July 1651 in Cape Porpoise, Maine. She is the daughter of John Trott Sr. and Mary (Batson) Trott and the granddaughter of Simon Trott, an early resident of Cape Porpoise, Maine.

Elizabeth married Edward Cartwright on 11 June 1673 in Nantucket, Mass. Nantucket records say she was a "sister of John [Trott]."[1][2] The couple had four children:

Sampson Cartwright (b.26 January 1677; d. 19 October 1741 m. Bethiah Pratt); Susannah (Cartwright) Stratton (b. 16 February 1679; d. 18 October 1746; m. William Stratton in 1708); Edward Cartwright (b. 5 May 1683; d. 10 November 1752; m. 1st. Ruth West, 2nd Jane McGee); and Mary Cartwright (b. 29 June. 1687; d. 2 September 1727; never married).

This was Edward Cartwright's second marriage. He was first married to a woman named Mary with whom he had a son, Nicholas Cartwright (b. 1 March 1665; d. 10 July 1706)

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References

• Crook, an American family, 1698-1955; documented genealogy, northern trek and western exodus, Revolutionary and subsequent war letters, pertinent personal family narratives. by Leavitt, Charles Henry. Page 2. < link >