Grace - b. about 1616, England; d. 1691, Chelmsford, MA. Will dated Dec. 19, 1690; proved Jun. 16, 1691. To America Apr. 1634 in the 'Francis' with husband and one child. Married in England about 1632 John LIVERMORE (b. 1607, England; d. Apr. 14, 1684, Watertown, MA). Settled at Watertown, MA, but lived from about 1639 to 1653 at New Haven, CT where 4 children were baptized. Children of Grace and John LIVERMORE: Hannah married John COOLIDGE, Jr. (ancestors of Pres. TAFT, and of Robert H. GODDARD); Elizabeth; Sarah married James TOWNSEND; Lt. John married first Hannah, and second Elizabeth GROUT; Nathaniel; Samuel married Anna BRIDGE; Daniel; a child died in infancy; Mary possibly married John RUSSELL; Edmund died in infancy; and Martha married Abraham PARKER, Jr.

Her name appears repeatedly in the Colonial records as a midwife

Children:

1. Hannah Coolidge; b. 1633, England; d. December 23, 1678; m. John Coolidge (a junior)
2. Elizabeth, d. Bef 1684 (Source: Ref: "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown," Incl. Waltham & Weston, by Henry Bond.).
3. Sarah Townsend, d. Bef 1684.
4. John (1) Hannah (2) Elizabeth Grout; born ca. 1638 Wethersfield, CT. Died Feb. 9, 1718/19 Weston, MA
5. Nathaniel, died February 12, 1735/36 (Source: Ref: "The Livermore Family of America," by Walter Eliot Thwing, pub. W.B. Clarke Company of Boston, 1902)
6. Samuel married Anna Bridge. b. May 11, 1640, New Haven, CT (Source: Ref: "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown," Incl. Waltham & Weston, by Henry Bond.); d. December 5, 1690
7. Daniel, b. ABT October 7, 1643, New Haven, CT.
8. child, died in infancy
9. Mary, married possibly John Russell; b. ABT September 12, 1647, New Haven, CT; d. October 26, 1674, Watertown, Mass.
10. Edmund died in infancy, b. March 8, 1658/59, Watertown, MA (Source: Ref: "The Livermore Family of America," by Walter Eliot Thwing, pub. W.B. Clarke Company of Boston, 1902); d. May 24, 1659, Watertown, MA
11. Martha married Abraham Parker (son of Abraham Parker). Of Chemsford.

Sources

• Livermore Family of America
• History and Genealogy of the families of Old Fairfield
• Find a Grave
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenzie/GenLIVERMORE2.htm

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marriage, 1633, Ipswich, Suffolk, England arrived Boston 1634

"her name repeatedly occures in the Court Records as a Midwife. Wm. Perry & wife Anna of Watertown, in a petition to the County Court 1682, mentions "our sister Livermore midwife, and our sister, "Chinery".

first midwife in Chlemsford and oldest headstone in the Burying Ground there