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Rachel Priest (Garfield)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, American Colonies
Death: May 17, 1737 (80)
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, American Colonies
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Garfield, I and Mary Garfield
Wife of John Priest, "of Woburn"
Mother of Elizabeth Rugg; John Priest; Hannah Priest; Daniel Priest; Gabriel Priest and 3 others
Sister of Mary Garfield; Sarah Sutton; Hannah Jackson; Ruth Hall; Lydia Burbank and 5 others
Half sister of Samuel Garfield, II; John Garfield, died young; NN Garfield; Ephraim Garfield and Deborah Garfield

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About Rachel Priest

Rachel Garfield 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 23 Nov 1656 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She died 17 May 1737 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Parents: Mary Benfield (1635-1709) and Samuel Garfield (1613-1684).

Married:

  1. John Priest on 10 Mar 1678 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. 7 children. 6

They had the following children:

  1. Elizabeth Priest was born 12 Sep 1679 and died 3 Dec 1754.
  2. John Priest was born 1 Nov 1681 and died 29 Sep 1756.
  3. Daniel Priest was born 19 Jul 1686 and died 9 Oct 1723.
  4. Hannah Priest 1, 2 was born 19 Jul 1686 in Bare Hill, Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died after 29 Sep 1738.
  5. Gabriel Priest was born 28 Jan 1690 and died 27 Mar 1755.
  6. Joseph Priest was born 1692 and died 30 Nov 1781.
  7. Mary Priest was born 1695 and died 1773.

Notes

  • moved to Lancaster, MA after the Treaty of Paris ened the French and Indian hostilities

Citations

  1. Foster, George Everett, The Priest Family: A Collection of Data, Contributed and Selected, Concerning Various Branches of the Priest Family (Ithaca, N.Y.: West Hill Press, 1900. 1 v. in 2 (Film #1,036,820 Items 1-2)), p. 21, Family History Library.
  2. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1855.), p. 232, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.42 W32Bo.
  3. "Memoirs: Alice Lucinda Priest," NEHGR 109:1 (Jan 1955) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 65, Los Angeles Public Library.
  4. Wakefield, Robert S. (editor), et al, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Family of Degory Priest (Volume Eight) (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-), p. 67, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.3614 S678-3 v. 8.
  5. Rugg, Ellen Rebecca Foster, The Descendants of John Rugg (New York: F.H. Hitchcock. 1986. FHL US/CAN Film #1,321,346 Item 6.), p. 69, Family History Library.
  6. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.), p. 603, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 T694.
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Rachel Priest's Timeline

1656
November 23, 1656
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, American Colonies
1679
September 12, 1679
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1681
November 1, 1681
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1686
July 19, 1686
Bare Hill, MA
July 19, 1686
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1689
January 28, 1689
Harvard, MA, United States
1690
1690
Bare Hill, Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692
1692
Bare Hill, Lancaster, MA
1700
1700