William Eldredge

AKA Eldred Eldridge Eldredge

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William Eldredge aka Eldred, Eldridge

Born about 4 Sep 1627 in England [uncertain]

Son of Thomas Eldredge [uncertain] and Joan (UNKNOWN) Eldred [uncertain]

Brother of Thomas Eldred [half], Charles Eldred [half], Samuel Eldred [half], John Eldred [half], Mary (Eldredge) Helmes [half] and Mary Eldred [half]

Husband of Anne (Lumpkin) Eldredge — married 3 Mar 1645 in British Colonial America

Father of Bethia (Eldredge eldred) Eldredge, Anne (Eldredge) Hyde, Sarah (Eldridge) Colby, Elisha Eldredge, John Eldredge, Jehosaphat Eldredge and Samuel Eldredge

Died 1 Nov 1679 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Colony

Profile last modified 19 Nov 2019 | Created 12 Oct 2010

Biography

William Eldred is reported to have been a resident of Yarmouth, Massachusetts from March 3, 1645, to 1667. The exact circumstances of his childhood and immigration are unknown. Several men named Eldredge (a.k.a. Eldred and Eldridge) appeared in New England between 1635 and 1645, so naturally it has been conjectured that some of them are related. It particular, it is widely asserted that William was a brother of Robert Eldredge of Yarmouth and Monomoy.[1]

William was appointed constable in Yarmouth in 1657, 1662, 1674, 1675 and 1677. He was also surveyor of highways.[2][3]

He is reported to have married a daughter of William and Tamesin Lumpkin[4], with many sources claiming she was Anne. The estimated marriage year varies between 1645 and 1647.[5]. Torrey places it by 3 March 1645/6.[6]

Children commonly ascribed to William as "certain" are

Anne, b. in Yarmouth, Dec. 16, 1647/8.[7] Sarah, b. in Yarmouth, Oct. 10, 1650/1[8] Elisha, b. 1653 [- 1739] Bethia In addition to these, the following are believed to have been his children:

5. Jehoshaphat, d. 1732. His wife was Elizabeth. Children: Edward, b. in Chatham, July 17, 1702 (m. Mary ___, and... 1730, leaving two children, Mary and Anne), Nathaniel, Elisha, Elnathan, Ebenezer, Barnabas and Elizabeth. 6. Samuel, m. Keziah Taylor. Eight children. [1655 - 1706] 7. John [1654 - 1728]"[2] These may also be his sons:

Joseph Eldredge William Eldredge Jr.[9] The Yarmouth vital records record that the wife of William Eldredge was buried in November 1676, but unfortunately, she is not named in the record.

Research notes

It has been claimed that William Eldredge was the son of Thomas Eldred (1595-1640) and Anna Watson Eldred (1595-1642) of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. This appears to be merely a guess -- no documentary evidence is known, and the will posted on Thomas's profile mentions no son William.

This profile originally seemed to suggest that William immigrated to the New World in 1645 (due to language from a GEDCOM import). The source given was Passenger and Immigration Lists Index from Ancestry.com. This index in turn references Colket.[10]. Colket in turn references sources that just place William in Yarmouth in 1645. Until other evidence surfaces, it remains the case that William's immigration circumstances and even his status as an immigrant are still uncertain.

The statement declared in many sources as bald fact that William married Anne Lumpkin, daughter of William and Tamesin Lumpkin, seems to be based solely on the fact that William Lumpkin named two grandchildren Elisha and Bethiah Eldredge in his will and process of elimination in determining their parents (there aren't many other Eldredges who make good candidates for the father or daughters of William to be good candidates for the mother). Savage[4] is careful enough to say he had never seen Ms. Lumpkin's forename.

No record of Sarah, Elisha, or Bethiah names father William Eldredge nor any mother, so the evidence for this parentage is still circumstantial. The certainty seems based on the assumption that their father was an Eldredge living in Yarmouth around 1645-1655 and assuming the only possibilities were William or Robert. Sarah was born before the recorded marriage of Robert to Elizabeth Nickerson, so is assigned to William. It is known that Robert married Elizabeth Nickerson. Since no known marriage of William is known, yet the will of William Lumpkin of Yarmouth names grandchildren Elisha and Bethiah Eldredge, it is assumed that William was their father. Elisha's birth year can be estimated from his grave marker as 1653.

The following list of children appears unsourced and handwritten in "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families":[11]

Mary Sarah 1650 Ann 1648 Elisha 1653 Jehosephat 1658 Samuel 1655 John Bethia Ezekiel This source repeats the claim that William was brother to Robert and husband of Anne Lumpkin.

Sources

Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1 p563 Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)

Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862) Colket, Meredith B. Founders of early American families: emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657, published by the General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Cleveland, Ohio 1985. Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2018), memorial page for William Eldredge (1622–1679), Find A Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #47960183, citing South Chatham Cemetery, South Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) . Ancestry Family Trees. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16812355&pid... Source: S22 Author: Heritage Consulting Title: Millennium File Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003; Source: S43 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, note: has name William \ELDRED OR ELDRED\. Ancestral File, v.4.19, "Electronic," note: has name William ELDRED OR ELDRED (AFN: 1ZNS-RC). Acknowledgments

Thanks to Elizabeth Loftus and others for their work on this profile. Sources

↑ It has also been suggested that he was related to Samuel Eldred of Cambridge and Stonington, but evidence of this connection other than being men in the early colonies with the same surname seems to have been furnished. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zoeth Skinner Eldredge. Eldredge Genealogy: A Record of Some of the Descendants of William Eldredge .... Printed for private distribution by D. Clapp & Son, 1896. Open Library ↑ Eldredge, Z. S. (1897). Eldredge genealogyThe New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. NEHGR 51(Jan 1897):46 Eldredge Genealogy ↑ 4.0 4.1 Savage, page 106 ↑ Very few vital records concerning William and his family exist, largely due to a fire that destroyed the Yarmouth town books in 1674 ↑ Torrey, page 505 ↑ "Plymouth Colony Vital Records" transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant 15 page 29 ↑ "Plymouth Colony Vital Records" transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, "Mayflower Descendant" 16 page 236 ↑ Kevin Avery, Find A Grave Memorial# 47960183, Feb 10, 2010. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47960183 ↑ Colket, Meredith B., page 99 ↑ Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V., Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families, (Duxbury: 1966) Vol. 18:191

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47960183/william-eldredge

NOTE: Birth and Death years are approximate. Name variants are Eldred, Eldridge, and Eldredge.

It has been mentioned that Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections show he and his wife are buried in Bethel Cemetery, South Chatham,MA. However, I cannot find this reference in that collection. And the earliest burial in that cemetery is 1831.... so he may be buried elsewhere.

He was possibly the son of Thomas Eldred (1595-1640) and Anna Watson Eldred (1595-1642) of Ipswich, Co.Suffolk, England. Other sources indicate he may have been the son of Robert Eldred and Anne (Graham) Eldred of Winfarthing, Co.Norfolk.

Early historians of the Massachusetts colonies reported that the immigrants, Robert (of Yarmouth and Monomoy,MA), Samuel (of Cambridge,MA and Stonington,CT) and William Eldred, were brothers, but later research indicates that Samuel was not a brother of the other two.

William is recorded as a resident of Yarmouth in 1645 and probably at that time had been there for several years. It was about 1647 when William married Anne Lumpkin. William and Ann settled down near her parents beside a brook later called Eldred's Brook in what is now the town of Dennis. The property adjoined that of Thomas Howes.

William Eldridge was appointed constable of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, in 1657-62-74-75-77; was also surveyor of highways in that town.

Children: Anne Eldredge, Sarah Eldredge, Elisha Eldredge, Bethia Eldredge, John Eldredge, Samuel Eldredge, Jehoshaphat Eldredge, Joseph Eldredge, and William Eldredge Jr. It is questionable whether there was a son named Thomas.

GEDCOM Source

@R-2138032012@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7836::0 Source number: 912.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1 1,7836::378330

GEDCOM Source

@R-1547483089@ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,3824::0 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 1,3824::48145

GEDCOM Source

@R-1547483089@ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Find A Grave 1,60525::0 1,60525::118128479

GEDCOM Source

@R-2138032012@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Ancestry.com Operations, Inc 1,7486::0 Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1645; Page Number: 99 1,7486::1458166

GEDCOM Source

@R-1547483089@ The Eldred family Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,17858::0 1,17858::8

GEDCOM Source

@R-1547483089@ Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. I 1,48590::0 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-MayflowerFamili... 1,48590::410291