Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Woolson was born on 30 April 1668, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Woolson Jr., was 42 and her mother, Sarah Hyde, was 23. She married John How on 3 November 1686, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 5 December 1711, in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 43, and was buried in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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Family Time Line
Sources (18)
- Elizabeth in entry for Sarah How, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Massachusetts, U.S., Town Death Records, 1620-1850
- Elizabeth Woolson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1664–1740 Male
1668–1711 Female
Children (8)
1686–1753 Female
1688– Male
1690–1712 Male
1702–1740 Female
1705–1747 Female
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1626–1713 Male
1644–1721 Female
Siblings (6)
1661–1721 Female
1664–1710 Male
1666–1723 Male
1668–1711 Female
1673–1757 Female
+1 More Child
Name Meaning
English: variant of Woolston with loss of -t-. This surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Thomas Woolson, from England, settled in Cambridge, MA, before 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
Thomas Woolson Probate (1713)
Middlesex County MA Probate Record #25624. “I Thomas Woollson of Watertown Farms… do make this my last Will & Testament… I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Thomas Woollson all that my Farme of Two …
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