Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Lovejoy was born on 5 August 1720, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Lovejoy, was 27 and her mother, Hannah Stevens, was 28. She married Stephen Boynton on 6 March 1753, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 18 April 1772, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 51, and was buried in South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Elezebeth Lovejoy, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elizabeth Lovejoy, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Elizabeth Lovejoy Boynton, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ (Old English lufian) + Middle English joie ‘joy’ (Old French joie), possibly ironic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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