Family:Abraham Bligh and Elizabeth Clark (1)

link 25 Oct 1698 Leah Baker of Boston, widow and Nathaniel Byfield of Boston, merchant, whereas land purchased by Thomas Clark, Shopkeeper, Boston dec'd of Usal Wardell; did give grant to his daughter Elizabeth Stephens (afterwards Bligh [sic Blish]) and unto the heirs of her body to be divided equally between his heirs, whereas the sd Elizabeth Stephens alias Bligh [sic Blish] departed this life leaving no issue of her body.. the estate became the property of the sd Leah Baker and Deborah the wife of sd Nathaniel Byfield the two surviving children of the before named Thomas Clarke.

[She was named Elizabeth Stevens in several deeds and later Elizabeth Bligh. Only two men in Boston had a wife named Stevens: Nicholas and Erasmus Stevens. Erasmus left several heirs with his wife Elizabeth and as the above deed makes clear she left no heirs and therefore could not be wife of Erasmus Stevens. She had one daughter recorded with Nicholas in 1669 and Nicholas died in 1670 per Suffolk Probate; She married second Abraham Bligh/Blish who surived her and by about 1681 had married Martha Shaw].

link LEAH BAKER, deed of gift to son THOMAS BAKER of Boston, blacksmith, and to MARY his now wife; land near the land called the Schoolhouse land, adj. Arthur Mason, Robert Orchard, William Sutton, and the widow Lowder, William Pollard, deed., Edward Ranson (now in the possession of Samuel Sewall}, Elisha Cooke; said land came to LEAH BAKER at the death of her sister ELIZABETH STEPHENS alias BLIGH, formerly of her brother THOMAS CLARKE (now in the possession of William Holmes, cordwainer), land toward Roxbury (now in the possession of Nathaniel Byfield), adj. Henry Dearing, Mr. Minot, Abraham Blush, Thomas Bumstead; witnesses: William Rawson and Judith Clark; rec. 28 Nov 1701.

Abraham Blish had four known children born with Martha Shaw. The first born about 1681 (she married on 17 Dec 1702) and the last born 24 JUL 1689. Therefore Elizabeth Clark must have married Abraham Blish between 1670 which he first husband Nicholas Stevens estate was probated in Boston and 1681 when Abraham Blish had his first child born with Martah Shaw.