Person:Anne Unknown (437)

Her Life as a Widow

"(Richard Palgrave's) widow Anna returned to England, perhaps by 23 May 1655 (Mass. Col. Rec., vol. III, p. 377) and certainly before 17 March 1655/6 when she was residing in Stepney Parish, London, probably with her daughter Elizabeth who had married before her father made his will, John Edwards, the elder, of Green Bank in Stepney (THE REGISTER, vol. CCCVIII, p. 80). Anna subsequently came back to New England and resided in Roxbury, Mass., near or with the family of her daughter Sarah, who had married Dr. John Alcock of that town (THE REGISTER, vol. XCVII, p. 12). The will of 'Ann Palgrave of Roxbury, Relict of Richard Palgrave formerly of Charlestown', dated 11 March 1668/9, was proved 13 May 1669 (THE REGISTER, vol. XIX, p. 307)."^[3]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richard Palgrave, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), III:1375.

   She died Roxbury 17 March 1668/9 ("Mrs. Anne Palsgrave, aged (as is said) 75" [RChR 179]).

2. ↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926), II:605.

   Palsgrave, Anne, Mrs., bur. 17 : 1m : 1668-9, a. 75 y. (church record, First Religious Society (Unitarian)).

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Parentage and Ancestry of Dr. Richard Palgrave of Charlestown, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1948).