Person:Elizabeth Balcom (1)

Name	Elizabeth Balcom
Gender	Female
Christening^[1]	16 Aug 1672	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	12 Aug 1696	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Gershom Rice
Death^[2]	Abt 1752	Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ "Record-Book of the First Church in Charlestown", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
26:54.

[1672] "Sh: 6. 18. [Elisabeth] the daughter of Henry, & Elisabeth [Balcom."
[The sixth month was August in 1672, so this date is 18 Aug 1672. "Sh" stands for Thomas Shepard, 1658-1677.]
↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
13:140.

Quoting an article in the Boston Post Boy, dated 2 Jan 1769: "The Wife of the above-mentioned Gershom, who died about 12 or 14 Years ago, was about 80." This places her death about 1756, 1754, or 1752 depending on which number you prefer. They lived in Worcester from 1715 on.
Source:Chute, William Edward. Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America says of Gershom Rice on p. clxviii, that he "m. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Balcom) Haynes (who were m. at Charlestown, Aug. 12, 1646)". The marriage in the Charlestown records is "Henry Balcome & Elizabeth Haynes, m. by Lt. Edm. Goodonow, Aug. 12, 1666.", so this information is doubly flawed, getting the names interchanged, and miscopying the date.