Person:Elizabeth Unknown (3914)

Elizabeth Unknown
b.Est 1617
m. Bef 1617
  1. Elizabeth UnknownEst 1617 - 1670
m. Est 1637
  1. John GriffinCal 1640 - 1688
  2. Elizabeth Griffin1641 - 1702
  3. Samuel GriffinEst 1642 - Bef 1691
  • HHugh SherratBef 1593 - Bef 1678
  • WElizabeth UnknownEst 1617 - 1670
m. 10 Feb 1662/63
Facts and Events
Name[1] Elizabeth Unknown
Gender Female
Birth[1] Est 1617 Based on estimated date of first marriage.
Marriage Est 1637 Englandto Humphrey Griffin
Marriage 10 Feb 1662/63 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hugh Sherrat
Will[2] 30 Jul 1670 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death[3] 18 Sep 1670 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[2] 11 Oct 1670 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United StatesWill recorded.

William Sawyer, b. (Newbury)1 Feb. 1655-56, d. 7 June 1718, Wells, Maine; m. before Nov. 1677, Sarah (Littlefield) Wells.

Thomas3 Treadwell (Thomas2, Thomas1), born in Ipswich, Mass., 3 Mch., 1665-6, died in Ipswich, 13 Jan., 1743-4, married first, Mary -----; and married second, before 19 May, 1693, Frances, born 3 Nov., 1670, died in Ipswich, Oct., 1744, daughter of William and (? Ruth) Sawyer of Newbury, Mass. He was a shoemaker, and designated "Jr.", 1689-1712.

Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Sherratt of Haverhill

"'The last will & Testamt of Elizabeth Sherratt ye wife of Hugh Sherratt of Haverhill formerly ye wife & Relict of Humphrey Griffyn made July ye 30th 1670 Imprimis I giue vnto my Sonne John Griffyn my feather bed bolster, pillow rugg, blankett & curtaines & vallance pvided yt hee deliver to his brother Nathaniell: yt feather bed bolster & covering pper to ye same wch hee hath now in his owne use I giue also to my Sonne John one of my pewter platters my brass morter my warming pan & Iron pott: I will also yt my Sone John shall pay to goodman White yt debt that I owe to his wife wch shalbe payd out of ye moouables yt I haue giuen to him by this my will: I giue to my Sone Nathaniell Griffyn my Cowe & wt said Cowe & ye bed wch hee is to haue of his brother John comes short of tenn pounds it shal bee made up to him by my Executor out of my other estate & in case yt my Sone John shall not lett his brother Nathaniell haue his bed as abousd then my will is that my Sone Nathll shall haue yt bed yt now is mine wch in case I haue giuen to my Sone John: I giue to my Sone Samll Griffyn my yearling heifer & wt yt also comes short of tenn pounds shalbee made vp by my executor I giue to my Daughter Lidia Griffyn my gowne & my petticoat and my searge hood I giue to my Daughter Elizabeth Deare my cloake I giue & bequeath to my seuen grand Childeren yt are now liueing yt is to say to my Sone Deares fower & to my Sone Johns three the sum of fiue pounds a peece if my estate & moouables not allready ordered in this my will after my owne pper debts bee discharged also will amount thervnto and if my estate shall come short when my legasies to my sons are payd then my will is yt wt I haue not in this my will ordered shalbee equally divided amongst my said grand children I Constitute my Sonne John my lawful Executer of this my last will & Testament In wittness herevnto I haue to this my will sett my hand ye dav first aboue mentioned.'

Elizabeth (her X mark) Sherratt.

Witness; Nathll. Saltonstall, Bartholomew (his B H mark) Heath, Elizabeth (her E mark) Ela.

Proved in Hampton court 11: 8m : 1670 by the witnesses. Copy, Norfolk County Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 191.

Inventory of the estate of Elizabeth Sharatt, late wife of Heugh Sharatt, deceased, taken by James Pecker and Edward Clark: a feather bead & boulster. 2li. 5s.; a Cow & year & vantege, halfer, 6li.; one peuter pleater, 4s.; 32li. payeable a year after the desece of Heugh Sharatt, 32li.; curtins & veliants, 10s.; a bead Ruge, 1li. 5s.; a box, 3s.; total, 42li. 7s.

James Pecker testified that as touching the 32li. and the cowe and heffer they assigned to it as given in by John Griffin.

1 gooune. one hood, on putor plater, one warmin pan, one Iorn poot, one bras mortur, all given to John Griffing; to Elesebeth Der one clocke. Signed Edward Clark.

Attested in Salisbury court 11: 2m: 1671 by Jno. Griffin. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 25,102."[4]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Robert Andrews, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:55-56.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Sherratt of Haverhill, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    1:199-200.
  3. Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910)
    2:470.

    Sheratt, Elizabeth, w. Hugh, (died) Sept. 18, 1670 (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court).

  4. Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    2:199-200.