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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ "Records of the Second Church of Scituate", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
57:319.
1682.
Deborah the wife } of Beniamin Woodward } July 16.
Elizabeth } the children }
Deborah } }
[Note: Especially given the admittance of the mother into the church, the simultaneous baptism does not imply these daughters are twins.]
- ↑ Webber, Samuel G. (Samuel Gilbert). A genealogy of the Southworths (Southards), descendants of Constant Southworth: with a sketch of the family in England. (Boston: Fort Hill Press, 1905)
194.
Benjamin Southworth [#1898], s/o William, m. (1) 18 Dec 1701 Elizabeth Woodworth, d/o Walter Woodworth [sic, see note ], who d. 18 Jun 1713.
- ↑ Little Compton, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
Vol. IV, part 6, p. 168.
Southworth, Elizabeth (Woodworth), his [i.e., Benjamin Southworth's] wife, 1678 [sic, see note ], died June 18, 1713.
- Many sources identify the wife of Benjamin Southworth as Elizabeth, the daughter of Walter Jr. However, the article in TAG, p. 31:203, noting that no son Walter is named in Walter Sr.'s will, reinvestigated the records of Little Compton and concluded all records of the family of Walter2 were inserted after the fact by a town clerk based on "whatever he thought he know about the families, without indicating that these were his additions, and not part of the original records", and should be eliminated. This includes a daughter Elizabeth b. 1678. Combined with the will of Benjamin Woodworth of Lebanon (see Source:O'Neill, Donna. My American Family, p. 25), which bequeaths to "ye children of Elezebeth Southard Deced", and it becomes clear that it was Benjamin's daughter that married Benjamin Southworth, and not the daughter of the mythical Walter, Jr..
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