Person:Persis Stockbridge (1)

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Persis Stockbridge
b.22 Jan 1707/08 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
d.24 Jun 1787 Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Joseph Curtis1693/94 - 1753
  • W.  Persis Stockbridge1707/08 - 1787
m. 3 Oct 1751
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  • H.  Daniel Tower1692 - 1774
  • W.  Persis Stockbridge1707/08 - 1787
m. 26 Feb 1755
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Name[3][4][5] Persis Stockbridge
Gender Female
Birth[1] 22 Jan 1707/08 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 3 Oct 1751 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Joseph Curtis
Marriage 26 Feb 1755 Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Daniel Tower
Death[2][4] 24 Jun 1787 Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Foster, F. Apthorp. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909)
    1:338.

    STOCKBRIDGE, Persis, d. Samuel and Lydia, [born] Jan. 22, 1707-8.

  2. ↑ "Inscriptions From the Stones and Tombs in the Cemetery at Centre Hanover", in Briggs, Lloyd Vernon. History and records of the First Congregational Church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1865: and inscriptions from the headstones and tombs in the cemetery at Centre Hanover, Mass., 1727-1894. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wallace Sponner, 1895)
    293.

    Here Lies ye Body of
    MRS. PARTES TOWER
    ye wife of Mr. David [sic] Tower
    She Died June the 24th 1787
    In ye 86 year of her age.
    [Note: Age may have been misread, perhaps it is 80?]

  3. ↑ Roser, Susan E, and George Ernest Bowman. Mayflower Deeds & Probates: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1994)
    109.

    Will of Samuel Stockbridge, dated 6 Feb 1755, proved 27 Jul 1758, mentions daughter Persis Tower, wife of Daniel [among others].

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dwelley, Jedediah, and John F Simmons. History of the Town of Hanover, Massachusetts, with Family Genealogies. (Plymouth, Mass.: The Town of Hanover, 1911)
    110.

    Joseph Curtis m. (2) 1751 Persis Stockbridge. She m. (2) 13 [sic] Feb 1755 Daniel Tower of Hingham and d. 24 Jun 1787, aged 80.

  5. ↑ Tower, Charlemagne. Tower genealogy : an account of the descendants of John Tower of Hingham, Mass
    82.

    Daniel Tower m. (2) 26 Feb 1755 Persis Curtis, b. Hanover 1707, d. Hanover 24 Jun 1787, age 80. The will of Daniel Tower, dated 1 Aug 1771, gives to wife Persis "all the moveables she brought at our marriage".

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