Person:Elizabeth Unknown (2465)

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Elizabeth _____
b.Est 1670
d.Bef 19 Apr 1739
  • HThomas Mellen1668 - Bet 1739 & 1741
  • WElizabeth _____Est 1670 - Bef 1739
m. Bef 1691
  1. Henry Mellen1691 - Aft 1767
  2. Thomas Mellen1693 - Bef 1739
  3. Lydia Mellen1695 - Bef 1739
  4. Sarah Mellen1697 - 1725
  5. Mary Mellen1699 - 1748
  6. Richard Mellen1701 -
  7. Tabitha Mellen1703/04 -
Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth _____
Gender Female
Birth[1] Est 1670
Marriage Bef 1691 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Thomas Mellen
Death? Bef 19 Apr 1739 prob Fremingham
References
  1. Opinion by Roland Henry Baker, III.

    mtDNA analysis of her matrilineal descendants using full genome sequencing of the entire 16k molecule reveals that her mtDNA haplotype is U5a1a1-T152C and is an *exact* sequence match to Sarah wife of David Pratt (c1675-bef1731) of Framingham. Given the proximal geographic location and factor of generational ancestor collapse leading to settling of this area I believe these two women are closely related, likely sisters or first cousins. Elizabeth is said to be a "Hood." And Berry's A History of Framingham, Massachusetts uncritically refers to John Hood being dismissed to found a church in Hopkinson, buried there 1725 citing Swift's journal, etc. (p 292). William Smith Wood in Descendants of the Brothers Jeremiah and John Wood (227+ @p 231) presents evidence indicating that the family in Framingham did not have the surname Hood but instead Wood citing Mr. Parkman's diary, probate and church records. Were Sarah and Elizabeth both Woods?

  2.   Thomas Mellen of Framingham, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case # 15002 .

    link Thomas Mellen 1741; will 19 Apr 1739 admin 14 Jun 1741 ; Witness Ebenezer Goddard, Simon Mellen, David Bridges. In her husbands will is clearly already deceased and it speaks regarding a legacy from her to be dived by the children.