"… Ellen, quite likely the childless widow of a bro. of Henry Tomlinson, and she appears to have come over with her first husband bringing a young relative Elizabeth Bourn, who m. (1) Mr. John Welles and (2) John Wilcoxson.
Agreement with wife Ellen, 9 Feb. 1674 [1674/5]; signed also by John Bostwick, and mention made of 'sd Arthurs other children'; witnessed by Henry Tomlinson and John Minor. Ellen's estate was appraised 28 Jan. 1674 [1674/5] by William Curtis, Henry Tomlinson, and John Minor; included 'ye halfe of ye girle' £6, and 'ye other halfe of ye girle by agreement between Arthur Bostick and Ellene,' £6; recorded at Stratford, 21 May 1677.
She d. in 1677/8 before Arthur [Mead's abstract of her probate calls her widow of Arthur], and claim to part of her estate was made (and allowed) by Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcockson, sometime Elizabeth Bourne, next of kin with her children to the dec'd, Elizabeth having been brought by the dec'd and 'Mr. Tomlin' from her natural friends. The residue was ordered divided between: children of Hannah Porter for care of her; her husband 'After Bostock'; John Bostwick and his wife and the wife of her son Johnson of New Jersey; and Temperance and Sarah Welles, daus. of said Elizabeth by her first husband."
