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Bethiah Friend 1637–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1637 or 1638

Birth Location: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1678

Death Location: Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: John Friend

Mother: Mary Dexter

Spouse(s):

Children(s): James Poland

The story of Bethiah Friend began in 1637 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Bethiah Friend had children including James Poland. Bethiah Friend passed away in 1678 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Bethiah Friend began in 1637 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Bethiah Friend had children including James Poland.
  • Bethiah Friend passed away in 1678 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Friend
1601–1656
Birth Location: Bristol, Somerset, England
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Mary Dexter
1616–1682
Birth Location: Church of England, Great Bowden, Leicester, England, Great Britain
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Poland
1661–1722
Birth Location: Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JP

Bethiah Friend's Ancestors

Self
Bethiah Friend
1637–1678
Birth Place: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
John Friend
1601–1656
Bristol, Somerset, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Dexter
1616–1682
Church of England, Great Bowden, Leicester, England, Great Britain
Grandparents
John (Friend) Sr
1575–1656
Bristol, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Kitchen
1575–1608
Bristol, Somerset, England
Mary (Elizabeth) Baylies
1595–1676
Church of England, Great Bowden, Leicester, England, Great Britain
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Barnobe
1550–1617
Christopher (Frynde)
1550–1575
Elizabeth\Elisabeth Brown\Magyar
1575–1639
Thomas Baylies
1575–1675
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev. Browne
1550–1633
Eleanor Vaughn
1555–1587

Bethiah Friend's Descendants

1.
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Bethiah Friend (1637 or 1638–1678)
  1. 1. James Poland 1661–1722
    1. 1. John Poland 1693–1777
      1. 1. Thomas Poland 1722–1796 m. Joanna (Lee Tarring) Poland 1734–1804 m. Judah Elliot 1719–1756
        1. 1. Mary (Elliott) Poland 1769–1842 m. Alexander (David Erskine) Capt. 1749–1826
      2. 2. Abner Polland 1736–

Bethiah Friend's Timeline

2 Records

1637
1637 or 1638
Birth of Bethiah Friend in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1678
1678
Age 41
Death of Bethiah Friend in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1637 or 1638
    Event Place: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
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