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Elizabeth Bridget Best 1592–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 April 1592

Birth Location: Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 November 1638

Death Location: Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Henry Best

Mother: Grace Boithes

Spouse(s): ABRAHAM (Illegitimate)

Children(s): Martha (Tucker), John 1600, Susannah Shaw, Grace Shaw, Thomas Shaw, Maria SHAW, Joseph Shaw, Susanna Shaw, John Shaw, Martha Shaw, Lieut Pilgrim", Martha Shaw

Elizabeth Bridget Best was born in 1592 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Best And Grace Boithes. Elizabeth Bridget Best married Abraham Dobson Shawe Illegitimate, and had children including Grace Shaw, John Shaw, John Shaw 1600, Joseph Shaw, Lieut John Abraham Shaw Mayflower Pilgrim, Maria Or Mary Shaw, Martha Shaw, Martha Shaw Tucker, Susanna Shaw, Susannah Shaw, Thomas Shaw. Elizabeth Bridget Best passed away in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Bridget Best was born in 1592 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Best And Grace Boithes.
  • Elizabeth Bridget Best married Abraham Dobson Shawe Illegitimate, and had children including Grace Shaw, John Shaw, John Shaw 1600, Joseph Shaw, Lieut John Abraham Shaw Mayflower Pilgrim, Maria Or Mary Shaw, Martha Shaw, Martha Shaw Tucker, Susanna Shaw, Susannah Shaw, Thomas Shaw.
  • Elizabeth Bridget Best passed away in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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Elizabeth Best's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Best
1592–1638
Birth Place: Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Best
1553–1628
Ovenden, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grace Boithes
1557–1628
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Margarita ((Beste\Best)) Maude\Mawd
1531–1572
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
John (Boithes or) Bothe
1525–1568
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Isabella Swift
1531–1557
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Rotherham
1502–1582
Margaretha Redenbaugh
1511–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Best's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Bridget) Best (9 April 1592–2 November 1638) m. ABRAHAM (DOBSON SHAWE *) (Illegitimate) (14 November 1585–10 Oct 1638)
  1. 1. Martha (Shaw) (Tucker) 1632–1658 m. Henry Tucker 1619–1694
    1. 1. Mary Tucker 1668–1725 m. Samuel (Perry) (Jr.) 1667–1751
      1. 1. Samuel (Perry) Jr. 1695–1775 m. Susannah Hazard 1699–1756
        1. 1. Hannah Perry 1728–1795 m. Joseph Clarke 1729–1795 m. Aaron Dilley 1721–1775
        2. 2. Susanna Perry 1743–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Perry 1719–1807
        4. 4. Mary Perry 1721–1805
        5. 5. Samuel (Perry) Jr 1723–1763
        6. 6. Simeon Perry 1726–1802
        7. 7. Edward Perry 1728–1812
        8. 8. John Perry 1732–1809
        9. 9. Stephen Perry 1736–
        10. 10. Sarah Perry 1738–
        11. 11. Meribah Perry 1744–1802
        12. 12. Ruth Perry 1740–1795
      2. 2. Edward Perry 1693–1756
  2. 2. John (Shaw) 1600 1600–1694
  3. 3. Susannah Shaw 1614–1698
  4. 4. Grace Shaw 1621–1682
  5. 5. Thomas Shaw 1622–1707
  6. 6. Maria (Or Mary) SHAW 1626–1658
  7. 7. Joseph Shaw 1618–1653
  8. 8. Susanna Shaw 1622–1687
  9. 9. John Shaw 1628–1629
  10. 10. Martha Shaw 1623–1625
  11. 11. Lieut (John Abraham Shaw "Mayflower) Pilgrim" 1630–1704
  12. 12. Martha Shaw 1632–1704

Elizabeth Best's Timeline

2 Records

1592
9 April 1592
Birth of Elizabeth Bridget Best in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1638
2 November 1638
Age 46
Death of Elizabeth Bridget Best in Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA
Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 April 1592
    Event Place: Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The Damon family : listing some of the Ohio descendants of Amos Damon of Chesterfield, Mass , and t
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] The New England ancestry of Dana Converse Backus
    [2] Morrow- Morrow Memories, a Family History
    [3] Paine ancestry : the family of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence, including maternal lines
    [4] Genealogy and History of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    [5] Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and his wife Lucy Tufts Williams

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 November 1638
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk, British Colonial America, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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