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Elizabeth Emerson 1687 – 1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1687

Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 10 Mar 1760

Death Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Father: James Emerson

Mother: Sarah Ingersoll

Spouse(s): Captain Taft

Children(s): Lieutenant Taft

Elizabeth Emerson was born in 1687 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of James Emerson and Sarah Ingersoll. Elizabeth Emerson married Captain Joseph Taft, and had children including Lieutenant Moses Taft. Elizabeth Emerson passed away in 1760 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Emerson was born in 1687 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, the child of James Emerson and Sarah Ingersoll.
  • Elizabeth Emerson married Captain Joseph Taft, and had children including Lieutenant Moses Taft.
  • Elizabeth Emerson passed away in 1760 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Emerson
1649 – 1756
Birth Location: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Ingersoll
1657 – 1732
Birth Location: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Captain Taft
1680 – 1747
Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Children(s)

Lieutenant Taft
1712 – 1788
Birth Location: Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
LT

Elizabeth Emerson's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Emerson
1687 – 1760
Birth Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
James Emerson
1649 – 1756
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Ingersoll
1657 – 1732
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Joseph Emerson
1620 – 1680
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Woodmansey
1638 – 1654
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Ingersoll
1633 – 1718
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Collins
1630 – 1719
Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Emerson
1591 – 1660
Elizabeth Brewster
1584 – 1666
Thomas Woodmansey
1594 – 1657
Margaret Clement
– 1667
Richard Ingersoll
1587 – 1644
Agnes Langley
1590 – 1660
John Collins
1606 – 1687
Ann Riall
1608 – 1691
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ortus Emersone
1561 – 1621
Susanna Crabbe
1556 – 1626
William Brewster
1566 – 1644
Mary Wentworth
1569 – 1627
Sir Woodmansey
1550 – 1628
Lady Stonor
1557 – 1626
William Clement
1568 – 1629
Myldred Hall
1575 – 1628
George Ingersoll
1562 – 1644
Alicia Hankins
1566 – 1644
Thomas Langley
1548 – 1600
Ann Denison
1552 – 1595
John Collen
1579 – 1636
Elizabeth Whittaker
1581 – 1636
Annes Tealby
1583 – 1624

Elizabeth Emerson's Descendants

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Elizabeth Emerson (1687 – 10 Mar 1760) m. Captain (Joseph) Taft (1680 – 18 July 1747)
  1. 1. Lieutenant (Moses) Taft (30 January 1712 – 13 Jul 1788) m. Priscilla Thayer (1720 – 1790)
    1. 1. Margaret Taft (1742 – 1800) m. Levi White (30 Jan 1743 – 1813)
      1. 1. Orpah White (30 April 1770 – 14 Mar 1845) m. Silas Morse (12 Mar 1767 – 20 March 1813)
        1. 1. Silas Morse (1794 – 16 Aug 1847) m. Finette Bradley (Abt. 1800 – Aft 1880)

Elizabeth Emerson's Timeline

8 Records

1686
6 Mar 1686
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
6 Mar 1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
6 Mar 1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
6 Mar 1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
1687
6 Mar 1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1687
1687
Birth of Elizabeth Emerson in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1760
10 Mar 1760
Age 73
Death of Elizabeth Emerson in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1687
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1686
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1687
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1687
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1687
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1687
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1687
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 138

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1760
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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