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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Listing My Elizabeth LNU Elusive Ancestors

With a significant number of colonial New England ancestors (about 80% of my known ancestors 10 generations back), I have an LNU problem with certain female given names.

What's an LNU?/  It's a Last Name Unknown.

Why do I not know their last names?  Well, I haven't found any sourced records on my own, and other researchers, including many professionals, have been unable to find the last name of many females in either English or colonial New England source records.  It's one of those things - either brick wall or a dead end.

For example, here are my ancestral Elizabeth LNU persons:

*  Elizabeth (???? to ????), married to Michael Bacon (~1535 to ~1614)
*  Elizabeth (???? to ????), married to Nicholas Moses (???? to ~1609)
*  Elizabeth (???? to ????), married to Richard Micklewood (???? to ????)
*  Elizabeth (~1475 to ~1550), married to William Bolles (~1463 to ~1495)
*  Elizabeth (~1495 to 1575), married to Robert Aldous (~1479 to ~1560)

*  Elizabeth (~1505 to ~1555), married to Robert Whitney (~1500 to 1555)
*  Elizabeth (~1515 to 1560), married to James Weeden (~1510 to 1572)
*   Elizabeth (~1545 to ~1604), married to Richard Rolfe (???? to ????)
*  Elizabeth (~1570 to 1611), married to John Mott (1570 to 1656)
*  Elizabeth (~1578 to 1614), married to John Cheney (~1567 to 1624)

*  Elizabeth (~1586 to 1648), married to Henry Loker (1577 to 1631)
*  Elizabeth (~1588 to 1667), married to John Pers (1588-1661)
*  Elizabeth (~1588 to ????), married to Bartholomew Green (~1590 to 1635)
*  Elizabeth (~1590 to 1667), married to Thomas Pierce (~1584 to 1666)
*  Elizabeth (~1599 to 1638), married to Joshua Fisher (1588 to 1674)

*  Elizabeth (~1603 to ~1650), married to William Bassett (~1600-1667)
*  Elizabeth (~1603 to 1670), married to Henry Smith (~1607 to 1687)
*  Elizabeth (~1605 to ~1633), married John Moore (~1602 to 1674)
*  Elizabeth (~1606 to 1657), married to John Remington (1600 to 1667)
*  Elizabeth (~1608 to 1638), married to Robert Jennison (~1610 to 1690)

*  Elizabeth (~1609 to 1687), married to William Ballard (~1603 to 1639)
*  Elizabeth (~1615 to 1684), married to Richard Sawtell (1611 to 1694)
*  Elizabeth (~1619 to 1647), married to Charles Glover (~1610 to 1665)
*  Elizabeth (~1620 to 1662), married to Richard Cutter (1620 to 1693)
*  Elizabeth (~1620 to 1670), married to John Goodrich (1616 to 1680)

*  Elizabeth (~1625 to 1693), married to Richard Hildreth (~1605 to 1693)
*  Elizabeth (~1632 to ????), married to John Smith (1622 to 1672)
*  Elizabeth (~1635 to ????), married to Andrew Phillips (1630 to ????)
*  Elizabeth (~1635 to ~1688), married to William Cadman (~1625 to 1684)
*  Elizabeth (~1645 to 1715), married Nathaniel Harwood (~1640 to 1716)

*  Elizabeth (~1652 to 1714), married to John Garnsey (1648 to 1722)
*  Elizabeth (~1673 to ????), married to Samuel Ayers (1669 to ~1740)
*  Elizabeth (~1731 to ????), married Henry Pickel (1729 to 1765)

Only 33 Elizabeth LNUs in my database who are ancestors!  I have many more Elizabeths who are not ancestors, but are spouses of siblings of my ancestors.

I fear that my genealogy work will never be finished, but I don't lie awake at night worrying about it.  I doubt that very many of their maiden names will ever be found.  I'll leave these ladies to someone else to find their maiden names and their connection to English royalty and/or Adam and Eve.

Surely there's a really big mother of all genealogy databases out there with the name of every -person who ever lived throughout history, right?  Seems to me I heard someone claim that at a genealogy conference last year!

So why did I even bother listing them?  Well, someone may have more, or better, information than I do, and I figured it couldn't hurt to put the names out there in hopes that someone will see it and be able to help me out.  No guts, no glory!

If anyone has sourced information about any of the Elizabeth LNUs listed above, please let me know so I can add the information to my database and perhaps we can work together on our Elizabeth's family line.

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2 comments:

  1. Re: * Elizabeth (~1620 to 1670), married to John Goodrich (1616 to 1680)

    I have a John Goodrich, 1623–1680, of Wethersfield, CT, and son of John Goodrich & Margery Howe. Is this the same as yours? If so, the Elizabeth he married is identified as Elizabeth Edwards, d/o Thomas Edwards & Elizabeth Busfield (Charles Collard Adams, Middletown Upper Houses).

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  2. Re: * Elizabeth (~1652 to 1714), married to John Garnsey (1648 to 1722)

    I have a John Garnsey born 7 Dec 1648 in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Garnsey and Hannah Munnings. He died 31 Mar 1722 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

    His wife is identified as Elizabeth Titus born 5 May 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She died 11 Apr 1714 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

    If this is the same as your John Garnsey then we may be cousins! He is my 9th Great-Grandfather.

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