Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775) is #293 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #292 Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) in 1720 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #146 Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781) who married #147 Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.
* their daughter #73 Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793) who married #72 Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829) in 1777.
* their son, #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) who married #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857) in 1810.
* their son, #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Elisabeth Fletcher[1]
* Alternate Name: Elisabath Flecher[2]
* Alternate Name: Elisabeth Fletcher Keyes[3]
* Alternate Name: Elizabeth Keyes[4]
* Alternate Name: Elizabeth Fletcher[5]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Joshua Fletcher (1644-1713)
* Mother: Sarah Woolley (1650- )
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 10 June 1698, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Death: 3 September 1775 (age 77), Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3–4]
* Burial: after 3 September 1775 (after age 77), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[3]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Joseph Keyes (1698-1744)[5]
* Marriage 1: 28 February 1719/20 (intentions, age 21) Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
* Child 1: Elizabeth Keyes (1720-1806)
* Child 2: Jonathan Keyes (1721-1781)
* Child 3: Sarah Keyes (1723- )
* Child 4: Lydia Keyes (1724- )
* Child 5: David Keyes (1726- )
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Elisabeth Fletcher was born 10 June 1698 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the 8th and last child of Joshua and Sarah (Woolley) Fletcher[1-3]. The birth record says:
"Elisabeth Fletcher daughter of Joshua and Sarah Fletcher born June 10^th 1698."
She married Joseph Keyes, Jr., intentions recorded on 28 February 1719/20 in Chelmsford[5].
They had five children born between 1720 and 1726 in Chelmsford:
* Elizabeth Keyes (1720-1806), who married Samuel Hosley (1719-1795) in 1740.
* Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781), who married Elizabweth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.
* Sarah Keyes (1723-????).
* Lydia Keyes (1724-????)
* David Keyes (1726-????).
Only Elizabeth and Jonathan Keyes reached adulthood and married.
Joseph Keyes, Jr. died on 11 July 1744 in Westford, Massachusetts. He left no probate record, having deeded property to his son Jonathan. Elizabeth did not marry again. She probably lived out her life with her son Jonathan Keyes in Westford.
Elizabeth (Fletcher) Keyes died on 3 September 1775 in Westford[4]. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Westford[3].
5) SOURCES
1. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), "Chelmsford Birth, Marriage and Deaths," Page 28 (Image 367 of 1719), Elisabeth Fletcher birth entry.
2. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1914), Births, page 61, Elisabath Flecher entry.
3. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Mass., Elisabeth Fletcher Keyes memorial # 36127449.
4. Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1915), Deaths, page 293, Elizabeth Keyes "w. Joseph, Sept. 3, 1775, a. 78 y.".
5. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Marriages, page 262, Joseph Keyes and Elizabeth Fletcher intentions record.
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