| 1. | == Biography ==Elizabeth Howard, daughter of [[Howard-701|John Howard]] and [[Hayward-769|Martha (Hayward) Howard]], was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.<ref name="Howard">[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ELAR3FPcppMC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA5 Herman Howard,"The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," Standard Printing Company, 1903, p 5]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historyofearlyset00mitcch#page/196/mode/2up Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts," 1840, p 197]</ref> The ABGIlists her birth year as 1650.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=3378602&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t77921642_p34375818147_kpidz0q3d34375818147z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999.]</ref> However, since her last child was born in 1698 (when shewould have been 48 if born in 1650), that date seems too early. Basedon her date of marriage (1676/7) and the date of birth of her last child (1698), a birth date sometime between 1653 and 1659 seems more likely. A date in that range is also consistent with the date used in many genealogies. Elizabeth married [[Fobes-57|Edward Fobes]] in Bridgewater in 1676/7.<ref>[http://interactive.ancestry.com/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0288/149289 Ancestry.com U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.]</ref><ref name="Howard"/><ref name="Mitchell">[https://archive.org/stream/historyofearlyset00mitcch#page/162/mode/2up Nahum Mitchell, "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts," 1840, p 163]</ref> Elizabeth and Edward had nine children, all in Bridgewater:# [[Fobes-40|Elizabeth]], b. March 20, 1677, m. Joseph Keith<ref name="VR114">[https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofbr01brid#page/114/mode/2up "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850,Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 114]</ref><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># [[Fobes-55|John]], b. July 1, 1679, m. Abigail Robinson<ref name="VR115">[https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofbr01brid#page/114/mode/2up "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 115]</ref><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># Mary, b. September 7, 1681, never married<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofbr01brid#page/116/mode/2up "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 116]</ref><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># [[Fobes-3|Bethiah]], b. October 11, 1683, m. 1703 Samuel Keith<ref name="VR113">[https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofbr01brid#page/112/mode/2up "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 113]</ref><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># [[Fobes-6|Hannah]], b. March 31, 1686, m. 1710 Timothy Keith<ref name="VR115"/><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># Ephraim, b. February 9, 1688, m. Martha Snell<ref name="VR114"/><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># [[Fobes-86|Joshua]], b. May 20, 1689, m. Abagail Dunbar<ref name="VR115"/><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># Benjamin, b. August 24, 1692, m. Martha Hunt<ref name="VR113"/><refname="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/># William, b. July 24, 1698, m. Thankful Dwelly<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofbr01brid#page/118/mode/2up "Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume I - Births," New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916, p 119]</ref><ref name="Mitchell"/><ref name="Howard"/> No reliable source has been found that establishes Elizabeth's year of death. There is no record of her date in the published vital recordsfor either Bridgewater or West Bridgewater. Genealogies suggest a variety of dates, including 1700, 1732, 1747 or even 1755. The Ancestry Family Data Collection lists 1747 as her year of death.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=4259561&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=gr_t77921642_p34375818147_ktidz0q3d77921642z0q26pidz0q3d34375818147z0q26pgz0q3d32782z0q26pgplz0q3dtidz0q257cpidz0q26pgpsz0q3d34375818147_h63552305562 Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2000.]</ref> However, given the unreliability of that source (e.g., it also lists her birth date as a very unlikely 1647) and the factthat that date would mean that she was 90 or older at her death, thatdate is uncertain at best and perhaps unlikely. == Sources == <references /> |