There were two 8th
great-grandmothers born on June 1, so since Rebecca Law was born 12
years before Elizabeth Kent, Elizabeth had to take 2nd place.
However, I did write about Elizabeth before when I discussed which
Elizabeth had married Samuel Nicholson. (See post of 9 Jan 2017)
I still believe that my 8th
great-grandmother, the wife of Samuel Nicholson and the mother of my
ancestor Abigail Nicholson, was Elizabeth Kent, born 1 Jun 1667, the
daughter of Thomas and Ann Kent, and also the widow of William
Charles.
Most researchers agree that
Elizabeth Kent, daughter of Thomas and Ann, did marry William Charles
on 8 Nov 1683. She would have been 16 years old. William and
Elizabeth had a daughter Jane born 1 Oct 1685. Then William died
between 4 Apr 1687 when he made his will and 23 Sep 1687 when the
will was probated. William named his wife "Elezabath Charles"
and his daughter Jane Charles in his will as well as his brother John
and other legacies.
Then the question is, who did
the widow Elizabeth Charles marry? I believe it was the Quaker Samuel
Nicholson who did marry an Elizabeth Charles 6, 10m, 16[88?] as
recorded in Gwen Boyer Bjorkman's book of Quaker Marriage
Certificates in northeastern North Carolina (pg 85). In Weynette
Parks Haun book of transcriptions of Perquimans Precinct Births,
Marriages, Deaths and Flesh Marks 1659-1820 she lists their marriage
16 Dec 1688. Since this was the time for the old style calendar,
December was the 10th month. One of the reasons why I believe this
was Elizabeth Kent was that 2 of the witnesses for that marriage were
Mary Kent and Hannah Kent, the only mention of any Kents in
Bjorkman's book.
So, if this Elizabeth is my
ancestor, who were her children? The
Perquimans birth records show that Samuel and his wife
Elizabeth had at least 4 daughters: Abigail, Hannah, Jane and
Elizabeth. There were probably a few more. This may indicate that
Elizabeth's daughter, Jane Charles, had died before this Jane was
born in 1694. I haven't been able to find any further records for the
Jane Charles born in 1685.
Elizabeth became a widow again
when Samuel died 28 Mar 1728. He had made his will a few days before
he died and gave to his wife "Elizabarth" "my whole
estate during her life." It was then to go to his daughter
Elizabeth Anderson. He also gave a bequest to his daughter, Sarah
Nicholson.
Apparently Elizabeth then
married for a 3rd time to widower Zachariah Nixon. And again she
became a widow when he died in 1739. Elizabeth left a will,
dated 19 Mar 1747/48 and probated January Court 1748. (This should probably be 1748/49) She named her
son-in-law John Anderson and daughters Elizabeth Anderson and Sarah
Jones, as well as grandchildren and others.
Elizabeth
has been difficult to research and I am certainly not 100% sure that
I am correct about which Elizabeth is my ancestor. But at the moment
this is my belief about her.
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