Can we sort out the Elizabeth Needham profiles of early 1700's Massachusetts?

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A recent merge was proposed that called into question the accuracy of several Elizabeth Needhams, born mid to late 1600's, married early 1700's in the Boston / Essex County areas of Massachusetts.

The profiles in question are:

Needham-1982

Needham-595

Needham-407 (FindAGrave)

Can anyone help sort these out?

On 14 Dec 2023 Brian Lamothe wrote on Needham-595:

I think this merge needs more scrutiny. It seems there were a few Elizabeth Needhams in Massachusetts around the same time. [[Needham-1982|One]] married John Maynard 9 Dec 1713 in Cambridge, another married Anthony Seers / Sears 13 Nov 1712 in Boston. This seems to be where [[Needham-595|Needham-595]] acquired her death date - see [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58124861/elizabeth-sears this FindAGrave profile]. I think I'd be more inclined to assign this profile to Elizabeth Needham, b. 1 Feb 1674 in Salem, MA to Daniell Needham, given the closer birth date to the estimated 1675 from her gravestone, though [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77724189/elizabeth-kimball her FindAGrave profile] gives her spouse as Joseph Kimball. Either way I feel a little unqualified to make any decision on the matter - maybe this is a good one to get help from on G2G.

WikiTree profile: Elizabeth Needham
in Genealogy Help by Brian Lamothe G2G6 Mach 4 (44.1k points)
edited by Brian Lamothe
It does not appear that any of the marriage records name the parents, so this may be a difficult case. I think the best we can do is "a preponderance of the evidence." I put a few notes on some of the profiles. I'll try to dig deeper tomorrow. If you look on FamilySearch, they have a whoooooole bunch of children attached! The Elizabeth who married John Maynard only has one child which seems unlikely since they were ostensibly married 30+ years. Another Elizabeth was married to Joseph Kimball and possibly also Anthony Spears. I haven't looked at the dates yet to see if that is even possible. Maybe there are land records or something with names on them. There are some notes, but they look like cut/paste and are hard to understand.

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