Elizabeth (Porter) Perley (1673 - 1746)

Born 7 Oct 1673 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Putnam — married 21 Apr 1690 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of Thomas Perley — married 15 May 1727 in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1746 at age 73 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Elizabeth Porter (?-1746) married Joseph Putnam (1669-1774) in 1690 and lived with him Putnam House, Joseph's father Thomas Putnam in 1648. Here was born Israel Putnam (1717/18-1790), the famous future General, the youngest, but one, of the thirteen children of Joseph and Elizabeth Porter Putnam.

Elizabeth came from relative wealth. Her father, Israel Porter (1643-1706) was a merchant and holder of extensive lands around Salem Village. Israel's parents were Mary ______ and John Porter (?-abt 1673). Elizabeth's mother was Elizabeth Hathorne (1649-?), daughter of Anne (Smith ?) (abt 1612-aft 1681) and the prominent Puritan magistrate William Hathorn(e) (1606/07-1681), who became famous as a persecutor of all enemies to the Puritan order ^[1]

Records

Birth: PORTER, Elizabeth, d. Israell and Elizabeth (Hathorne), 2: 8m: 1673. CTR ^[2]

Marriage: PORTER, Elizabeth, and Joseph Putnam, Apr. 21, 1690.^[3]

Births of Children (Salem)^[4]:

1. PUTNAM, Mary, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Feb. 2, 1690-91.
2. PUTNAM, Elizabeth, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Apr. 12, 1695.
3. PUTNAM, Sarah, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Sept. 26, 1697.
4. PUTNAM, William, s. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Feb. 8, 1699-1700.
5. PUTNAM, Rachel, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Aug. 7, 1702.
6. PUTNAM, Anna, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Apr. 26, 1705.
7. PUTNAM, David, s. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Oct. 25, 1707.
8. PUTNAM, Eunice, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Apr. 13, 1710.
9. PUTNAM, –––––, s. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Apr. 14, 1713.
10. PUTNAM, Huldah, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Nov. 29, 1716.
11. PUTNAM, Israel, s. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Jan. 7, 1717.
12. PUTNAM, Mehetable, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter), Jan. 13, 1720.

Death

27 OCT 1746

Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ All of the Above; Volume 1; Richard Baldwin Cook; Nativa Publishing; 2007
2. ↑ Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume II; Salem Births; page 187
3. ↑ Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume IV; Salem Marriages; page 209
4. ↑ Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume II; Salem Births; Pages 208 to 218
5. ↑ Source: #S120 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Israel Thomas PUTNAM

• Marriage (2) (to Thomas Perley): Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7662/187/142490723 (subscription required)

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Terry Kraft for creating WikiTree profile Porter-3492 through the import of Du Boscs, Putnams, Mitchiners from Kraft-Banks Family_2013-02-07.ged on Feb 7, 2013.