Elizabeth (Williams) Vetch (abt. 1670 - 1733)

Wife of Andrew Vetch — married about 1690 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1733 at about age 63 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth Williams^[1] was born about 1670, based on her stated age at death.^[2] Her parents and place of birth are not currently known.

She married Andrew Vetch by 1690. They were living in Boston, Massachusetts, when their eldest daughter Mary's birth was recorded there on August, 19, 1690. Her husband is last listed as a resident of Boston in an April 3, 1703, Suffolk County Probate document, in which he is admitted administrator of the estate of "his wife's brother, Joseph Williams, late of Boston, Seaman."^[1][3][4][5] Quite soon after this, they removed to Lebanon, Connecticut, where the birth of their daughter Sarah is recorded on December 13, 1703.^[6]

Elisabeth (Williams) Vetch died in Lebanon on December 20, 1733, "Æ 63" (gravestone). She is buried at Goshen Cemetery in Lebanon.^[2]

Children

Children of Andrew and Elizabeth (Williams) Vetch:

1. Mary Vetch, born August 19, 1690, in Boston; married Ebenezer Williams, July 27, 1721.^[5][6]
2. Elizabeth Vetch, born August 5, 1693, in Boston; married Nehemiah Fitch, November 3, 1731.^[6][7]
3. Susanna Vetch, born January 19, 1694, in Boston.^[8]
4. Andrew Vetch, baptized March 13, 1698, at Boston's First Church.^[9]
5. Sarah Vetch, born December 13, 1703, in Lebanon.^[6]
6. Hannah Vetch, born about 1708?; married Amos Spafford, January 4, 1732-3.^[6]

Research Notes

• Parents: Elizabeth's parents are currently not known. Our main clue is that we know she had a brother, "Joseph Williams, late [1703] of Boston, Seaman."^[1] Some research has been done in an attempt to connect her to the family of Robert Williams (1615-1678), of Boston, who had a son Joseph (1641-1706) who was a Boston "Ferryman." However, she appears to have been born much later than Robert's children, and is in any event not listed in his 1677 will.
  FamilySearch had (now merged away) Elizabeth as a daughter of Samuel Williams (1632-1698) and Theoda Parke, but their daughter Elizabeth, b. 11 Feb 1660, married Stephen Paine of Rehoboth and died without children before August 1707. (According to Robert Williams of Roxbury, Page 51). - Chip White 06 Jan 2022.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org($). New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org). Case#2799. Citing: "April 3, 1703, "Andrew Vetch, Tailer, Daniel Willard, Blacksmith & Benjamin Sympson, Barber, all of Boston in the County of Suffolk." "Andrew Vetch admitted administrator" of the estate of "his wife's brother, Joseph Williams, late of Boston, Seaman."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Sexton's Records, 1733-1927, of Goshen Cemetery in Lebanon, Connecticut (Connecticut State Library, 1934). Page 15. Citing: "VITCH, Elizabeth, Mrs., [d.] Dec. 20, 1733, Æ 63."
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985). Volume 3. Page 1570. Citing: "VETCH/VEACH, Andrew (1655-1742), Boston/Lebanon, CT, & Elizabeth [WILLIAMS]; by 1694, by 1701?, by 1703; Boston/Lebanon, CT {Boston VR 191; Williams (,4) 18; Williams (,10) 20; Mr. Wead; Suffolk Co. Prob. ,2799}"
4. ↑ Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org($). New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) Page 17870. Citing: "Andrew, Veach / Veatch; Spouse : Elizabeth ___."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. Town. 1690. Page 191. Citing: "Mary of Andrew & Eliza. Veech born Aug. 19."
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org($), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Lebanon. Page 170. Vetch. Citing: "Andrew, d. May 3, 1742.
   Elizabeth, m. Nehemiah Fitch, Nov. 3, 1731.
   Hannah, m. Amos Spafford, Jan. 4, 1732/3.
   Mary, m. Ebenezer Williams, July 27, 1721.
   Sarah, d. Andrew & Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1703."
7. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. Town. 1693. Page 208. Citing: "Eliza. of Andrew and Elizabeth Veach born Aug. 5."
8. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. Town. 1694. Page 216. Citing: "Susanna of Andrew & Elizabeth Veach born Jan. 19."
9. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. First Church. 1698. Page 245. Citing: "Andrew Veach Mar. 13."

See also:

• Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports. (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875).

• Wright, Alexander Hamilton. The Descendants of Veach Williams, of Lebanon, Conn. (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven,1887). Page 18.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 19 September 2020), memorial page for Elisabeth Williams Vetch (unknown–20 Feb 1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #24796690, citing Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).