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Elizabeth Elderkin (Drake)

Also Known As: "Gaylord"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England
Death: June 18, 1716 (91)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Drake, of Windsor and Elizabeth Drake
Wife of john elderkin; Dea. William Gaylord, Jr. and John Elderkin, III
Mother of Sgt. John Gaylord Elderkin, V; Josiah Gaylord; Lieut. Nathaniel Gaylord, Sr.; Anne Bliss; Bathsheena Elderkin and 1 other
Sister of Mary Gaylord
Half sister of John Drake, II; Ester Drake; Sgt. Job Drake; Sgt. Jacob Drake; Gillian Drake and 2 others

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About Elizabeth Elderkin

Elizabeth Drake1

  • F, b. born 9 January 1625 at Hampton in Arden, England, d. 8 June 1716
  • Father: John Drake b. bt 1590 - 1600, d. 17 Aug 1659
  • Mother: Elizabeth Rogers d. 7 Oct 1681
  • She married William Gaylord Jr., son of William Gaylord and a wife (name unknown), at Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, on 9 February 1653.2,3
  • Elizabeth Drake married John Elderkin at Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, on 1 March 1660.4
  • Elizabeth Drake died on 8 June 1716 at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; aged 95. (Probably overstated as she would then have been aged 51 when her youngest child was born).5,6
  • She was named in her father's will dated in 1655/56.7

Family 1: William Gaylord Jr. b. 28 Dec 1617, d. 14 Dec 1656

Children

  1. Josiah Gaylord8 b. 13 Feb 1654, d. 24 Jan 1726/27
  2. Nathaniel Gaylord+8 b. 3 Sep 1656, d. 26 Apr 1720

Family 2: John Elderkin d. 22 Jun 1687

Children

  1. Anne Elderkin9 b. Jan 1661
  2. John Elderkin10 b. Apr 1664
  3. Bashua Elderkin9 b. Nov 1665
  4. James Elderkin6 b. Mar 1670/71
  5. Joseph Elderkin10 b. Dec 1672
  1. [S321] Frank B. Gay, compiler, The Descendants of John Drake of Windsor, Connecticut (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Co., 1933). Hereinafter cited as John Drake Desc.
  2. [S209] Births, Marriages and Deaths Returned From Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of Conn; (Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1898), On microfilm. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970, Film #823816 "William Gaylor and Elizabeth Drake both of Windsor were m. 9 Feb 1653.". Hereinafter cited as Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield BMD.
  3. [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, online at www.americanancestors.org, 1995), Sketch of William Gaylord. Hereinafter cited as Great Migration Begins 1620-1633.
  4. [S209] Births, Marriages and Deaths Returned From Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of Conn; (Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1898), On microfilm. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970, "John Elderkin of New London and Elizabeth Drake, widow of Windsor were married 1 Mar 1660.". Hereinafter cited as Hartford, Windsor, Fairfield BMD.
  5. [S321] Frank B. Gay, compiler, The Descendants of John Drake of Windsor, Connecticut (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Co., 1933), page 3. Hereinafter cited as John Drake Desc.
  6. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 4387. Norwich VR. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.
  7. [S1726] Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford: R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904), 1:111-112. Hereinafter cited as Early Conn Probate 1. Https://archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw.
  8. [S1726] Charles William Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford: R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904), 1:114. Hereinafter cited as Early Conn Probate 1. Https://archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw.
  9. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 4386. Norwich VR. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.
  10. [S2033] Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Corp., 2006), page 4388. Norwich VR. Hereinafter cited as Ricker Compliation.

Christening: 3 Dec 1623; Donyat, Sumerset, England [????]



Info from Findagrave.com:

Birth: 1621 Devon, England Death: Jun. 8, 1716 Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA

Married: 01 Mar 1659/60 Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

Family links:

Parents:
 John Drake (1585 - 1659)
 Elizabeth Rogers Drake (1581 - 1681)

Spouses:

 John Elderkin (1616 - 1687)
 William Gaylord (1617 - 1656)*

Siblings:

 Elizabeth Drake Elderkin (1621 - 1716)
 John Drake (1622 - 1688)**
 Job Drake (1623 - 1689)*
 Jacob Drake (1623 - 1689)*
 Jacob Drake (1624 - 1689)*
 Samuel Drake (1624 - 1686)*
 Mary O. Drake Gaylord (1625 - 1683)*

*Calculated relationship

  • *Half-sibling

Burial: Unknown

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Elizabeth Elderkin's Timeline

1622
February 15, 1622
Musbury, Devon, England
1623
December 3, 1623
Donyat, Sumerset, England
1625
January 9, 1625
Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England
1654
February 13, 1654
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1656
September 3, 1656
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
1661
January 1661
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
1664
April 6, 1664
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
1665
November 1665