Eleanor Lynn

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name
Eleanor Lynn
aka
[Ellen Lyn, Eleanor Ellinwood, Ellen Bath]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Ellen or Eleanor Lynn, second wife of Ralph Ellinwood, married at Salem in March 1655, and mother of eight children, among them Ralph. Widowed at about 38 with seven children living, she married William Bath, a Beverly fisherman who had marched on the Narragansett expedition of 1675, by June 1677; she is last seen in 1678.
born
date
c. 1636
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
note
"Elenor Elingwood, aged about thirty-three years", 1669.
residences
date
c. 1655
place
Beverly, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
Wife of Ralph Ellinwood, on his farm on the Bass River side of Salem, which became Beverly.
events
what
Witness at Ipswich court
date
1669
place
Ipswich, Massachusetts
sources
[court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
note
Aged about thirty-three, she and Ralph deposed together in the heifer case that reached the Ipswich court (EQC IV:216).
what
Swore to the inventory
date
summer 1674
place
Salem, Massachusetts
sources
[court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
note
Executrix of Ralph's estate, she swore to the inventory before the Salem court (EQC V:363-364).

Ellen Lyn married Ralph Ellinwood at Salem on 14 March 1655, his second wife: "Raulph Elmwood maryed to Ellen Lyn" (record). She was Ellen and Eleanor by turns all her life. Widowed at about 38 with seven children, she married William Bath, a Beverly fisherman, by June 1677, when the two were sued as "Wm. Bath and Elenor, his wife, relict of Ralph Ellenwood" (record).

King Philip's War. In December 1675 William Bath, her husband or her husband-to-be, marched with Capt. Joseph Gardner's Beverly men on the Narragansett expedition, "William bath" on the muster (Mass. Archives 68:93; Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 167), and went with the army that stormed the Narragansett fort on 19 Dec 1675. Gardner was killed inside the fort and his company lost seven killed and ten wounded, but Bath came home. Her eldest son Ralph probably went on the same campaign, and her son John was sent to the eastward and wounded at Wells, probably in the spring of 1677 (see Ralph and John).

She is last seen in June 1678, when she testified that Goody Hoar had offered her pease, in the case of the thefts from the Rev. John Hale's house. In 1692 Hale told that story again against Dorcas Hoar at her witchcraft trial (record).

Open questions

  • Her parents: perhaps Henry and Sarah Lynn (books/ellingwood/ellingwood-ch1-rewrite_1.md, note 12).
  • When she married William Bath, and when she died.
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  2. name: Eleanor Lynn
  3. aka: [Ellen Lyn, Eleanor Ellinwood, Ellen Bath]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Ellen or Eleanor Lynn, second wife of Ralph Ellinwood, married at Salem in March 1655, and
  8. mother of eight children, among them Ralph. Widowed at about 38 with seven children living, she
  9. married William Bath, a Beverly fisherman who had marched on the Narragansett expedition of 1675,
  10. by June 1677; she is last seen in 1678.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1636
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
  16. note: "\"Elenor Elingwood, aged about thirty-three years\", 1669."
  17. residences:
  18. - date: "c. 1655"
  19. place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  20. basis: inferred
  21. confidence: probable
  22. note: "Wife of Ralph Ellinwood, on his farm on the Bass River side of Salem, which became Beverly."
  23. events:
  24. - what: Witness at Ipswich court
  25. date: "1669"
  26. place: Ipswich, Massachusetts
  27. sources: [court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
  28. note: "Aged about thirty-three, she and Ralph deposed together in the heifer case that reached the Ipswich court (EQC IV:216)."
  29. - what: Swore to the inventory
  30. date: "summer 1674"
  31. place: Salem, Massachusetts
  32. sources: [court-records-essex-quarterly-courts]
  33. note: "Executrix of Ralph's estate, she swore to the inventory before the Salem court (EQC V:363-364)."
  34. ---
  36. Ellen Lyn married Ralph Ellinwood at Salem on 14 March 1655, his second wife: "Raulph Elmwood maryed
  37. to Ellen Lyn" ([record](/files/sources/vital-records-essex-county-register/)). She was Ellen and Eleanor
  38. by turns all her life. Widowed at about 38 with seven children, she married William Bath, a Beverly
  39. fisherman, by June 1677, when the two were sued as "Wm. Bath and Elenor, his wife, relict of Ralph
  40. Ellenwood" ([record](/files/sources/court-records-essex-quarterly-courts/)).
  42. **King Philip's War.** In December 1675 William Bath, her husband or her husband-to-be, marched with
  43. Capt. Joseph Gardner's Beverly men on the Narragansett expedition, "William bath" on the muster
  44. (Mass. Archives 68:93; [*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/),
  45. p. 167), and went with the army that stormed the Narragansett fort on 19 Dec 1675. Gardner was
  46. killed inside the fort and his company lost seven killed and ten wounded, but Bath came home. Her
  47. eldest son Ralph probably went on the same campaign, and her son John was sent to the eastward and
  48. wounded at Wells, probably in the spring of 1677 (see [Ralph](/people/ralph-ellinwood-1657/) and
  49. [John](/people/john-ellinwood-1659/)).
  51. She is last seen in June 1678, when she testified that Goody Hoar had offered her pease, in the case
  52. of the thefts from the Rev. John Hale's house. In 1692 Hale told that story again against Dorcas
  53. Hoar at her witchcraft trial ([record](/files/sources/court-salem-witchcraft-papers-hoar-1692/)).
  55. ## Open questions
  57. - Her parents: perhaps Henry and Sarah Lynn (`books/ellingwood/ellingwood-ch1-rewrite_1.md`, note
  58. 12).
  59. - When she married William Bath, and when she died.
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