Elizabeth Barnes
Probably the Elizabeth born to Thomas and Anna Barnes at Hingham on 8 Dec 1644 who married Thomas Mulford, and probably the mother of Thomas Mulford (c. 1665/6-1747), who married Mary Bassett.
Life
- 1644Born8 Dec 1644, Hingham, Massachusettscompiledprobable
Family
- Father
- Thomas Barnescompiledprobable
- Mother
- Anna Barnescompiledprobable
- Spouse
- Thomas Mulford
The Hingham history marries Elizabeth Barnes to a Murfea or Murfett, very likely a mis-rendering of Mulford; TAG 40:193-198 has the Mulford marriage, per WikiTree.
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
The History of the Town of Hingham lists among Thomas Barnes’s children “Elizabeth, Dec. 8, 1644. m. Murfea, or Murfett,” very likely a mis-rendering of Mulford.
Her father’s will of 29 Apr 1671 names his married daughter as “Elizabeth Murfett” (Barclay, TAG 40:193-198, as cited on WikiTree). This is the record that ties Elizabeth to Thomas Mulford of Eastham; “Murfea/Murfett” is likely a mis-rendering of Mulford (inferred).
Open questions
- Her father’s will of 29 Apr 1671 “gives the names of w. and ch.”; it has not been read here. Reading it for the married daughter “Elizabeth Murfett” that Barclay reports would firm up the link.
- Is 8 Dec 1644 her birth or her baptism? The colonial tree reads the Hingham history’s date as a baptism at Hingham; the page follows the reading as a birth date. Her elder brothers, the twins Thomas and John, are given there as baptized (21 May 1643).