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'''Elizabeth Pabodie''' (1623-1717) (also known as: '''Elizabeth Alden Pabodie''' or '''Elizabeth Peabody''') was allegedly the first white woman born in [[New England]].<ref>''Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants'' |
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By Mrs Charles L Alden, Mary Langford Taylor Alden (E. Putnam, 1897)[http://books.google.com/books?id=NXNJAAAAMAAJ] |
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| birth_name = Elizabeth Alden |
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| birth_date = 1623 |
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| birth_place = [[Plymouth Colony]] |
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| death_date = 1717 |
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| death_place = [[Little Compton, Rhode Island]] |
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| known_for = Allegedly first white child born in [[New England]] |
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| parents = [[John Alden]], [[Priscilla Alden]] |
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'''Elizabeth Pabodie''' (née '''Alden'''; 1623–1717), also known as '''Elizabeth Alden Pabodie''' or '''Elizabeth Peabody''', was the one of the first white children born in [[New England]].The first white child born in the Plymouth Colony was Peregrine White, born in November 1620. <ref name="Alden">{{cite book |last1=Alden |first1=Mrs. Charles L. |title=Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants |date=1897 |publisher=Eben Putnam |location=Salem |url=https://archive.org/details/elizabethaldenp01aldegoog |language=English}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
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Elizabeth Pabodie was born Elizabeth Alden in 1623, the firstborn child of the [[Plymouth Colony]] settlers [[Priscilla Mullins]] and [[John Alden]], who were both passengers on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' in 1620. |
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By Mrs Charles L Alden, Mary Langford Taylor Alden (E. Putnam, 1897)[http://books.google.com/books?id=NXNJAAAAMAAJ] |
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| ⚫ | She married William Pabodie (Peabody), a leader of [[Duxbury, Massachusetts]], on December 26, 1644. All 13 of their children were born in that settlement before Elisabeth eventually moved to [[Little Compton, Rhode Island]], in the 1680s. She died on May 31, 1717, in Little Compton and was buried in the cemetery on [[Little Compton Common]], officially called Old Commons Burial Ground. Her memorial is on Find A Grave as memorial #6868310.<ref name="Alden"/> |
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==Descendants== |
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Elizabeth Pabodie's first child was a daughter, Lydia; next came a son named William after his father. |
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In 1683 Lydia married Daniel Grinnell Jr; they also had 13 children together. |
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William the younger and his wife Judith had a daughter Rebecca Peabody, who married the Reverend Joseph Fish. Their daughter [[Mary Silliman|Mary Fish]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berkin |first1=Carol |title=Mary Silliman's War. |journal=The Journal of American History |date=December 1994 |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=1396–1398 |doi=10.2307/2081619|jstor=2081619 }}</ref> married [[Gold Selleck Silliman]] (1732–1790), and they were the parents of [[Benjamin Silliman]], the first person to distill petroleum, and grandparents of [[Benjamin Silliman, Jr.]] The Sillimans started the Chemistry Department at Yale, a forerunner of the [[Sheffield Scientific School]]. Benjamin Silliman, Jr. married Susan Huldah Forbes; their daughter Alice Trumbull Silliman married [[William Richardson Belknap]] (1849-1914). It is through this lineage that the Belknap and Humphrey families of Kentucky descended. |
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Other descendants of Elizabeth Alden Pabodie and William Pabodie include Priscilla Pabodie, Rebecca Pabodie, Eleanor Belknap Humphrey (1876-1964), [[William Burke Belknap]] the younger, Alice Belknap Hawkes, Dr. Edward Cornelius Humphrey, Rev. [[Robert P. Shuler]], Alice Humphrey Morgan, economist [[Thomas M. Humphrey|Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey]], Barbara Morgan Meade, co-founder of the Washington, D.C., bookstore, [[Politics and Prose]], Charles Davis, Zechariah Vincent, and whistleblower [[Edward Snowden]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Permanent Record|last=Snowden|first= Edward|date = 17 September 2019|isbn=9781250237231|edition= First|location=New York|oclc=1114558657}}</ref> |
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Image:Elizabeth Alden Pabodie 2.jpg|Elizabeth Alden Pabodie grave |
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 10 October 2024
Elizabeth Pabodie | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Alden 1623 |
| Died | 1717 |
| Known for | Allegedly first white child born in New England |
| Parent(s) | John Alden, Priscilla Alden |
Elizabeth Pabodie (née Alden; 1623–1717), also known as Elizabeth Alden Pabodie or Elizabeth Peabody, was the one of the first white children born in New England.The first white child born in the Plymouth Colony was Peregrine White, born in November 1620. [1]
Life
[edit]Elizabeth Pabodie was born Elizabeth Alden in 1623, the firstborn child of the Plymouth Colony settlers Priscilla Mullins and John Alden, who were both passengers on the Mayflower in 1620.
She married William Pabodie (Peabody), a leader of Duxbury, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1644. All 13 of their children were born in that settlement before Elisabeth eventually moved to Little Compton, Rhode Island, in the 1680s. She died on May 31, 1717, in Little Compton and was buried in the cemetery on Little Compton Common, officially called Old Commons Burial Ground. Her memorial is on Find A Grave as memorial #6868310.[1]
Descendants
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Elizabeth Pabodie's first child was a daughter, Lydia; next came a son named William after his father.
In 1683 Lydia married Daniel Grinnell Jr; they also had 13 children together.
William the younger and his wife Judith had a daughter Rebecca Peabody, who married the Reverend Joseph Fish. Their daughter Mary Fish[2] married Gold Selleck Silliman (1732–1790), and they were the parents of Benjamin Silliman, the first person to distill petroleum, and grandparents of Benjamin Silliman, Jr. The Sillimans started the Chemistry Department at Yale, a forerunner of the Sheffield Scientific School. Benjamin Silliman, Jr. married Susan Huldah Forbes; their daughter Alice Trumbull Silliman married William Richardson Belknap (1849-1914). It is through this lineage that the Belknap and Humphrey families of Kentucky descended.
Other descendants of Elizabeth Alden Pabodie and William Pabodie include Priscilla Pabodie, Rebecca Pabodie, Eleanor Belknap Humphrey (1876-1964), William Burke Belknap the younger, Alice Belknap Hawkes, Dr. Edward Cornelius Humphrey, Rev. Robert P. Shuler, Alice Humphrey Morgan, economist Thomas MacGillivray Humphrey, Barbara Morgan Meade, co-founder of the Washington, D.C., bookstore, Politics and Prose, Charles Davis, Zechariah Vincent, and whistleblower Edward Snowden.[3]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was also a descendant of Elizabeth Pabodie. He made her parents John Alden and Priscilla Mullins famous through his poem The Courtship of Miles Standish.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alden, Mrs. Charles L. (1897). Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants. Salem: Eben Putnam.
- ^ Berkin, Carol (December 1994). "Mary Silliman's War". The Journal of American History. 81 (3): 1396–1398. doi:10.2307/2081619. JSTOR 2081619.
- ^ Snowden, Edward (17 September 2019). Permanent Record (First ed.). New York. ISBN 9781250237231. OCLC 1114558657.
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