Name Info

Elizabeth Dunster ?1615-1635

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09121715
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............20y 0m 0d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......MOORE
Fam-ID.........WILLARD
Citizenship....immigrant

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......2
#Siblings......0
#Children......0

Person-Type....T
Immigrant?.....immigrant
Immig-Known?...immigrant
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Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
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Twin...........no
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Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1652 ?Concord, Middlesex county, Massachusetts
  2. Spouse: SIMON WILLARD, male, born:1605 Horsmonden, Kent county, England, died:1676-04-24 (71y 3m 23d) , Anc:1, Dad:RICHARD WILLARD, Mom:MARGERY HUMPHREY, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:12

Events
Birth
: ?1615 , ?England
Death
: 1635-1705, Age:20y 0m 0d, ?Concord, Middlesex county, Massachusetts
Married
: ?1652 , Age:37y 0m 0d, ?Concord, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, Role:bride

Places In
England
Concord, Middlesex county, Massachusetts

General

Elizabeth was the sister of Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard.

Elizabeth died shortly after she was married to Simon.


Sources
Book Compendium of American Genealogy (6 volumes), F.A. Virkus, 1942
Book Early Records of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725, Nourse, 1884
Book Genealogical Register of The First New England Settlers, J.Farmer, 1964
Book History of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut, H.R. Stiles, 1964
Book Immigrant Ancestors Before 1750, F.A. Virkus, 1980 (unreliable source)
Book New England Families, W.R. Cutter, 1914
Book Pioneers of Massachusetts, C.H. Pope, 1965


Historical
1616: England - William Shakespeare dies
1616: Spain - The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in the Spain are expelled
1618-1638: Germany - The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years War which devastates Europe in the years 1618-1648
1618: China - The Manchus start Invading China, their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty
1618: Romania - Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania, joins Protestant Rebels
1619: Austria, Romania - Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna
1620-1621: Poland, Turkey - Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia
1620: Poland - Battle of White Mountain, Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats the Bohemian rebels
1620: Romania, Turkey - Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an Invasion of Moldavia takes place, the Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut
1620: United States - The Puritan Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1621: Poland, Turkey - The Battle of Chocim Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans
1621: United States - The Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving with their Indian neighbors
1622: United States - Jamestown massacre Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown, Virginia (a third of the population of the colony) and burn the Henricus settlement
1623: Italy - Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623
1624-1642: France - As chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France
1625: United States - New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch West India Company in North America
1626: Italy - St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican completed
1626: United States - The Dutch buy Manhattan Island for $24, a presence is established but no large settlements made
1627: France - Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates
1629: France - Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years War to counter expansion by Ferdinand II
1631: Italy - Mount Vesuvius erupts near Naples
1632: germany - Battle of Lutzen (first of two), death of king of Sweden Gustav II Adolf
1633: Italy - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition
1633: United States - The city of Baltimore is settled
1634: Ethiopia - Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia
1634: Germany - Battle of Nordlingen (first of two), in Bavaria, results in Catholic victory