Elizabeth (Berbage) Wiswall

Elizabeth Berbage (1604-1666) was born in England, where - in 1632 - she married Thomas Wiswall (1601-1685). Together they had ten children, all but one of whom was born in America. Elizabeth, Thomas, and their oldest child, Enoch, came first to Dorchester, Massachusetts on 16 Aug 1635. In 1654, the family moved to the Cambridge, Massachusetts area, where Thomas is honored as a "First Founder" of the present day Newton. Elizabeth was the first wife of Thomas Wiswall. Child: Noah Wiswall (1638-1690). INCONSISTENCIES: Ancestry.com records show Elizabeth dying in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, but this does not fit the family chronology. Clearly she died in Newton. BURIAL: Elizabeth would have been buried in the only cemetery in Newton at that time, the Old East Parish Burying Ground. No stone has been found, perhaps because the oldest American gravestones often deteriorated. SOURCES: Ancestry.com has two records for Elizabeth: a "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" record, and a "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" record. Information also appears in "The Great Migration," under "Biography of Thomas Wiswall."

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