Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Mar 1737 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death: 2 Jun 1759 - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Lemuel Rich (1711-1791) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Harding (1717-1791) 3
Spouses and Children
1. *Seth Ewer (14 Mar 1729 - 15 Apr 1801)
Marriage: 30 Sep 1757 - Truro, Massachusetts 4
Status:
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Nov 1828 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 22 Jun 1858 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 5
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death
Parents
Father: Shebnah Rich (1782-1843)
Mother: Belinda Higgins (1788-1878)
Spouses and Children
1. *Josiah Snow (28 Aug 1827 - 8 Sep 1896)
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 11-3-28
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Aug 1849 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 Aug 1881 - North Truro, Massachusetts 6
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 7
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Rich (1823-1855) 8
Mother: Hannah Hopkins Lewis (1823-1855) 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Caleb K C Sullivan (24 May 1845 - 29 Jun 1926)
Marriage: 6 May 1868 - Truro, Massachusetts
Status:
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Jul 1767 - Truro, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 11, , Gerry, Massachusetts in Gerry, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Thatcher Rich (1739-1817) 12
Mother: Jane Lombard (1742-1778)
Spouses and Children
1. *Roger Brigham (Est 1765 - )
Marriage: 15 Apr 1790 - Gerry, Massachusetts 13
Status:
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Roger Brigham
Married: 15 APR 1790 in Gerry, MA
(utzing)
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1764 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1801
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Josiah Rich Jr (15 Sep 1762 - 16 May 1815)
Marriage: 1781
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Josiah Rich Jr)
tentative couple, based on Intentions
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1757 - Truro, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 30 Apr 1827 - Newport, Maine
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Rich (1715-1783) 16
Mother: Susanna Collins (1723-1806) 17
Spouses and Children
1. *William Holbrook (16 Oct 1752 - 15 Oct 1825)
Marriage: 6 Nov 1777 - Truro, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Children:
1. Mabel Holbrook (1778- ) 14
2. William Holbrook (1781- ) 14
3. Luther Holbrook (1801-1882)
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Jul 1728 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death: 12 Oct 1747 - Middle Haddam (Middletown), Connecticut
Burial: in Hog Hill cemetery, East Hampton 21
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 19, , (Connecticut) in (Connecticut)
Parents
Father: Thomas Rich (1702-1750) 22
Mother: Thankful Mayo (1704-After 1752) 19
Spouses and Children
1. *Daniel Smith (25 Jun 1724 - ) 19
Marriage: 16 Feb 1747 - (Connecticut) 19
Status:
Children:
1. Daniel Smith (1756-1778)
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1790 - Truro, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Rich (1750-1817) 14
Mother: Elisabeth Hatch (1748-1816)
Elizabeth Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Dec 1713 - Truro, Massachusetts 24
Baptism: 11 Sep 1720 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
Death: 25 May 1761 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro 26
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel Rich (1685-1752) 27
Mother: Elizabeth Mulford (Cir 1687-1725) 28
Spouses and Children
1. *Israel Gross (28 Apr 1718 - 19 Oct 1788)
Marriage: 8 Jan 1741 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
Status:
Children:
1. Israel Gross (1741-1769)
2. Captain Samuel Gross (1743-1821)
3. Jaazaniah Gross (1745-1769)
4. Elizabeth Gross (1748- )
5. Mary Gross (1750-1819)
6. Joseph Gross (1751-1779)
7. Deliverance Gross (1755-1816)
Elizabeth D Rich
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1854 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
Household of Rev. Samuel & Caroline Fairley, 1870 Wellfleet census:
Elizabeth was 16, the servant
Elizabeth Lombard Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Sep 1848 - Truro, Massachusetts 30
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth
Parents
Father: Richard Rich (1813-1880) 31
Mother: Sally Rich Atwood (1815-1854) 32
Spouses and Children
1. *Cyrus Blake Knowles (17 Aug 1845 - 7 Apr 1901)
Marriage: 17 Nov 1868 - Somerville, Massachusetts
Status:
Elkanah Paine Rich
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Sep 1845 - (Truro, Massachusetts) 34
Baptism:
Death: 15 Dec 1875 34
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Sears Rich (1807-1892) 34
Mother: Thankful Rich Higgins (1807-1869) 34
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary B Guthrie (Est 1848 - ) 34
Marriage: 18 Feb 1874 34
Status:
Elkenah Rich
Sex: M
AKA: Elkanah Rich
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Oct 1772 - Truro, Massachusetts 35
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Apollos Rich (1746-1835) 36
Mother: Abigail Collins (1748-1827)
Ella C Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1851 - Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Nehemiah Rich (1808-1892)
Mother: Mary Ann Kelley (1832-1877)
Ella Frances Wright Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Jan 1862 - East Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Rich (1804-1884)
Mother: Mary Allen Stimpson (1824-1902) 37
Ella Walton Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Apr 1855 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
Baptism:
Death: 17 Jun 1928 - Warren, Rhode Island 39
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Aaron Rich (1809-1869) 40
Mother: Rebecca Lewis (1812-1879) 41
Spouses and Children
1. *John P Smith (1841 - ) 42
Marriage: 19 Oct 1873 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Richard Stanley Smith (1873- ) 42
2. Anna Walton Smith (1876- ) 43
3. Ralph R Smith (1879- ) 44
4. Arthur Clifton Smith (1882- )
5. Charles W Smith (1884- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (John P Smith)
1880 US census, Wellfleet
Ellen Augusta Rich
Sex: F
AKA: Helen Augusta Rich
Individual Information
Birth: 14 May 1851 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Zaccheus Rich (1806-1886) 45
Mother: Lydia Collins (1808-1891)
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel S Swift (9 May 1847 - 12 Dec 1891)
Marriage: 4 Nov 1868 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 46
Status:
Children:
1. Willis Leslie Swift (1871-1903)
Ellen F Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Jul 1847 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 2 Mar 1861 - Swampscott, Massachusetts 48
Burial:
Cause of Death: lung fever
Parents
Father: Captain Nathaniel Wiley Rich (1824-1908) 49
Mother: Catherine Higgins (1827-1901) 50
Notes
Medical:
age 13-6
b Wellfleet
d/o Nataniel W & Catherine H Rich, both b Wellfleet 51
Ellen M Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 15 Mar 1842 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 53
Baptism:
Death: 5 Apr 1895
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Mulford Rich (1802-1892)
Mother: Eliza Bicknell (1805-1869) 54
Spouses and Children
1. *Solomon B Rich (23 Jul 1840 - 15 Nov 1909) 55
Marriage: 6 Dec 1864 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Solomon B Rich)
Solomon's and Ellen's deaths are not recorded in Wellfleet.
1880 Wellfleet census
Solomon B Rich, self, 39, sail maker, all b Mass.
Ellen M. Rich, wife, 38, keeping house, all b Mass.
Ellen Maria Rich
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Mar 1847 - Quincy, Massachusetts 56
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Rich (1813-After 1880) 57
Mother: Eliza Andrews (1820-After 1880)
Sources
1. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:275. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278, 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 76.
2. Dave Utzinger, "Dave's Utzinger's Database" (Rootsweb.com, files utzing, michelotti). .... Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #311. .... Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:266.
3. Dave Utzinger, "Dave's Utzinger's Database" (Rootsweb.com, files utzing, michelotti).
4. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 88.
5. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized
6. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Truro.
7. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 10 north.
8. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 11.
9. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 11. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:131. children of James N. and Patty Lewis.
10. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 101.
11. Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 37. "This township was originally parts of Templeton and Athol. It was incorporated; October 20, 1786, and named in honor of Elbridge Gerry; but dissatisfied with his measures after he became governor, the citizens, [on 5 Feb 1814], procured a change of name to Phillipston." Nason & Varney, 1890
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online
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13. Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 83.
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18. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:270. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 129. .... Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts. Vol. 2, Marriages and Deaths, 150.
19. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:273.
20. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:273. .... Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 77 (MD16:74). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.
21. Hale Collection Headstone Inscriptions. Hog Hill cemetry, East Hampton (http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/ehampton_hog-hill_cem.htm).
22. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:265. .... Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:273.
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24. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:266. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 35.
25. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 47. has transcription errors
26. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), #537.
27. Richard Thomas Holway, Holway-Rich Heritage. A history and genealogy of two Cape Cod families (1988. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press), 65.
28. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:265.
29. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 26.
30. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 370-1.
31. Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:132.
32. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:100. Uriah S. and Mary Atwood family.
33. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 255. This is a major source, which seems accurate.
34. Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 255.
35. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 122.
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38. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 42.
39. Rhode Island archives (via FamilySearch).
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41. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:102. Thomas and Joanna Lewis family.
42. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 18.
43. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.
44. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 24.
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50. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:122. the children of Elnathan and Thankful Higgins.
51. 1850 US census, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 50 (middle initial unclear).
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53. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:138. The children of Mulford and Eliza Rich.
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