Elizabeth Pabodie
Elizabeth Pabodie | |
|---|---|
| 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 first white child born in New England.[1]
Life
Elizabeth Pabodie was born Elizabeth Alden in 1623, the firstborn child of the
She married William Pabodie (Peabody), a leader of
Descendants
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
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
- ^ a b Alden, Mrs. Charles L. (1897). Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants. Salem: Eben Putnam.
- JSTOR 2081619.
- OCLC 1114558657.)
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