Jacob ELTON Mini tree diagram

Elizabeth BRIDGES

approx. 1696 - 16th Dec 17754,5,6,7

Life History

approx. 1696

Born

Date calculated from age at death

5th Apr 1739

Married Jacob ELTON in Westbury on Trym.10,7

5th Jan 1755

Mentioned in Will.1

of Jacob Elton
Described as :-
"my beloved wife"

Jun 1765

Death of Jacob ELTON in Bristol.9,7

20th Jan 1774

Mentioned in Will.2

of Isaac Elton
Described as :-
" Elizabeth Elton the widow of my late deceased father"
and
"my mother in law Elizabeth Elton widow"

3rd May 1775

Wrote will.3

1) In the name of God Amen
2) I Elizabeth Elton of Ashley in the county of
3) Gloucester widow ... ...

Some names mentioned .-
1) my brother Edward Marchant
2)  his sons George and Edward Marchant my nephews

16th Dec 1775

Died in Gloucestershire, Ashley Court.4,5,6,7

From the Oxford Journal :-
"The same Day, at Ashley-Court, in the county of Gloucester, in the 80th Year of her Age, Mrs. Elizabeth Elton, Widow of the late Jacob Elton, one of the Aldermen of Gloucester"

From the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette :-
"In her 80th year, Mrs. Elizabeth Elton, widow of the late Jacob Elton, esq; one of the aldermen of Bristol"

26th Dec 1775

Buried in Redcliff Pitt.8,6

Place of Abode - Ashley
From the Parish Register .-
"BRISTOL the 18th of the 12th Month 1775
To Charles Bowsey
To OPEN a Grave in the Friends Burial-Ground at Radcliff Pitt for the Body of Elizabeth Elton who died at Ashley the 16th and is to be interred the 26th inst.
Mr Fry (Signed)
Agreeable to the above Elizabeth Elton was buried 26th Day of the 12th month 1775
Chas Bowsey (signed
GRAVE DIGGER"

4th Apr 1776

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.3

Executors :-
Joseph Bork
Joseph Harford
John Page the Younger

Sources

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