Note: According to the collections of the Essex Institute, Jonathan Corwin is buried in this cemetery "in the family tomb". Though there is no record of Elizabeth being buried here, it is inconceivable that after bearing ten of Jonathan's children and dying only a few months after him that she would be buried elsewhere.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb of Guilford, CT; Roxbury, Mass.; and Boston, Mass. She m. (1) in Boston 7 Sep 1660 Robert Gibbs, the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Robert built an exquisite house on the waterfront in south Boston in which Elizabeth lived, bearing four children, of whom two survived childhood.
Robert died at an early age, after which Elizabeth m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem June 1718 (death notice 9 June), son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Of the ten children that Elizabeth bore with Jonathan, only two reached adulthood. In total, Elizabeth bore 14 children over a period of 27.5 years, with her last child born when she was 46 years old. Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, all likely born in Boston:
* Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, d.y.
* Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
* Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown.
* Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675
Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her second husband, Jonathan Corwin, all b. Salem, Mass.:
* Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
* Margaret, b. 15:2mo:1679 (15 April 1679), d. Salem 5:9mo:1679 (5 Nov 1679)
* Sarah, b. 12:6mo:1680 (12 Aug 1680), d. Salem 19 Dec 1689
* Jonathan, b. 2:8mo:1681 (2 Oct 1681), d. Salem 12:6mo:1682 (12 Aug 1682)
* George, b. 21 May 1683, d. Salem 23 Nov 1717 in his 35th year, m. Salem 27 July 1711 Mrs. Mehitable Parkman, b. say 1682, d. Salem 13 Nov 1718. George graduated from Harvard in 1701 and became pastor at the First Church in Salem in 1714 as a colleague of Nicholas Noyes.
* John, b. 9 July 1684, d. Salem 10 Sep 1684
* Margaret, b. 30 Nov 1685, d. Salem 23 Feb 1685/6
* Anna, b. 1 Aug 1687 (but bapt. 17 July 1687, so there is a discrepancy in the record), d. 1706
* Jonathan, b. 15 Sep 1689, d. Salem 25 Dec 1689
* Harbert, b. 14 Dec 1690, d. Salem 10 Feb 1690/1
Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb of Guilford, CT; Roxbury, Mass.; and Boston, Mass. She m. (1) in Boston 7 Sep 1660 Robert Gibbs, the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Robert built an exquisite house on the waterfront in south Boston in which Elizabeth lived, bearing four children, of whom two survived childhood.
Robert died at an early age, after which Elizabeth m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem June 1718 (death notice 9 June), son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Of the ten children that Elizabeth bore with Jonathan, only two reached adulthood. In total, Elizabeth bore 14 children over a period of 27.5 years, with her last child born when she was 46 years old. Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, all likely born in Boston:
* Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, d.y.
* Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
* Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown.
* Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675
Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her second husband, Jonathan Corwin, all b. Salem, Mass.:
* Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
* Margaret, b. 15:2mo:1679 (15 April 1679), d. Salem 5:9mo:1679 (5 Nov 1679)
* Sarah, b. 12:6mo:1680 (12 Aug 1680), d. Salem 19 Dec 1689
* Jonathan, b. 2:8mo:1681 (2 Oct 1681), d. Salem 12:6mo:1682 (12 Aug 1682)
* George, b. 21 May 1683, d. Salem 23 Nov 1717 in his 35th year, m. Salem 27 July 1711 Mrs. Mehitable Parkman, b. say 1682, d. Salem 13 Nov 1718. George graduated from Harvard in 1701 and became pastor at the First Church in Salem in 1714 as a colleague of Nicholas Noyes.
* John, b. 9 July 1684, d. Salem 10 Sep 1684
* Margaret, b. 30 Nov 1685, d. Salem 23 Feb 1685/6
* Anna, b. 1 Aug 1687 (but bapt. 17 July 1687, so there is a discrepancy in the record), d. 1706
* Jonathan, b. 15 Sep 1689, d. Salem 25 Dec 1689
* Harbert, b. 14 Dec 1690, d. Salem 10 Feb 1690/1
Note: According to the collections of the Essex Institute, Jonathan Corwin is buried in this cemetery "in the family tomb". Though there is no record of Elizabeth being buried here, it is inconceivable that after bearing ten of Jonathan's children and dying only a few months after him that she would be buried elsewhere.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb of Guilford, CT; Roxbury, Mass.; and Boston, Mass. She m. (1) in Boston 7 Sep 1660 Robert Gibbs, the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Robert built an exquisite house on the waterfront in south Boston in which Elizabeth lived, bearing four children, of whom two survived childhood.
Robert died at an early age, after which Elizabeth m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem June 1718 (death notice 9 June), son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Of the ten children that Elizabeth bore with Jonathan, only two reached adulthood. In total, Elizabeth bore 14 children over a period of 27.5 years, with her last child born when she was 46 years old. Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, all likely born in Boston:
* Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, d.y.
* Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
* Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown.
* Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675
Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her second husband, Jonathan Corwin, all b. Salem, Mass.:
* Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
* Margaret, b. 15:2mo:1679 (15 April 1679), d. Salem 5:9mo:1679 (5 Nov 1679)
* Sarah, b. 12:6mo:1680 (12 Aug 1680), d. Salem 19 Dec 1689
* Jonathan, b. 2:8mo:1681 (2 Oct 1681), d. Salem 12:6mo:1682 (12 Aug 1682)
* George, b. 21 May 1683, d. Salem 23 Nov 1717 in his 35th year, m. Salem 27 July 1711 Mrs. Mehitable Parkman, b. say 1682, d. Salem 13 Nov 1718. George graduated from Harvard in 1701 and became pastor at the First Church in Salem in 1714 as a colleague of Nicholas Noyes.
* John, b. 9 July 1684, d. Salem 10 Sep 1684
* Margaret, b. 30 Nov 1685, d. Salem 23 Feb 1685/6
* Anna, b. 1 Aug 1687 (but bapt. 17 July 1687, so there is a discrepancy in the record), d. 1706
* Jonathan, b. 15 Sep 1689, d. Salem 25 Dec 1689
* Harbert, b. 14 Dec 1690, d. Salem 10 Feb 1690/1
Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb of Guilford, CT; Roxbury, Mass.; and Boston, Mass. She m. (1) in Boston 7 Sep 1660 Robert Gibbs, the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Robert built an exquisite house on the waterfront in south Boston in which Elizabeth lived, bearing four children, of whom two survived childhood.
Robert died at an early age, after which Elizabeth m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem June 1718 (death notice 9 June), son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Of the ten children that Elizabeth bore with Jonathan, only two reached adulthood. In total, Elizabeth bore 14 children over a period of 27.5 years, with her last child born when she was 46 years old. Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, all likely born in Boston:
* Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, d.y.
* Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
* Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown.
* Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675
Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her second husband, Jonathan Corwin, all b. Salem, Mass.:
* Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
* Margaret, b. 15:2mo:1679 (15 April 1679), d. Salem 5:9mo:1679 (5 Nov 1679)
* Sarah, b. 12:6mo:1680 (12 Aug 1680), d. Salem 19 Dec 1689
* Jonathan, b. 2:8mo:1681 (2 Oct 1681), d. Salem 12:6mo:1682 (12 Aug 1682)
* George, b. 21 May 1683, d. Salem 23 Nov 1717 in his 35th year, m. Salem 27 July 1711 Mrs. Mehitable Parkman, b. say 1682, d. Salem 13 Nov 1718. George graduated from Harvard in 1701 and became pastor at the First Church in Salem in 1714 as a colleague of Nicholas Noyes.
* John, b. 9 July 1684, d. Salem 10 Sep 1684
* Margaret, b. 30 Nov 1685, d. Salem 23 Feb 1685/6
* Anna, b. 1 Aug 1687 (but bapt. 17 July 1687, so there is a discrepancy in the record), d. 1706
* Jonathan, b. 15 Sep 1689, d. Salem 25 Dec 1689
* Harbert, b. 14 Dec 1690, d. Salem 10 Feb 1690/1
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