Elizabeth CROFT^[1]

1818 - 1883  (65 years)

• Name	Elizabeth CROFT
  Born	18 Mar 1818	Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Jul 1883	Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Buried	Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I26860	Main
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family	Jonas LEONARD,   b. 3 Oct 1814, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Mar 1865, S Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1 May 1839	Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Elvira Augusta LEONARD,   b. 22 May 1841, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Nov 1909, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 68 years)   2. William Franklin LEONARD,   b. 17 Feb 1843, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Sep 1871, Millers Falls, Massachusetts  (Age 28 years)   3. Ellen Jane LEONARD,   b. 15 Jan 1846, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 23 Oct 1848, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 2 years) + 4. Edward Everette LEONARD,   b. 22 Aug 1853, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Sep 1926, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   5. Frederic Mason LEONARD,   b. 16 Dec 1847, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Mar 1869, Royalston, Massachusetts  (Age 21 years) + 6. Cora Antoinette LEONARD,   b. 18 Nov 1859, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Mar 1944, Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)   7. Dwight Eugene LEONARD,   b. 9 Jan 1850, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Sep 1875, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 25 years) + 8. Addie Laurene Elizabeth LEONARD,   b. 29 May 1857, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 May 1942, Erving, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F9297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  How did a girl from Ware meet a boy from Warwick? The only clue is that Elizabeth's sister, Sarah had married one Daniel Green who had moved from Warwick to Ware, and it must have been visits between family and friendsthat brought about the introduction. A family of eight children resulted, and her household also contained, for most of her married life, her mother-in-law and her husband's Aunt Rhoda. After Jonas's death, she arranged to rent a Warwick house, sold the SouthDeerfield property, and was on the way home, when children that had goneahead brought the news that the house in Warwick was not available. Shewas stranded in Erving with wagonload of children and household goodsuntil Ephraim Murdock of Northfield Mountain offered refuge. The familystayed there for about a year until Elizabeth married Warren Stratton. Apremarital agreement protected her childrens' rights and hers to Jonas'sestate. She had the sorrow of seeing four of her children die young, a daughter as a small child, and three sons as young adults.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.