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Elizabeth Ludlum (Townsend)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Wright", "Elizabeth Townsend Ludlum"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Colonial America
Death: August 22, 1723 (75-76)
Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Centre Island, Nassau County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Townsend, of Oyster Bay and Elizabeth Townsend
Wife of Gideon Wright and Joseph Ludlam, Sr.
Mother of Tabitha Wright; Elizabeth Harrison; Peter Wright; Anthony Wright; John Wright and 5 others
Sister of John ‘Jericho John’ Townsend, Jr.; Thomas Townsend (died young); Ann Townsend; George Townsend, Sr.; James Townsend, Sr. and 4 others

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About Elizabeth Ludlum

Not the wife of Lt. Gershom Lockwood, Sr.


Elizabeth Townsend, daughter of John Townsend I and Elizabeth b. circa 1647, probably in Flushing, Queens, Long Island, New York; d. 22 August 1723 Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York. m1. Gideon Wright bef. 1688 Oyster Bay, Queens, Long Island NY. Gideon b. circa 1639, d. June 1685 son of Peter Wright b. c 1596 d. c 1662 & Alice (?) b. 1614 d. bef 13 Oct 1685

On 10 May 1771, Elizabeth's mother notes in a document she drew up dividing her husband's estate amongst their children that her daughter Elizabeth, wife of Gideon Wright had received a portion from her father, John Townsend. He died in 1668.

Children of Gideon Wright and Elizabeth Townsend:

  1. Elizabeth Wright b. c 1668 m. Isaiah Harrison 1688
  2. Peter Wright b. c 1670, d. bef 21 May 1694; unmarried
  3. Anthony Wright b. c 1672
  4. Gideon Wright II+ b. c 1674, d. b 28 Aug 1722
  5. Silvanus Wright b. c 1676, known living Mar 1736
  6. Hannah Wright b. c 1678 m. James Townsend
  7. John Wright b. c 1680, d. 1737
  8. Tabitha Wright b. c 1682 m. John Brook of Rhode Island Aug 16 1711

m2. Joseph Ludlam I, b. bef 9 Aug 1646, d 16 Mar 1698/99 Oyster Bay, Queens, Long Island, New York; son of William Ludlam II and Clemence Fordham, after June 1685 at the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York.

Children of Elizabeth Townsend and Joseph Ludlam I

  1. Joseph Ludlam II b. 1687, d. 9 Feb 1729/30
  2. Ruth Ludlam b. 1689, d. b 1729
  3. Charles Ludlam b. 27 Jan 1691/92, d. 1 Nov 1769

NOTE:

Three Elizabeth Ludlams of Oyster Bay, The April 2000 issue of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record -

The author shows that Joseph Ludlam, the first of that name in Oyster Bay, married, probably as his second wife, Elizabeth2 Townsend, daughter of John1 Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright. Previous claims that she was the widow Wright who married second Gershom Lockwood are incorrect.

From the marriage of Joseph and Elizabeth (Townsend, Wright) Ludlam were born two sons, Joseph Jr. and Charles. Joseph Ludlam Jr. married Elizabeth3 Townsend, daughter of Henry2 (Henry1). There is also reason to believe that Charles Ludlam's wife was Elizabeth3 Townsend (Daniel2, John1). All of these wives have previously been given different identities, but the first two marriages can now be considered proved and the circumstantial evidence for the third is probably as much as will ever be found regarding that Elizabeth.

It is the author's conclusion that Joseph Ludlam (Sr.) had another wife prior to the widow Elizabeth (Townsend) Wright., and this unidentified first wife was the mother of his other known child, Clemence, who married Robert3 Feke (John2, Robert1).


Disambiguation

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX7H-CVN Describing

"Three Elizabeth Ludlams of Oyster Bay,' NYGBR 131:116.

A careful reading of this article will help to avoid errors separating 3 named Mrs. Elizabeth Ludlam. One was the mother-in-law of the other two.

The mother of Joseph Ludlam, Jr. was Elizabeth (Townsend) (Wright) Gideon's widow and the dau. of John Townsend I. Her husband and father of these sons was Joseph Ludlam, 1646, son of William Ludlam I.

Deborah Underhill was the mother of the Elizabeth Townsend and wife of Henry Townsend II. Her daughter Elizabeth md. Joseph Ludlam, Jr.

For years there has been confusion and mistakes made due to the same maiden names of Deborah's daughter Elizabeth Townsend being the same as her mother-in-law's name Elizabeth Townsend (dau of John I, & widow of Gideon Wright.)


References

  1. [S124] A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend & their descendants., page 56 - "Gideon, the son of Peter Wright, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Townsend 1st, ..."; his will;.
  2. [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, pages 71-72
  3. [S124] A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend & their descendants., page 132 - ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF JOHN IST,
  4. [S280] Jr. New York George William Cocks and assisted by John Cox, History and Genealogy of the Cock-Cocks-Cox Family - Descended From
  5. [S119] Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York & Connecticut.
  6. [S90] Genealogies of Long Island Families From the New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, page 563 - See Cock, Cocks, Cox Genealogy, First and Second Editions, p. 34, fourth generation.
  7. [S452] Harry Macy Jr., A NEW NYG&BR ARTICLE OF TOWNSEND INTEREST: Three Elizabeth Ludlams of Oyster Bay, The April 2000 issue of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record - The author shows that Joseph Ludlam, the first of that name in Oyster Bay, married, probably as his second wife, Elizabeth2 Townsend, daughter of John1 Townsend and widow of Gideon Wright. Previous claims that she was the widow Wright who married second Gershom Lockwood are incorrect. 114–115. Re: Elizabeth (Townsend) (Wright) Ludlam & daus in law < FamilySearch >; < FamilySearch >
  8. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Townsend-40
  9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24618669/elizabeth-ludlam
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Elizabeth Ludlum's Timeline

1647
1647
Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Colonial America
1660
1660
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, Colonial America
1668
March 30, 1668
Oyster Bay Smithtown, Long Island (Present Nassau County), Province of New York, Colonial America
1670
1670
Oyster Bay, Nassau, Long Island, New York
1674
1674
Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York
1674
Oyster Bay,Nassau,New York
1675
January 8, 1675
Oyster Bay, Nassau County (Long Island), Province of New York, Colonial America
1676
1676
Oyster Bay, Nassau, Long Island, New York
1678
1678
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, Colonial America