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From: "Dale H. Cook" <>
Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Paul Healey and Elizabeth Smith - LookupPlease
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:26:46 -0400
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At 03:29 PM 6/3/2009, Faye wrote:

>In 1696 Paul Healey, born April 3, 1664 in Cambridge Mass

That is not his date of birth - it is the date that he was baptized
in the First Church [Cambridge VR 1:344].

>married Elizabeth Smith, supposedly of New Hampshire, in Rehoboth,
>Bristol, Mass.

I find no record of this marriage at Rehoboth or in PCR. There were
children born to "Paull Holley" in Rehoboth beginning 17-Jan-1695/96
[Rehoboth VR 637], but nothing in the town's vital records names his
wife. However, the records of Newman Congregational Church (which at
that time was in Rehoboth) show those same children of "Paul Healey"
as having been baptized there, beginning with the seven eldest along
with "Elizabeth, wife of Paul" on 22-Jan-1703/04 [Arnold's RI VR
9:507]. I see no contemporary record that would establish Elizabeth's
maiden name.

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

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