Penelope Eldred

Female Abt 1693 - 1774  (~ 81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Penelope Eldred was born Abt 1693 (daughter of Samuel Eldred and Martha Knowles); died 11 Apr 1774.

    Penelope married Ephraim Gardner 28 Apr 1713. Ephraim (son of Henry Gardner and Abigail Richmond) was born 1 Jan 1692/93, South Kingstown, RI; died 10 Apr 1774; was buried 13 Apr 1774. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Eldred was born 26 Oct 1644 (son of Samuel ELDRED and Elizabeth Unknown); died Abt 1720.

    Samuel — Martha Knowles. Martha (daughter of Henry Knowles and Elizabeth Potter) was born Abt 1651; died 1728. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Knowles was born Abt 1651 (daughter of Henry Knowles and Elizabeth Potter); died 1728.
    Children:
    1. 1. Penelope Eldred was born Abt 1693; died 11 Apr 1774.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel ELDRED was born Abt 1620, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died Aft 1697.

    Notes:

    Samuel Eldred was at Cambridge, MA, in 1646; he was at Kingstown, RI, by 4 May 1668. On 22 June 1670 he took the constable's oath at Wickford. On 13 July 1670 he wrote from Wickford, RI, to Connecticut, asking for help in a murder case.

    Samuel Eldred, Senior is on a list of taxes under Gov. Andros, dated 6 Sept 1687, assessing estates of the Towne of Rochester in the King's Province.

    Samuel married Elizabeth Unknown 24 Nov 1640. Elizabeth was born Abt 1622, England. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Unknown was born Abt 1622, England.

    Notes:

    She may have been Elizabeth Miller.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Eldred was born 26 Oct 1642, Cambridge, MA.
    2. 2. Samuel Eldred was born 26 Oct 1644; died Abt 1720.
    3. Mary Eldred was born 15 Jun 1646, Cambridge, MA.
    4. Thomas Eldred was born 8 Sep 1648, Cambridge, MA; died 1726.
    5. James Eldred was born Abt 1652; died 1687.
    6. John ELDREDGE was born 17 Aug 1659, Chelsea, MA; died 17 Sep 1724, North Kingstown, RI.
    7. Daniel Eldred was born Abt 1661; died 13 Aug 1726.

  3. 6.  Henry Knowles was born Abt 1609, Hull, Yorkshire, England; died 1679, Warwick, RI.

    Henry — Elizabeth Potter. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Potter and Isabel Unknown) was born Abt 1620; died 1670. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Potter was born Abt 1620 (daughter of Robert Potter and Isabel Unknown); died 1670.
    Children:
    1. William Knowles was born Abt 1645, Warwick, RI.
    2. John Knowles was born 1647; died 16 Sep 1716.
    3. Mary Knowles was born Abt 1649; died 28 Dec 1719, Warwick, RI.
    4. 3. Martha Knowles was born Abt 1651; died 1728.
    5. Henry Knowles was born Abt 1654; died 1726.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Robert Potter was born Abt 1607, England.

    Robert — Isabel Unknown. Isabel died 1643, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Isabel Unknown died 1643, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    She died in 1643 as a result of the invasion by armed men from Boston who fought and arrested the men of the Shawomut settlement on Warwick Neck. She, along with Dr. Greene's wife Ailsce, may have died from the trauma of fright and exposure to the elements.

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Potter was born Abt 1620; died 1670.
    2. Deliverance Potter was born 1637; died 1664.
    3. John Potter was born 1639; died 1694.