Individual Details
Elizabeth Shumway
(3 Aug 1768 - 5 Oct 1856)
Events
Families
Spouse | Jonathan Kingsbury (1766 - 1819) |
Child | Ruth Ballard Kingsbury (1792 - 1819) |
Spouse | Samuel Coburn (1775 - 1840) |
Father | Peter Shumway ( - ) |
Mother | Living |
Notes
Divorce
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPC-7HGQ?i=247&cat=599011Elizabeth divorced him on grounds of desertionOn 1 September 1796, Elizabeth Kingsbury of Thompson, Connecticut petitioned for divorce from Jonathan Kingsbury on grounds of desertion. She related that Jonathan deserted her three years previously and he was of parts unknown. She had maintained the duties of the marriage covenant. Allen Hancock of Oxford and Rebekah Shumway of Oxford provided statements in support of the petition. The petition was granted.[1][1] State of Connecticut Superior Court Files, Divorce, Windham County, 1726-1907, Elizabeth Kingsbury, Petition for Divorce, Jonathan Kingsbury, 1796, FHL Film #008237559, Image 248Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn; Came From England, 1635; Purchased Land in ".
2. Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn; Came From England, 1635; Purchased Land in ".
3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Munson, Geauga, Ohio; Roll: 682; Page: 175b.