Individual Details

Elizabeth Blunt

(26 Sep 1714 - )

Went to Londonderry, NH

(See ANTIQUARIAN of Jan.1898 for story of famous murder trial.) Some sd. that she m. 2nd.,David Webster of Haverhill

Tried and acquitted for murder of the wife of her son Jonathan

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Events

Birth26 Sep 1714Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage20 Apr 1738Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Jonathan Ames
Biography

Families

SpouseJonathan Ames (1712 - )
ChildSarah Ames (1739 - 1767)
ChildMiriam Ames (1741 - )
ChildJonathan Ames (1743 - )
ChildWilliam Ames (1745 - 1748)
ChildWilliam Ames (1749 - 1749)
ChildElizabeth Ames (1751 - )
FatherWilliam Blunt (1671 - 1738)
MotherSarah Foster (1677 - 1760)
SiblingDavid Blunt (1699 - 1752)
SiblingSarah Blunt (1702 - )
SiblingJohn Blunt (1706 - 1748)
SiblingJonathan Blunt (1708 - 1762)
SiblingIsaac Blunt (1712 - 1798)
SiblingEbenezer Blunt (1716 - 1784)
SiblingEphraim Blunt (1720 - )

Notes

Biography

Elizabeth tried and acquitted of the murder of her daughter-in-law. She and son Jonathan were both implicated. Future President John Adams was the defense attorney Account of the murderhttps://books.google.com/books?id=k3jypar-2xgC&q=ruth+perley#v=snippet&q=ruth%20perley&f=false