Elizabeth Emerson

1665 - 1693  (28 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Emerson  [1]
  Born	26 Jan 1665	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 Jun 1693	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  	Cause: Hanged
  	Records of the Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. 1: '26th Sept. Elizabeth Emmerson single woman Daughter of Michael Emmerson of Haverhill in the County of Essex being indicted by the Jurors for our Soveraigne Lord & Lady King William & Oueen Mary upon their Oathes. For that the sd. Elizabeth Emmerson being with child with two living Children or Infants on Thursday night the 7th of May 1691 before day of Fryday morning at Haverhill aforesd in the house of Michael Emmerson aforesd by the Providence of God two Bastard Children alive did bring forth and the sd. Elizabeth Emmerson not haveing the feare of God before her Eyes and being instigated by ye Devil of her malice forethought, the sd two Infants did feloniously kill & Murther, and them in a small Bagg or cloath sewed up, and concealed or hid them in sd Emmersons house untill afterwards, that is to say, on sabbath day May the tenth 1691, the sd two Infants in the yard of sd Emmerson in Haverhill aforesd did secretly bury contrary to the peace of Our Soveraign Lord & Lady the King & Queen, their Crown & Dignity, the Laws of God, and the Lawes & Statutes in that case made & provided. Upon which Indictment the sd Elizabeth Emmerson was arraigned and to the Indictment pleaded not guilty & put herselfe upon Tryal by God & the Country, a Jury was impannelled being the first Jury, whereof mr. Richard Crisp was foreman, and were accordingly sworne (the prisoner making no challeng) The Indictment Examination & evidences were read, & the prisoner made her defence, The Jury return their Verdict, the Jury say, That she sd. Elizabeth Emmerson is guilty according to Indictment. The Court Order, That sentance of Death be pronounced ag. her.'
  Person ID	I3479	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	7 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Michael Emerson,   d. Aft 18 Jul 1709
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Webster
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1 Apr 1657	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F1550	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Samuel Ladd,   b. 1 Nov 1649, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Feb 1698, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Type: Unmarried
  Notes	On 10 Apr 1686 Elizabeth Emerson, unmarried, gave birth to Dorothy (Haverhill MA Town Records). The father was Samuel Ladd, then 37, who was married to Martha (Corlis) Ladd, mother of their 6 children. Elizabeth was 23 at the birth of Dorothy and at 28 she again gave birth, this time to twin boys who did not survive. Again the father was Samuel Ladd, then 42.
  Last Modified	7 May 2014
  Family ID	F1555	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Vital Records of Haverhill, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Births, p. 122 (Reliability: 2), 5 May 2014. [S11] Vital Records of Haverhill, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Marriages, p. 111 (Reliability: 2), 5 May 2014.