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About Elizabeth Pray
Origins
John Hayden Jr and wife Hannah Ames had the following children:
- Hannah Hayden, b. 3 Jan 1661 in Braintree, MA. m. Nathaniel Thayer
- Sarah Hayden, b. 7 Jul 1662 in Braintree, MA. d. before 25 May 1718
- Josiah Hayden, b. 19 Jun 1669 d. 9 Dec 1730.
- John Hayden
- Elizabeth Hayden, m. Ephraim Pray
- Lydia Hayden, b. abt 1670 d. 1756 Hingham, MA. married 3 times
- Abigail, d. 1730 in Braintree, MA m. Cornelius Thayer
GEDCOM Note
From the NEGHS eNews #192, 12 Nov 2004
My Favorite Ancestor
by Les Olson of Acton, Massachusetts
My favorite ancestors are Ephraim Pray, born 1661, and Elizabeth Hayden, born 1663, both of Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1681, Ephraim and Elizabeth apparently had an illegitimate son, Ephraim, Jr., and left their parents' homes for what they hoped would be the sanctuary of Rhode Island. The Providence Council magistrates, however, apparently took a dim view of these "two Strangers, one Ephraim Prey and one Elizabeth Hoyden, purposing here sometime to make theire aboade, who both belong to Braintrey in ye Massachusetts Colloney, & for som misdemeanor, (as it is reported) have left theire being."
The constable brought the couple to the June 17, 1682 Council meeting, where the magistrates "doe find yt ye said Ephraim and ye said Elizabeth Hoyden have transgressed ye law of the Massachusetts by Committing fornication Each with other & have with drawne themselves from ye Hand of Justice."
The couple found both mercy and justice, however, as John Hayden was allowed to remove his daughter and Ephraim Prey was allowed to remove himself from the town and return to Braintree. The second of the couple's nine children was born there fourteen months later in August 1683.
It is curious that the Providence Council expelled the two of violating "ye law of Massachusetts" and not Rhode Island law; Braintree (or at least the Haydens) may have requested that the couple be remanded back to Massachusetts. Rhode Island might not have had much of an issue with the couple, for they allowed them sufficient time to be "out of ye jurisdiction of our Towne by ye fift day of ye weeke next at Sun sett, the which will be ye 22nd of this instant."
As there is no subsequent marriage record for the couple in Braintree, one also wonders if the couple had been quietly married in Rhode Island; it is unlikely that they would have been allowed to live together out of wedlock back home.
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Elizabeth Pray's Timeline
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May 11, 1663
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1681 |
June 14, 1681
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1683 |
August 28, 1683
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Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1685 |
September 27, 1685
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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| 1687 |
June 2, 1687
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1689 |
March 26, 1689
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Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1692 |
May 14, 1692
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1694 |
January 14, 1694
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Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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