Elizabeth Black

Elizabeth was born in 1632 in Salem, Essex, MA.  Elizabeth's father was John Black and her mother was Susanna Freeman.  She was an only child.  She died about 1693 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.

• General Notes

  "Gilberts of New England" edited by Geoffrey Gilbert (Victoria, BC, 1959) contains the following notes by C.A. Torrey:
  "Widow Elizabeth Gilbert married (2) 24 Sep. 1658 William Raynor, who died 26 Oct. 1672 at Marblehead, Mass. She was mentioned as his widow 25 Mar. 1673. Her third husband, to whom she was married probably in 1673, was Henry Kimball (son of Richard). He died before June 1676, when the inventory of his estate was taken. It mentions 'remainder of legacies to Humphrey Gilbert's children' and 'land belonging to Humphrey Gilbert's farm, which William Raynor rec'd of Thomas Fiske'. The widow Elizabeth signed an agreement about his estate 26 Sep. 1676. She married (4) 25 Dec. 1679, as second wife, Daniel Kilham. She was living in 1686 but died before 29, Mar. 1693, when Daniel Kilham married his third wife at Topsfield, Mass."
  
  The following article 'Humphrey Gilbert's Second Wife' by Clarence Almon Torrey appeared in "The American Genealogist" (vol. 17, no. 1) in July, 1940:
  "Humphrey Gilbert of Ipswich, Massachusetts, deposed in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Court, Dec. 18, 1651, aged about thirty-eight years, from which,it appears that be was born in or about 1616. His will, dated Feb. 14, 1657/8, was proved March 30, 1658. The inventory of his estate was taken March 10, 1657/8 (Essex Connty, Massachusetts, Probate Records, Vol. 1, pages 264-265).
  "He left a widow Elizabeth, son John, daughters Hannah, Martha, Mary and Abigail. Birth dates of his children are lacking, but Hannah deposed in 1670, aged about twenty-four years age (Essex County Court Records, vol. 4, p. 264), hence born about 1646, and Martha deposed Nov. 23, 1668, aged about nineteen (Ibid, vol. 4 page 84), and April 21, 1670, aged 21 (Ibid, vol. 4, page 242), hence born in or about 1651 and Abigail about 1653.
  "From Essex County Probate Records (vol. 1, pages 265-266), it appears that Humphrey Gilbert's first wife gave her daughters 'several things' on her death bed. Daughter 'Hauna' is mentioned but the other daughters are not named. This implies that at least two daughters were by his first wife, and Mary was probably her daughter. It is uncertain whether Abigail was by his first wife, whose name has not been found by the writer, or by his second wife Elizabeth, who was the mother of his son John.
  "Humphrey Gilbert's widow married second, at Ipswich, Sept. 24, 1658, William Raynor, who died at Marblehead, Mass., Oct. 26, 1672. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Elizabeth, March 25, 1673. Six children are mentioned in the probate records (Essex County Probate Records, vol. 2, pages 326-327). Subsequently, she married third, as his second wife, Henry Kimball. He died before June 16, 1676, when the inventory of his estate was taken. His widow Elizabeth was appointed administratrix of his estate June 30, 1676, and signed an agreement Sept. 26, 1676. The inventory mentions 'Remainder of Legacies belonging to Humphrey Gilbert's children' and 'Land belonging to Humphrey Gilbert's farm which William Rayner Recd. of Thomas Fiske' (Essex County Probate Records, vol. 3, pages 74-75). Elizabeth's fourth husband was Daniel Kilham, or Killam senior, to whom she was married by 1679, and she was living in 1686 (Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 49, page 215). She died before March 29, 1693 When Daniel Kilham married third, Rebecca Smith, according to Topsfield, Mass., vitals records. In Wenham, Mass. death records her baptismal name appears as Mary. Daniel Kilham had a fourth wife.
  "John Black, senior, [of Beverly, Mass.], died intestate March 16, 1674/5. Administration on his estate was granted July 20, 1675, to his son John, who was ordered to make payments to hid sisters Eliza Kemboll, Pearcis Follett and Lydia Davis (Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 3, page 9).
  "Evidently, the sister Eliza [Elizabeth] was the wife of Henry Kimball, who was the only Kimball in Essex County who had wife Elizabeth in 1675.
  "Salem, Mass., church records mention the baptisms of three daughters of John Black: Lydia, Dec. 25, 1636, another Lydia June 3, 1638, and a daughter not named in the record, Nov. 27 1640.
  "From the probate records it appears that Lydia, baptized June 3, 1638, was the youngest daughter living in 1675. Persis Black who married Robert Follett, Nov. 29, 1655, was younger than Elizabeth. Presumably, Elizabeth was born about 1632 and Persis about 1634.
  "John Black's wife is not mentioned in Essex County Probate Records, Court Records, or in Perley's History of Salem. It is believed that she was the Susanna Black, who with her husband John Black, joined the church at Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 4 1634/5 (Wyman's Charlestown, page 86). Sept. 9, 1645, John Black, aged 54, was exempted from military training (Essex County Court Records, vol. 1, page 84).
  "As nearly as can be ascertained, Humphrey Gilbert's son John, by his second wife Elizabeth Black, was born in or about 1656."

Details of Elizabeth's family with Humphrey Gilbert