Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
Elizabeth Warner Heard was born in 1648 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Daniel Warner and Elizabeth Dane.
She married Edmund Heard on September 26, 1672. He born in 1646 in Andover. He was the son of Luke Heard and Sarah Riddlesdale.
Elizabeth and Edmund's children included:
Elizabeth Heard Somerby (1672, married Anthony Somerby),
Abigail Heard (1676),
Sarah Heard (1676),
Edmund Heard (1680),
Nathaniel Heard (1685, married Agnes Hunt) and
Daniel Heard (1687).
On September 10, 1675 her father gave them the use of the northeast end of his house and provided that after he died it would be theirs if they paid 10£ each to her brother William and her sisters Abigail and Susanna. They built a new house on the estate.
Their son Edmund married Martha Kimball son of Richard Kimball and Lydia Wells.
Edmund died on December 28, 1713 and Elizabeth died in 1724.
Dane is also spelled Dayne, Deane, Dene, Denne
Mary White Rowlandson,Talcot
was captured by Native Americans
during King Philip's War
(1675-1676).
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
