Elizabeth Hartwell
BIRTH
Aug 31, 1726
Stoughton, Massachusetts
DEATH
October 19, 1760
New Milford, Connecticut
FAMILY
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Hartwell, Elizabeth
(1726-1760)
Elizabeth Hartwell (1726-1760) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of Roger Sherman. Roger Sherman was a public official whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Elizabeth Hartwell to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. Although this life ended before the fighting for independence began, the marriage and family connections formed part of the colonial society inherited by the Revolutionary generation. The recorded birthplace at Stoughton, Massachusetts helps place this family connection within the geography of the Revolutionary Atlantic world. Including Elizabeth Hartwell in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.
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HUSBAND
Roger Sherman
(1721-1793)
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DIED:
New Milford, Connecticut
Oct 19, 1760
Elizabeth Hartwell was born on Aug 31, 1726 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Hartwell is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Elizabeth Hartwell died on Oct 19, 1760 in New Milford, Connecticut. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.