Elizabeth Saltonstall Deane
BIRTH
Jan 12, 1743
New London, Connecticut
DEATH
June 9, 1777
Wethersfield, Connecticut
FAMILY
FATHER:
Gurdon Saltonstall
(1666-1724)
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Deane, Elizabeth Saltonstall
(1743-1777)
Elizabeth Saltonstall Deane (1743-1777) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of Silas Deane. Silas Deane was a public official whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Elizabeth Saltonstall Deane to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. This life overlapped the Revolutionary era, when war, political upheaval, disrupted trade, military service, and changing governments placed unusual demands on households and extended families. Born in New London, Connecticut and later dying in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the course of this life reflects the movement of Revolutionary-era families across colonial, national, and sometimes Atlantic settings. Including Elizabeth Saltonstall Deane 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
Silas Deane
(1738-1789)
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DIED:
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Jun 9, 1777
Elizabeth Saltonstall Deane was born on Jan 12, 1743 in New London, Connecticut. 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 Saltonstall Deane 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 Saltonstall Deane died on Jun 9, 1777 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.