George Bruce

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GEORGE BRUCE (d. 1692)

ELIZABETH CLARK (1642–1710), daughter of William Clark and Margery Unknown

George Bruce (or Brush) died on 22 July 1692 in Woburn. [1][2, 13 August, an error] He married Elizabeth Clark on 20 December 1659 in Woburn. [2] Elizabeth was the daughter of William Clark. [3]

Elizabeth Clark was born on 26 November 1642 in Watertown. [3][4] She died on 13 August 1710 in Woburn. [2]

George's last name was spelled Brush, but his descendants spell it as Bruce.

On 27 February 1665/6 George was admitted as a resident and commoner of Woburn. [3]

George apparently died intestate. Inventory on his estate was taken on 13 August 1692. It amounted to £370-17-06, with debts of £52-08-10. The widow and four oldest children —William John, Mary, and Elizabeth—reached on agreement on the settlement of the estate on 8 December 1692. John Bruce, along with Isaac Walker and Samuel Knowles, posted bond on 3 January 1692/3. [1]

Children of George Bruce and Elizabeth Clark: Births recorded in Woburn. [2]

i. William Bruce was born on 21 November 1660. He died on 1 January 1661 in Woburn. [2]

ii. William Bruce was born on 20 October 1661. He died on 3 November 1661 in Woburn. [2]

iii. Elizabeth Bruce was born on 26 January 1663. She married Ebenezer Swan on 2 March 1698 in Woburn. [2]

iv. Mary Bruce was born on 15 June 1665. She married first Walter Cranston on 4 June 1683 in Woburn. [2] She married second John Brooks on 30 December 1684 or 30 January 1685. [5] John, the son of John Brooks and grandson of Henry Brooks, was born on 1 March 1664 in Woburn. [5] Mary married third Peter Hay of Stoneham on 15 January 1734. [5]

v. William Bruce was born on 28 April 1667. He is probably the William who died on 15 March 1747, age 77, in Bolton, Connecticut. [6] He married the widow Elizabeth Gould of Woburn on 15 March 1693 in Charlestown. [2] Elizabeth was Elizabeth Cummings, who married first John Goole on 2 July 1686 in Dunstable. [6] John, the son of Francis and Rose Goole of Chelmsford, was born on 21 August 1661. [6]

vi. John Bruce was born on 18 June 1670. He married Rose Wattle on 31 January 1693 in Woburn. [2] She died on 21 September 1723, age 53, in Woburn. [2]

Rose is buried in the First Burial Ground in Woburn. [7]

vii. Elizabeth Bruce was born on 24 August 1672.

viii. George Bruce was born and died on 18 January 1674. [2]

ix. Joseph Bruce was born on 11 January 1675. He died on 28 February 1676 in Woburn [2]

x. Joseph Bruce was born on 29 December 1676. He married Hannah ___.

xi. Samuel Bruce was born on 28 March 1680.

xii. Margery Bruce was born on 24 April 1684. She married Isaac Walker.

xiii. Lydia Bruce was born on 10 April 1687.

Endnotes:

1. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 3281.

2. Edward Francis Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Part 1 (births), Part 2, (deaths) Part 3 (marriages) (Woburn: Andrew Cutlery & Co., 1890).

1: 31 Elizabeth, d. of George, Jan. 26, 1663.
1: 31 Elizabeth, d. of George, Aug. 24, 1672.
1: 31 George, s. of George, Jan. 18, 1674.
1: 31 John, s. of George, June 18, 1670.
1: 31 Lydia, d. of George and Elizabeth, April 10, 1687.
1: 31 Margery, d. of George, April 24, 1684.
1: 31 Mary, d. of George, June 15, 1665.
1: 31 Samuel, s. of George, March 28, 1680.
1: 31 William, s. of George, Nov. 21, 1660.
1: 31 William, s. of George, Oct. 20, 1661.
1: 31 William, s. of George, April 28, 1667.
2: 22 Elizabeth, widow of George, Aug. 13, 1710.
2: 22 Joseph, s. of George, Jan. 11, 1675.

2: 22 Joseph, s. of George, Dec. 29, 1676.
2: 22 Rose, w. of John, Sen., Sept. 21, 1723, 53 y.
2: 22 George, s. of George, Jan. 18, 1674.
2: 22 George, s. of ____, Aug. 13, 1692.
2: 22 Joseph, s. of George, Feb. 28, 1676.
2: 22 William, s. of George, Jan. 1, 1661.
2: 22 William, s. of George, Nov. 3, 1661.
3: 36 Elizabeth Bruce and Ebenezer Swan, March 2, 1698.
3: 36 George Bruce and Elizabeth Clark, Dec. 20, 1659.
3: 36 John Bruce and Rose Wattle, Jan. 31, 1693.
3: 36 Mary Bruce and Walter Cranston, June 4, 1683.
3: 36 William Bruce of Woburn and Elizabeth Gould, widow, of Woburn, at Charlestown, March 15, 1693.

3. Samuel Sewall, The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. (Boston: Wiggin and Lunt, 1868).

4. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620–1850, database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Watertown. 1: 10 Elisabeth (sic) the daughter of William & Margery borne 26 (9) 1642.

5. William R. Cutter and Arthur G. Loring, "The Brooks Family of Woburn, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 58 (1904): 53.

6. Abbott Lowell Cummings, "John Comins (c. 1668–1751) of Woburn and Oxford, Massachusetts, and Windham County, Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 153 (1999): 68–72.

7. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 November 2023), memorial page for Rose Wattles Bruce (22 Aug 1670–21 Sep 1723), Memorial ID 20710258, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, MA; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568).

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