Legal document concerning the estate of Elizabeth Savage Bellingham.

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Legal document concerning the estate of Elizabeth Savage Bellingham.

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This legal document, written on parchment and signed by Edward and Roberta Watts, Richard Watts, John Withers and "James Cutter his son," pertains to the estate of Elizabeth Savage Bellingham, who died in a shipwreck in 1698. The document states that Edward Watts and his wife, Roberta Watts, were plaintiffs in a case against Samuel Bellingham and his daughter, Elizabeth, and that the property in dispute was somehow related to Bellingham's deceased wife. Further investigation is required to fully understand the contents of this document.

.2 cubic feet (1 parchment) 19 x 25 in.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7791704

Harvard University Archives.

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Watts, Edward Jay, 1975-....

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Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 2006

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The early 19th century was a time of student unrest at Harvard. Perhaps in reaction to the disturbances and protest of previous classes, Faculty Records vol. IX tell that President Kirkland announced early on in the Class of 1822's college years that no students were to have any meeting for the purpose of eating or drinking in college. Although the Class of 1822 is a serene one as compared with its generation, many of the students of the Class of 1822 received public admonishments as a result of...

Watts, Roberta.

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Bellingham, Samuel, d. 1700.

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Samuel Bellingham was born to Elizabeth and Richard Bellingham in England around 1620; the exact date of his birth is unknown. In 1634, Samuel traveled with his family to New England, where his father would later become Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He attended Harvard College and was a member of the first graduating class in 1642. Following graduation, he moved to Europe and received a Doctor of Medicine degree at Leyden. Following that, he is believed to have moved to London. Belli...

Bellingham, Elizabeth Savage, d. 1698

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