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    1. RE: [MFLR] marriage of Samuel Muxom & Elizabeth Gibbs.
    2. Raymond Wing
    3. I have found more information on Elizabeth (GIBBS) Muxom which supports the statement she was the daughter of Job Gibbs & Judith Bates. On page 54 of the published Wareham Church Records, taken from page 62 of the original records, shows deaths for 1791 as follows: "8 Elisabeth Muxham died of a numb palsy Sep. 17 -- AE 86th" Elizabeth, daughter of Job & Judith was born 15 AUG 1706. Today we would call Elizabeth age 85 at the time of her death. However, when she died (in 1791) it was the custom to say in her 86th year. It appears that Elizabeth was about 45 years old when her last child was born. While rare, it was more common for a woman to have had their last child at age 45, then at age 34 [the age Elizabeth Gibbs, daughter of Thomas Gibbs & Joanna Swift was]

    07/20/2002 11:02:16