Elizabeth Sawbridge

• Name	Elizabeth Sawbridge  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I14602	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Henry Perkins,   b. Abt 1555, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England d. Bef 11 Mar 1609 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1579	Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. John Perkins,   b. Bef 23 Dec 1583   d. Between 28 Mar 1654 and 26 Sep 1654, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 70 years)
  Family ID	F9095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  She may have been a daughter of William Sawbridge of Hillmorton who died on either 3 Nov 1593, when he wrote his will, or 4 Nov 1593, when he was buried. However, William Sawbridge's will does not mention daughter Elizabeth or any member of the Perkins family. John Brooks Threlfall (citation details below) says "Elizabeth Perkins was buried 20 August 1613. Presumably this was [Henry Perkins'] widow." But the actual entry in the Hillmorton register dated 20 Aug 1613 is substantially illegible -- the surname for the individual buried on that day is plausibly Perkins, but it is very difficult to believe that the given name should be read "Elizabeth." Her husband Henry Perkins died in 1609. Her Wikitree page notes that an Elizabeth Perkins is recorded in Hillmorton as marrying Thomas Compton, a close associate of Henry Perkins, on 9 Jun 1612. Compton's previous wife had died in 1610. If this is our Elizabeth Perkins, she may have been the person of that name recorded as buried in Hillmorton on 5 Nov 1636 or 8 May 1643.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2005] The Ancestry of Dudley Wildes 1759-1820 of Topsfield, Massachusetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1959. [S5861] The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury (1611-1695) and His Wife Mary (Perkins) Bradbury (1615-1700) of Salisbury, Massachusetts by John Brooks Threlfall. 2nd edition. Madison, Wisconsin, 1995. [S8897] Melynie Moody, "Who Was Isabell Baylie? The Correct Identity of the Mother of Judith (Gater) Perkins, Wife of John1 Perkins of Boston and Ipswich, Massachusetts." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 180:88, Winter 2026.