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Elizabeth Plumstead

Biography


Birth: 1734
Death: n/a

Daughter of William Plumstead and Rebecca Kearney. Married to sometime Lt-Gov of New York, Andrew Elliot (d. 1797) of Greenwells, son of Sir Gilbert Elliot (d. 1766), Lord Minto, a colleague of Alexander Boswell's in the Court of Session. They had at least three daughters.

Life with James Boswell

Boswell mentions her being present at a dinner party at John Trotter's on 19/5-63. He doesn't tell us anything about her, apart from her being American, and married to Mr. Elliot.

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Elizabeth Plumstead is mentioned in:

  • London Journal 1762-1763

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