The Elizabeth BARBER / Enoch DRAKE / Daniel LOOMIS mystery
Folks on rootsweb's Worldconnect seem to claim the impossible. They agree that Elizabeth BARBER was born 9 Feb 1684 in Windsor. Some say she was the daughter of Josiah. Others say Samuel. I confirmed that Samuel BARBOR had an Elizabeth born 9 Feb 1684 in Windsor from Windsor VR http://www.srv.net/~huskers/wbirths1.htm#letterBhttp://www.srv.net/~huskers/wbirths1.htm#letterB
Now the controversy really gets interesting.
Some say this Elizabeth BARBER married Enoch DRAKE in 1704 (and had six children). Some say she married Daniel LOOMIS in 1709. Some claim both.
IF she had six children by DRAKE, she could NOT have married LOOMIS in 1709.
Frank Gay's DRAKE book claims Elizabeth Barber DRAKE died 2 Apr 1717 and DRAKE remarried in 1718. That would not allow her to marry LOOMIS. Too bad he did not give her age at death.
Can anyone clear up the confusion? Are there two different Elizabeth BARBERs?
We may need some Barbour lookups here.