Childbirth was was perilous. Around 1.5 percent of births ended in the mother's death. Since women gave birth to many children, chances of dying in childbirth were quite high.
Elizabeth died on March 26, 1730 when she was only 25 years old. She died soon after the birth of her second son, Thomas, probably due to childbirth complications.
Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
from Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy, 1898 by Frederick Pierce
Elizabeth [Fiske], b. Sept. 15, 1704; m. Dec. 10, 1724, Michael Dwinell. died, in Topsfield Dec. 26, 1729. Ch: Benjamin, b. Nov. 10, 1726; Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1729. Dwinell had seven wives,
