Born: Cir­ca 1708, Nor­wich, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Died: June 13, 1776, We­thers­field, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Elizabeth’s fa­ther was In­de­pen­dent min­is­ter Thom­as Scott of Nor­wich. In 1751, she mar­ried Eli­sha Will­iams (Rec­tor at Yale Coll­ege, 1726-1739), and moved with him to Con­nec­ti­cut. Af­ter Eli­sha’s death, she mar­ried Will­iam Smith of New York, who al­so pre­de­ceased her.

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Hymns

  1. Dare We Indulge to Wrath and Strife?
  2. Eternal Spirit, ’Twas Thy Breath
  3. For Ever Shall My Fainting Soul
  4. Glitt’ring Spangles of the Sky, The
  5. God of My Life, to Thee Belongs
  6. Great God, Thy Penetrating Eye
  7. My God, Shall I for Ever Mourn?
  8. Thy Bounties, Gra­cious Lord
  9. When Abram Full of Sac­red Awe
  10. Where’er the Lord Shall Build My House.
  11. Why, O My Heart, These Anxious Cares?

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