Saturday, September 28, 2013

Surname Saturday - LNU (? Dolbear ?) (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor  #721, who is Mary LNU (? Dolbear ?) (1677-about 1720) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through this LNU (Dolbear?) family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)

91.  Phebe Horton (1772-????)

180.  Simon Wade (1731-1790)
181.  Deborah Tracy (1731-????)

360.  Nathaniel Wade (1709-1754)
361.  Ruth Hawkins (1710-1789)

720.  Jonathan Wade, born 05 March 1683 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1720, probably in Mystic, New London, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 1440. Nathaniel Wade and 1441. Mercy Bradstreet.  He married  about 1701 in Massachusetts, United States.
721.  Mary --?-- (Dolbear ?), born 13 April 1677 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Jonathan Wade and Mary Dolbear are:
i. Mercy Wade, born 29 August 1702 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married Elisha Hopkins 13 June 1722 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; born 1702 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died 13 November 1798 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
ii. Jonathan Wade, born 03 April 1704 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died in Rhode Island, United States; married Mary Albert 19 August 1725 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; born about 1705 in Massachusetts, United States.
iii. Nathan Wade, born 22 February 1706 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 September 1778 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Deborah Hawkins 1731 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; born 15 May 1713 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died 13 November 1802 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
iv. Nathaniel Wade, born 27 January 1709 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 June 1754 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; married Ruth Hawkins 26 June 1731 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
v. Dorothy Wade, born 22 February 1711 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
vi. Rebecca Wade, born 28 January 1713 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

vii. Samuel Wade, born 21 April 1715 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

That's it! I have seen evidence about Mary Dolbear's parentage and birth date/place, as discussed below.  Since the first four children were born in or around Medford, Massachusetts, she was probably from that area.  

Is Dolbear her maiden name?  Many online family trees give that surname.  Was it Doliber or something similar?  Was this Mary's first marriage, or was she married before?

The only source I have for this name and birth date and marriage year is:

Marston Watson, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Volume One: Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants Through Five Generations, Second Edition (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005), page 66.

Watson gives Mary's surname as "Dolbear" a birth date of 13 April 1677 in Medford, and no death date or place.

A birth of 13 April 1677 in Boston for Mary "Dolberry," daughter of Thomas and Sarah Dolberry, is in the book:

Boston City Registrar, Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston; Volume 9 (Boston, Mass.: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883), page 141, Mary Dolberry entry.

However, I can find nothing on Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org or AmericanAncestors.org that provides any more information about Thomas and Sarah (--?--) "Dolberry."  There are some online trees with Thomas and Sarah "Dolbear" and variants with Mary as their daughter, but none of them provide sourced information for them.

There were several families with the surnames of Dolbear, Doliber, Dollaver, and other variants residing from Boston up to Marblehead in the 1640-1700 time period.

Is Mary "Dolberry," the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (--?--) Dolberry, the wife of Nathaniel Wade?  I don't know, but she surely is a candidate.

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