Friday, April 15, 2022

52 Ancestors - Week 427: #311 Mary (Morse) Maynard (1697-????) of Marlborough and Westborough, Massachusetts

Mary Morse (1697-????)   is #311 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 6th great-grandmother, who marrie#310 James Maynard (1694-????) in 1719 in Marlborough, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts Bay.

I am descended through:

*  Their daughter #155 Lydia Maynard (1722-1802) married #154 David Bathrick (1722-1794)  in 1742.
*  their daughter, #77 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) married #76 Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802) in 1779.
* their son, #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) who married #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 

*  Name:                     Mary Morse[1–5]

*  Sex:                         Female

*  Father:                    Joseph Morse 1667-1733
*  Mother:                  Grace Warren 1671-1753

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                      13 October 1697, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]

*  Distribution:           3 September 1733 (age 35), father's will proved; Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]

*  Death:                     after 1743 (after about age 46), last child born; Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
 
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:               James Maynard 1694-    
*  Marriage 1:            6 January 1718/9 (age 21), Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Child 1:                 Beatee Maynard 1721-????    
*  Child 2:                 Lydia Maynard 1722-1802
*  Child 3:                 James Maynard 1723-1773
*  Child 4:                 Mary Maynard 1725-1801
*  Child 5:                 Mariam Maynard 1726-1793
*  Child 6:                 Phineas Maynard 1729-1772
*  Child 7:                 John Maynard 1731-????    
*  Child 8:                 Abigail Mainard 1733-????    
*  Child 9:                 Olif Maynard 1734-1744
*  Child 10:               Amasa Maynard 1737-1822
*  Child 11:               Betty Maynard 1743-1756

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Mary Morse was born 13 October 1697 in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay, the third child (of seven) and second daughter of Joseph and Grace (Warren) Morse[1-3].  The Morse surname family history book and the Marlborough town history book have a brief sketch for Joseph Morse and his family.

She married James Maynard (1694-????) on 6 January 1718/9 in Marlborough[1-2,4].  He was the son of John and Lydia (Ward) Maynard of Marlborough.  They had 11 children, and all but the first two were born in Westborough, Massachusetts Bay.

*  Beatee Maynard (1721-????).
*  Lydia Maynard (1722-1802), married 12 May 1742 in Westborough to David Bathrick (1722-1794).
*  James Maynard (1723-1773), married 6 November 1755 in Shrewsbury to Zeruah Johnson (1737-????).
*  Mary Maynard (1725-1801), married 5 October 1744 in Westborough to Ephraim Bruce (1724-1759).
*  Mariam Maynard (1726-1793), married 12 March 1752 in Westborough to Abraham Howe Beaman (1729-1815).
*  Phineas Maynard (1729-1772), married 8 January 1754 in Westborough to Dorothy Rice (1731-1793).
*  John Maynard (1731-????).
*  Abigail Maynard (1733-????), married 1 March 1754 in Southborough to Joshua Locke (1732-????).
*  Olif Maynard (1734-1744).
*  Amasa Maynard (1737-1822), married 20 September 1761 in Westborough to Jane Stone (1739-????).
*  Betty Maynard (1743-1756).

Mary's father, Joseph Morse (1667-1733) of Marlborough, wrote a will on 9 April 1733 that was proved on 3 September 1733; it is in Estate File 15528 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records[5]. In his will Joseph Morse bequeathed to his daughter Mary:
"4'ly I Will and Bequeath unto my Daughters Mary Elisabeth and Patience Three Hundred Pounds to be Paid unto them fifty Pounds Each at y'e end of one year and an half Next after my Decease and the other Part which is fifty pounds each to be paid unto them att three years End next after y'e Decease of my Wife Grace, to be Paid unto them Respectively in Good and Lawfull Bills of Creditt on the Province afores'd or in other species current with y'e Merchant at Money price at y'e Respective Days and times of Payment."
There are no death records, burial records, or probate records for James and Mary (Morse) Maynard.  Their last known child was born in 1743, and James and Mary probably died after 1743.

5)  SOURCES

1. J. Howard Morse and Emily W. Leavitt, Morse Genealogy, Comprising the Descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William and Joseph Morse, and John Moss; Being a  Revision of the Memorial of the Morses, Published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850 (New York : Springfield Printing and Binding Company, 1903), page 12, #45, Joseph Morse family sketch.

2. Charles Hudson, History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861  (Boston, Mass. : Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862), page 416, #2-11- Joseph Morse family sketch.

3. Franklin P. Rice (editor), Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849  (Boston, Mass. : Franklin P. Rice ,1908), Births, page 123, Mary Mors birth entry, 13 October 1697, daughter of Joseph and Grace Morse.

4. Franklin P. Rice (editor), Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 282, James Mainard and Mary Morse entry, 6 January 1718/9.

5. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Volume: Middlesex 14000-15599 Estate File #15528 (4 images), Joseph Morse estate, 1733; "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," indexed database and digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 17 January 2021); Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org from original records at Probate Registry, Cambridge, Mass.

NOTE:  This genealogical sketch is out of Ahnentafel order because I found new information linking Sophia Newton to her birth father, Lambert Brigham.  

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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2022 for a ninth year to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks. The (incomplete) list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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