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Mary (Aldis) Draper (1719 - 1810)

Mary Draper formerly Aldis aka Allen
Born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], , , and
Wife of — married 26 Mar 1739 (to 13 May 1742) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
Wife of — married 26 Nov 1743 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died at age 91 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Mary (Aldis) Draper is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-150306
Rank: Lady Patriot
1776 Project
Mary (Aldis) Draper performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary (Aldis) Draper is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A033576.

Mary Aldis was born at Roxbury, Masschusetts on December 4, 1716 daughter of Nathan Aldis and Mary Chickering. [1] [2]

She married first, Abel Allen Jr. at Boston, Massachusetts on March 26, 1739. [3] Abel, son of Abel and Sarah ( ) Allen, was born at Weston, Massachusetts on April 19, 1714. [2] [4] [5]

Abel died intestate on May 13, 1742 [6] and widow Mary Allen was granted administration of Abel's estate on May 27, 1742. [7] [2] [5]

In the will of Abel Allen Sr., written on March 28, 1750 and submitted to probate May 3, 1756 , he left bequests to granddaughters Abigail and Mary, children of my son Abel, deceased, when they come of age or marry. [8]

Mary married second, Moses Draper at Boston on November 26, 1743, at Boston. [3] Moses Draper was born at Roxbury on August 11, 1721, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Jackson) Draper. [1] Moses died on January 21, 1775 [2] in his 56th year. [9]

Mary's father Nathan, in his will written on March 12, 1745/6, names among others his daughter Mary Draper. [4] [10]

  • 1751: November: Moses Draper husbandman of Roxbury and Mary his wife, and Ruth Aldis spinster of Roxbury, exchanged land of our late father Mr. Nathan Aldis deceased, with our sister Rachel Aldis, spinster of Roxbury Spinster. [4]
  • Rachel Aldis and Ruth Aldis transfer unto our brother Moses Draper and sister Mary Draper (Suffolk Deeds 120:252) [4]

Moses Draper died intestate, and on January 27, 1775, widow Mary Draper and Moses Draper were appointed estate administrators after posting bond. The estate inventory submitted in March, 1775 was valued at L646: 9:11 with L483:6:8 being real estate . [11]

In the settlement of his estate in 1775, the following are mentioned:

  • widow Mary
  • sons Moses, Samuel, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Nathan and David
  • daughter Sarah [2]

Mary Draper is known for the help she gave members of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. [12]

" After the soldiers had all made their way to the battlefield, her work was hardly over. On hearing that the army was low on ammunition, she melted down her own pewter platters and mugs." [13]

Mary died at Roxbury on November 20, 1810 [2] aged 92 years. [14]

Mary's will made June 17, 1809; proved January 1, 1811 (Norfolk Probate, No. 5821), mentions :

  • daughter Abigail, wife of Edmond Gookin
  • the six children of my said daughter Gookin
  • daughter Sarah, wife of James Prentice,
  • son Samuel Draper, Jonathan Draper, Nathaniel Draper and David Draper
  • grandson Moses Draper
  • granddaughter Mary Billings
  • John Mayo, William Mayo and Mary, wife of Elias Cook [2]

Children

by Abel Allen

  1. David born on June 9, 1739 at Roxbury [1], baptized at Dedham; likely died young as he is not mentioned in his grandfather Abel Sr.s' will of 1750. [5] [4]
  2. Abigail born on November 14, 1740 [5] [1]; died at Canton, Massachusetts on April 22, 1832; married Edward Gookin in 1762. [4]
  3. Mary born on September 28, 1742 [1], after her father's death [5]; married John Mayo of Boston on April 28, 1762. [4]

by Moses Draper

  1. Moses born on August 26, 1744 [1]; married Grace Hyde on April 21, 1770. [2]
  2. Samuel born on November 5, 1746 [1]; married first Sarah Hyde; married second Nancy Miles. [2]
  3. Sarah born on June 5, 1748 [1]; died at Uxbridge, Massachusetts on December 8, 1831; married first Nathaniel Whiting at Boston on September 23, 1767 [9]; married second, James Prentice of Sutton on December 21, 1770. [2]
  4. Jonathan born on December 7, 1750 [1]; married Silence Copeland. [2]
  5. Nathaniel born ___; baptized at Dedham on January 27, 1754 [14]; married Anna Jones on July 3, 1785. [9] [2]
  6. Nathan born ___; baptized at Dedham on February 5. 1758 [14] ; died without issue after 1775 but before June 17, 1809 when his mother wrote her will. June 17, 1809. [2]
  7. David born June 3, 1762; married Rebecca Healey on May 17, 1785. [2]


Research notes

Weston Births/Baptisms

Allen: Abel ye son of Abel and Sarah was born in Weston, April 19th 1714. (p.2)
Allen Abel, Abel son of Abel and Sarah Allen, 6 D old. (Baptism) ( p. 394)

Weston Deaths

Abel Allen junr, Dec'd. in Weston, May ye 13th, 1742. ( p. 49) [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Vital Records Of Roxbury Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849, The Essex Institute Salem, Massachusetts, 1925, p. 11: 113 -4
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Whitin, Frederick H. The Aldis family of Dedham, Wrentham, Roxbury and Franklin, Massachusetts, 1640-1800, Dedham Transcript Press, 1905, p. 13-14: 17-9
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston, containing Boston marriages from 1700 to 1751. City Document 150, Municipal Print. Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, p. 209: 276
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 The Aldis family in America in: The Dedham Historical Register, Volume 14, Dedham Transcript Press, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 88: 92-3
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Bent, Allen. LEWIS ALLEN OF WATERTOWN FARMS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900, p. 396-400
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Town of Weston: Births, Deaths and Marriages 1707-1850: Gravestones 1703-1900: Church Records 1709-1825, McIndoe Brothers, Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901
  7. ↑ Case 299:p. 1-8: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
  8. ↑ Case 300: p.1-0: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Vital Records Of Roxbury Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths. The Essex Institute Salem, Massachusetts, 1926, p. 125-6: 514
  10. ↑ Case 9561: p. 1-12: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48706/9561-co3/69518135
  11. ↑ Case15741: p. 1-32: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48699/15741-co3/69575291
  12. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Feb 2018), "Record of DRAPER, MARY ALDIS ALLEN", Ancestor # A033576.
  13. ↑ "http://www.revolutionary-war.net/mary-draper.html"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Dedham Church Records: Page 60: 62: 112: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
  • Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #121563807




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Coughlan-281 Mary Ellen Coughlan
Aldis-23 and Alvis-3605 appear to represent the same person because: LNAB is disputed to my understanding. names & dates are the same
posted on Alvis-3605 (merged) by Mary Ellen Coughlan
Cook-13979 Lori Cook
Aldiss-1 and Aldis-23 appear to represent the same person because: These two people represent the same person. Yes one has the spelling of two "s" in the last name but the parents are also duplicated and will have to be merged. Can we merge these two first before the attempt of merging the parents.

Thank you, Lori

posted by Lori Cook
Gerry Bingham
I thought folks would be interested to learn that this Mary Draper is featured on the West Roxbury's Women's Heritage Trail: "A member of the prominent Draper family, Mary helped run the family’s tavern near the present-day Dedham town line. During the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Mary helped the soldiers of the Continental Army. She used her linens to make clothes for them, and she melted down her pewter to make bullets. Mary also fed all the soldiers who came to her home. In 1904, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a memorial to her in the garden of the West Roxbury Library. Draper Pool and Park, 5279 Washington Street, are named after her."

Source: https://bwht.org/west-roxbury/

posted by Gerry Bingham

Rejected matches › Mary (Allen) Briggs (abt.1718-)

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