Mary (Unknown) Whitman (abt. 1637 - 1718)

Born about 16 Jun 1637 in Dorchester, Mass

Wife of Valentine (Wightman) Whitman Sr. — married 12 Dec 1651 in Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 31 May 1718 at about age 80 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Mary (Maiden Name Unknown)^[1]

Birth: ABT. 1630, Providence, Rhode Island

She married Valentine Whitman around 1651 in Rhode Island.

They had the following children together:

1. Mary Whitman 11/16/1652 Providence, RI
2. Elizabeth Whitman 07/03/1653 Providence, RI
3. Susanna Whitman 02/28/1658 Providence, RI
4. Deborah Whitman 1660 Providence, RI
5. Alice Whitman 1661 Providence, RI
6. Hannah Whitman 1664 Providence, RI
7. Esther Whitman 1665 Providence, RI
8. Grace Whitman 1666 Providence, RI
9. Valentine Whitman 08/25/1668 Providence, RI

She died on 31 May 1718 in Providence, Rhode Island^[2][3]

An estate bond was issued on 9 June 1718.^[4] Valentine Whitman was the administrator of her estate.

Common Errors

Mary is sometimes conflated with Mary Aldrich born 06/16/1637 in Dorchester, Norfolk, MA. She was named in her father’s will and died 1683 unmarried.^[5][6][7] She never married.^[6]

George Aldrich left a will in Mendon, Massachusetts, dated Nov. 2, 1682, probated on 26 April, 1683.^[6] The will of George Aldrich states: "Item. I give to my daughter Mary Aldrich, Sarah Bartlett, and Mercy Randall and Martha Dunbar twelve pence apeice to be paid by my Executrix."^[6]

Based on this entry in George's will we know that on Nov 2, 1682 Mary was still single. Therefore she can’t have been the same Mary who was married 31 years earlier on December 12, 1651 in Rhode Island. George Aldrich was very specific about naming the children in his will and had she been the same person he would have called her Mary Whitman just as he correctly called his other three daughters by their married names: Sarah Bartlett, and Mercy Randall and Martha Dunbar.

One of the recent works on this family was in an Article in “The American Genealogist” (TAG) which also states she was unmarried.^[5]

Sources

^{[6] [1] [5]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Osborne Austin, One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families (Originally pub. Salem, MA, 1893 Reprint: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002). page 224 Google Books Digital PDF at familysearch.
2. ↑ Source: #S104 Page: Vol.1, p.425.
3. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8FN-3M3 : 4 November 2020), Mary Whiteman, 1718.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007650468_00470?pId=1273023 : accessed 24 Sep 2021). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Providence, Probare Files, A1-A-484, 1646-1885, Image 470. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data:Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Frank J. Doherty, The American Genealogist: Vol2 Chapter 12 p 112: Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003]: The Aldrich Family. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} PROBATE: Suffolk County, MA Probate Records, FHLC film #584128 Vol. 6, page 868 (original page 531)
7. ↑ Franklin Rudolph Adldridge. Aldridge Records: Vol 2 (Nashville Tennessee, 1975) p 13. He cites the Genealogical Register by John Farmer.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.

• WikiTree profile Unknown-146995 created through the import of ABRAHAM BALLOU.GED on Mar 1, 2012 by Denise Tracy. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Denise and others.

• Source: S104 Title: Vital Records of Rhode, Island, 1636-1850. (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002 Abbreviation: Rhode Island Vital Records Author: Compiler: James N.Arnold Publication: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, RI, 1891 Note: Orig. Pub. Narragansett Historical Publishing Company Providence, RI. James N. Arnold, Vital records of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the CONT people, 21 vols., 1891 Repository: #R12

• Repository: R12 Name: NEHGS - New England Historical and Genealogical Library Address: 101 Newbury St City: Boston State: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02116-3007 Phone Number: 617-536-5740 Note: circulating library: 160 N. Washington St, Boston, MA 02116-3007. Phone 1-888-906-3447. Fax: 617-624-0325. Hrs: Closed Sun and Mondays, Patriot's Day (Apr 19), Memorial Day, July 4. Otherwise, open 9-5 Tue, Fri, Sat and 9-9 Wed and Thurs. (as of 10/97)

• http://cmcnutt.tripod.com/inman_genealogy.html

• Alvin James Aldrich, The George Aldrich Genealogy 1605-1971, An attempt to trace, in both the male and the female lines, the posterity of George Aldrich, who came from Derbyshire, county Derby, England, in the year 1631, to Dorchester, Colony of Massachusetts. Also a genealogical account of the descendants of John and Sarah (Aldrich) Bartlett, 1971, (Decorah, Iowa: printed for the subscribers by the Anundsen Publishing Co, LDS Film #2055318).

• Will of George Aldrich

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