Mary's origins are unknown. No quality sources have been found to show that her name at birth was Mary Rebecca Anthony, nor have any sources been found to show that John Anthony was her father. No sources have been found to show that a Mary Anthony who was born in London 1632 is the same Mary _____ who married Richard Hall by 1646, when she would have been only 14 years old.
Biography
Mary _____ married Richard Hall. She died March 30, 1691 at Middletown, Connecticut. [1][2]
Sources
↑ DeForest, L. Effingham; Deforest, Anne Lawrence, The Ancestry of William Henry Moore, published 1938. Reference page 290. Accessed via Ancestry February 14, 2021
↑Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 database, FamilySearch : 11 June 2020), Mary Hall, 1691. FamilySearch
"North American Family Histories, 1500-2000 for: Mary Hall, female. Death 30 Mar 1691. Spouse: Richard Hall. Child: SARAH HALL b. May 1654; m. JOHN BLAKE (1). ANN HALL, b. Nov 1661; m. EDWARD DURANT, half-brother of JOHN BLAKE (1)." Online image and electronic transcription record source access thru: [www.Ancestry.com]. NOTE: Does not list her last name at birth
Disputed information:
"London England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Mary Anthony, female, Christening/Baptism 11 Nov 1632 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England. Father: John Anthony. Mother: Elizabeth Anthony." Online image (very readable) and electronic transcription record source access thru: [www.Ancestry.com] NOTE: No sources tie this baptism to this Mary, wife of Richard Hall
"US Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current for: Mary Hall, birth 4 Jun 1632 in Greater London, England. Death 30 Mar 1691 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. FindAGraveNOTE: No sources, no headstone; shows last name at birth as Anthony, but shows no parents
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Are there any quality sources that show both her birth, and her marriage? If she was the mother of children who were born in 1646, their marriage would have had to be by 1645. It is very doubtful that a child of 13 years old would marry Richard Hall and begin having children in 1646.