Mary (Arms) Harvey (1747 - 1785)

Born 26 Mar 1747 in Deerfield, Hampshire (now Franklin), Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Simeon Harvey — married 20 Jan 1768 in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1785 at age 38 in Deerfield, Hampshire (now Franklin), Massachusetts

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Descendant of William Arms, Founder of the Arms family in America.

Biography

Most of the following is excerpted from the Mary Harvey article on Springfield Technical Community College's website:

Mary Arms Harvey, the daughter of Daniel Arms, Jr., and Mary Stebbins, was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1747.

She married Simeon Harvey of Montague in January 1768. Simeon had apprenticed at the blacksmith shop of her father's cousin, Jonathan Arms, then built his own shop once he and Mary were able to buy their own land in Deerfield. He served as a soldier in the American Revolution.^[1]

They had nine living children together, and Mary died giving birth to their tenth child, who was stillborn. Mary was only 38 when she died on December 2, 1785. She was buried with her stillborn infant in her arms. Eight years later, in 1793, Simeon sold his house and land. He died at Bennington, Vermont on August 15, 1815, and is buried at Bennington in the Old First Church burial ground, (First Congregational Church) Bennington.

Children of Simeon and Mary Harvey:^[2]

1. Emilia, born March 25, 1769; married in 1790, Asa Stebbins.
2. Mary, born October 1, 1770.
3. Experience, born January 31, 1772; married, on November 4, 1792, Epaphras Hoyt.
4. Orra, born January 27, 1774; married on February 10, 1803, Elijah Russell.
5. James, born March 28, 1776; resided in Durham, Connecticut in 1818.
6. Henry, born February 20, 1778.
7. Fanny, born October 18, 1780; married Samuel Merrill (intentions published August 27, 1797).
8. Mark, born September 5, 1782.
9. Crisia, baptized January 30, 1783.
10. Unnamed infant, stillborn December 2, 1785.

"In Memory of Mary, the Wife of Simeon Harvey Who Departed this Life Decemb,r 10th 1785 in 39th year of Her age. on her left Arm Lieth the Infant Wich was still Born"

Note

Mary's maternal grandfather, John Stebbins, was captured in the Deerfield Raid at the age of 19 and redeemed.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Sunderland, pp. 394-6.
2. ↑ History of Sunderland, pp. 394-6.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [1] : 10 February 2018), Mary Arms, 26 Mar 1747; citing DEERFIELD,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873741 IT 3.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch [2] : 9 February 2018), Simeon Harvey and Mary Arms, 29 Jun 1768; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873741 IT 3.
• Mary Harvey article on the Shays' Rebellion website. © 2008 Springfield Technical Community College, P.O. Box 9000, Suite 1, Springfield, MA 01102-9000, 413-781-7822.

• Ancestry tree #7659305. Ancestry Family Trees online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• History of the Town of Sunderland. John Montague Smith, 1899.

• Edward W. Arms. A Genealogical Record of the Arms Family in this Country, embracing all the known descendants of William First, who have retained the family name, and the first generation of the descendants of other names. 1877. Page 8.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 22440172