Mary (Baldwin) Jefts (1663 - 1703)

Born 11 Apr 1663 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Jefts II — married 13 Apr 1681 (to 22 Sep 1703) in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1703 at age 40 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Parents

Mary (Baldwin) Jefts was born in massachusetts.

Mary, the second of this name and second of nine children of John Baldwin and Mary Richardson was born on 11 April 1663 at Billerica, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Mary wed Henry Jefts II (1658-1738) on 13 February 1681 at Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[2] They had two children born at Billerica:

1. Mary Jefts (b. 23 May 1683; d. 1769)^[3] m. 26 Feb 1702 at Billerica, MA, John Needham (1675-1743)
2. Hannah Jefts (b. 10 Jul 1685; d. 1749)^[4] m. 9 Dec 1707 at Billerica, MA, Andrew Richardson (1678-1752)

Death and Burial

Mary (Richardson) Jefts died on 22 September 1703 in her 40th year at Billerica.^[5]She is buried in the Old South Burying Ground at Billerica, Middlesex , Massachusetts.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-S59 : 20 May 2022), Mary Baldwin, 11 Apr 1663; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-VJ9 : 20 May 2022), Mary Baldwin in entry for Hen. Jr. Jeffs, 13 Feb 1681; citing Marriage, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-LZW : 20 May 2022), Mary Baldwin in entry for Mary Jeffs, 23 May 1683; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC99-VG7 : 20 May 2022), Mary in entry for Hannah Jeffs, 10 Jul 1685; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDK-5JN : 20 May 2022), Mary, 22 Sep 1703; citing Death, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19673597/mary-jefts: accessed 25 June 2023), memorial page for Mary Baldwin Jefts (11 Apr 1663–22 Sep 1703), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19673597, citing Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

Other Sources

• Vinton, John Adams. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson, Vol II. Portland ME, 1876. Page 506.
• Vital Records of BILLERICA Massachusetts to the year 1850. Published by the New England Historical Genealogical Society. Boston Mass (1908).
• Massachusetts and Maine families from the ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis; Vol III. Neal-Wright [database online] ancestry.com (membership required) pg 218

Acknowledgements

• This profile includes the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing and photo added following additional research by Baldwin descendant Carol Baldwin on 25 June 2023.