Mary (Berry) Getchell (abt. 1711 - abt. 1778)

Born about 1711 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Israel Mitchell — married 24 Dec 1729 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Joseph Getchell II — married 17 Jul 1750 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1778 at about age 67 in Machias, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Berry was born, c1711 (if age 18 at time of first marriage, when she was "of Scarborough"), parents not identified; married (1) at Scarborough, Maine, 24 Dec 1729, Israel Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and Honor (_____) of Scarborough, formerly of Kittery. They removed to New Meadows (in or near present-day Brunswick), where he drowned in the New Meadows River in 1749. ^{[1] [2]}

Following Israel's death, Mary married (2) at Scarborough, 17 Jul 1750, Getchell-186, Joseph Getchell, Jr. ^{[2] [3]} baptized at Wells, Maine, June 20 ^[3] or 25, ^[4] 1726.

Children of Israel and Mary, born at Scarborough:

1. William, baptized, 27 Oct 1734. ^[5]
2. Mary, baptized 14 Aug 1737.^[5]
3. John, born 1739.^[6]
4. Sarah, born 9 Jul 1742.^[7][8]
5. William, baptized 27 Oct 1734. ^[5]
6. Margaret, baptized 16 Jun 1745.^[9]

Children of Joseph and Mary:

1. Benjamin, born in Scarborough, 4 Feb 1753; married Mehitable Meserve; at the age of 26 he removed to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, and was one of the first settlers there.^[3]
2. Mary, born, probably at Scarborough, 9 Jun 1754.^[3]
3. Joseph, born, probably at Scarborough, 8 May1757; married Sally Berry of Machias, Maine.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1976, 795 pages), p. 485. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, Old Kittery and Her Families (Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston, Maine, 1903, 822 pages), p. 610. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Getchell, Everett Lamont and Getchell, Frederick G., The Family of Samuel Getchell of Salisbury, Mass. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)), Vol. 63 (1909), p. 270. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
4. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 7 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 36, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, April 2001, 651 pages), p. 162.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Sargent, William M., Records of the First Congregational Church in Scarborough, Maine (Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Vol. 1:51), Vol. 1, p. 116. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
6. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with FamilySearch : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
7. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch  : 28 November 2018),; multiple sources, Maine.
8. ↑ Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C. O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), pp. 161-162. Cit. Date: 7 Feb 2021.
9. ↑ Sargent, William M., Records of the First Congregational Church in Scarborough, Maine (Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder), Vol. 1, p. 171. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
10. ↑ Getchell, Everett Lamont and Getchell, Frederick G., The Family of Samuel Getchell of Salisbury, Mass. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)), Vol. 63 (1909), p. 272. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.

See also:

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI),Vol. 13, p. 178, Reference Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( the Greatest Single Source of Material For Gen. Data For the New England.Area and For the Period 1600-1800. Completely Indexed in the Index.): Dec 27, 1933, 7554