Mary (Blague) Southworth (1692 - abt. 1770)

Born 27 Aug 1692 in Old Saybrook, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Southworth — married 20 Apr 1710 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 29 Oct 1770 at about age 78 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Her parents are indicated to be Joseph and Martha^[1]

Her will is dated 22 June 1769 and proved on 4 December 1770 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

She was buried in Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Rhode Island.^[2] Her inventory was taken on 6 November 1770.^[2]

Research Notes

Birth date is based on an estimated age of 18 years old at the time of marriage.

Little Compton

On July 22, 1673, 29 men proved their shares in the grant of land at Seaconet; these 29 were the original proprietors of Little Compton. Of these original 29, who all lived in or near Duxbury, New Plymouth Colony, "probably not five of their number had ever seen their goodly lands by the sea".

In 1685, when the division was made of Plymouth Colony, Bristol County had the towns of Taunton, Rehoboth, Dartmouth, Swansea, Bristol, Tiverton, Little Compton, Freetown, and the plantations of Cumberland Gore and Attleboro. Little Compton's name and land area was unchanged.

By 1746, Little Compton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Great Britain secured its own royal decree, and was annexed to Newport County as a part of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, along with Tiverton and Bristol.

Because Little Compton was once part of the Plymouth Colony, all probate and land records prior to 1746 can be found in Taunton and New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts.Wilbur-403 20:51, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00329). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 328-329, Newport, Little Compton, Book 2 page 176-178. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

• The Phillips History of Fall River, Chapter X, Nanaquaket, Puncatest and Sakonet, Page 106.

• Bayles' History of Newport County [1]

• Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, Little Compton, Newport Co., RI: Little Compton Historical Society, 1985, 630

• Mayflower Families: John Alden, Part 1, 246.

• Alden Kindred Website

• New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 115, Page 266

Acknowledgements

• Wilbur Family Geneaology prepared by Orina Delano Reagan Delano-852 (10th generation in America), daughter of Joseph Kempton Delano Delano-849 and Dora Wadsworth Wilbur Wilbur-420 (9th generation in America). Sources unknown.Wilbur-403 20:39, 8 May 2019 (UTC)