Mary (Coborn) Balch (1673 - bef. 1757)

Born 22 Jan 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Balch — married 21 Nov 1710 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Coborn was born in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 22 January 1673[/4?], the daughter of Robert and Mary (Bishop) Coborn.^[1][2][3]

The Colburn Genealogy suggests a marriage to a Mr. Baker, ^[3] Clarence Torrey gives her husband as Jonathan Baker (1669-) whom she married by 1698. And that she married secondly, Samuel Balch. ^[4]

She was mentioned in her father's will dated 21 April 1701, and called Mary Baker.^[5]

Her first husband is written about in the Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 5, p. 164:

Jonathan Baker, baptized in Beverly Sept. 19, 1669. He was a weaver, and lived in Beverly, where he bought land and a house in 1696. He married Mary ___ about 1697; and administration was granted on his estate Jan. 27, 1706/7. She married, secondly, Samuel Balch, jr., of Beverly Nov 21, 1710; and died in Beverly, his widow, in 1757.
Children born in Beverly:

1. Robert Baker, b. 23 Apr 1698
2. John Baker, bp. 28 Dec 1701
3. Mary Baker, b. 10 Aug 1703; m. John Fluent before 1757.
4. Jonathan Baker, b. 28 Aug 1705; tailor; lived in Salem until about 1745, when he removed to Beverly; m. Elizabeth Trask of Salem 06 Feb 1728/9; and was living in Beverly in 1757, administration being granted on his estate 07 Jun 1773, to Ebenezer Baker of Ipswich, joiner.
5. Cornelius Baker, b. 29 Mar 1707, post-humous; living in 1724.^[6]

Mary married Samuel Balch, Jr. on 21 Nov 1710 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^[6][7] Samuel and Mary had the following children:

1. Josiah Balch, bp. 28 October 1711, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[8]
2. Ebenezer Balch, bp. 24 January 1714, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[9]
   DEATH: Balch, –––––, ch. Samuell, jr., May 15, 1714. CR1 ^[10]
3. Martha Balch, bp. 30 October 1715, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[11]
4. Nathaniel Balch, bp. 13 October 1717, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[12]

Samuel died before Mary. She died in 1757.^[6]

Research Notes

• Surname as Coburn in Nancy R. Stevens, "Edward Bishop (ca 1618-1697) of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 173 (2019):52-65, at 63
• Surname as Trask (?) in baptismal records of children in Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, 1667-1772 (Upham, William P. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1905) Pages 118, 122, 129, 134, 141, 145, 149.
• There are several children born to Mary. These will need to be straightened out once the merge is completed on Samuel Balch and Samuel Balch, Jr. (Dodge-4214 01:40, 14 August 2021 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Middlesex > Chelmsford > Town records 1650-1780 > image 19 of 224; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Chelmsford, MA, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1914), p. 47. "Coborn, Mary, d. Robertt and Mary, Jan 22 1673."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} George A. Gordon and Silas R. Coburn, Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn,(Lowell, MA: Walter Coburn, 1913), p. 17
4. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, compiler, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001), citing: Beverly Ch. Rec. 33; Salem 3:14; Colburn-Coburn 17; Essex Ant. 5:164
5. ↑ Middlesex Co. Probate Court Records, packet #4788, Robert Colburn 1701
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Sidney Perley, Editor, The Essex Antiquarian, Volume V, Salem, Massachusetts, 1901, pp. 164
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5Z-XMK : 10 November 2020), Mary Baker in entry for Samuel Jun. Balch, 21 Nov 1710; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004029870.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GV89 : 18 February 2020), Samuel Balch in entry for Josiah Balch, 28 Oct 1711; citing Christening, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GVDV : 18 February 2020), Samuel Balch in entry for Ebenezer Balch, 24 Jan 1714; citing Christening, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
10. ↑ Death: The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts - Vol 3 – Deaths Page 371 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_D371.shtml
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GV8Y : 18 February 2020), Samuel Balch in entry for Martha Balch, 30 Oct 1715; citing Christening, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GV68 : 18 February 2020), Samuel Balch in entry for Nathaniel Balch, 13 Oct 1717; citing Christening, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.

See also:

• Stevens, Nancy R., Edward Bishop (ca. 1618–1697) of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2019) Vol. 173, WN 689, Page 63.