Mary (Cole) Salisbury (1711 - 1793)

Born 17 Apr 1711 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Salisbury — married 11 Jun 1733 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1793 at age 82 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

When Mary Cole Salisbury was born on April 17, 1711, in Swansea, Massachusetts, her father, Ebenezer, was 39, and her mother, Mehitable, was 34. She married William Salsibury on June 11, 1733, in her hometown. They had ten children in 22 years. She died on November 1, 1793, in Warren, Rhode Island, having lived a long life of 82 years.^[1]

Children of Mary and Wm Salisbury Jr

1. Sarah Salisbury, 1733–1833
2. Bethiah Salisbury, 1736–1839
3. Daniel Salisbury, 1738–1780
4. Rachel Cole Salisbury, 1741–1840
5. Anna Salisbury, 1743–1821
6. William Salisbury, 1745–1790
7. Jonathan Salisbury, 1748–1756
8. Rebecca Salisbury, 1751–1838
9. Mary Salisbury, 1753–1756
10. Anne Salisbury, 1756–1797

Research Notes

Mary appears as head of household in Warren in the 1774 Census of Rhode Island^[2]. Her household distribution and inferred attributions are

• two white females over 16: Mary and unknown

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Deaths, Page 100
2. ↑ 1774 Census

• Birth citation for Mary Cole [1]
• Marriage citation for Mary and William Salisbury [2] in Swansea, Mass
• Family profile w/birth, marriage, death and childrens names; "The Descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633"; by Ernest Byron Cole (Grafton Press, New York, 1908) pp.46 (93) which may be found here: [3]
• Profile for Mary and children @ Family Search [4]

Secondary Sources (that may require membership)

• "Ancestry Member Trees [5] for Mary Cole submitted by members"
• "American Ancestors; [6] Marriage citation with image
• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)

• 1774 Rhode Island Census, Warren, Page 4, Entry 17 -- Mary Salisbury; citing transcription by Annie Austin in Rhode Island Roots 33 p.27, March 2007.