Mary (Cooper) Stebbins (1651 - 1742)

Born 15 Oct 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Colton — married 30 Jun 1670 (to 1700) in Hampden County, Massachusetts

Wife of Edward Stebbins — married 18 Oct 1701 in Longmeadow, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1742 at age 90 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary Cooper was born October 15, 1651, the daughter of Thomas Cooper and Sarah Slye. On June 30, 1670, Mary married (1) Isaac Colton, son of George Colton and Deborah (Gardner) Colton. Mary and Isaac made their home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Her father was killed by Indians in October 1675, before the burning of Springfield. Mary was captured by Indians March 26, 1676, as she with others, was going to meeting, was badly wounded and left for dead, but she recovered. Her husband died before October 18, 1701, when she married (2) Edward Stebbins, of Springfield, as his second wife. Edward was the uncle of her daughter Rebecca's husband. Edward died August 30, 1742, and Mary returned to Longmeadow, and lived with her son, Captain George Colton, and died at his home.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton by George Woolworth Colton, Wickersham Print. Company, 1912, page 5

See also:

• A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton First Generation p. 3. Pub. 1912.
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00colt
• The first century of the history of Springfield: the official ..., Volume 2 By Springfield (Mass.), Henry Martyn Burt
• History of the Town of Waitsfield (VT) 1909 page 278.
• http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?fid=357058
• https://archive.org/stream/stebbinsgenealog01gree/stebbinsgenealog01gree_djvu.txt
• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/colton/isaac.html
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/a/James-Blazier/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0686.html
• http://www.marypie.net/familygroup.php?familyID=F1044&tree=mm
• http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Colton/6000000001080327598
• Ancestral File Number: 3848-QB

Acknowledgement

Entered by Robin Craig, Dec 29, 2012