Mary (Howe) Church (1677 - aft. 1717)

Born 13 Feb 1677 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Howe — married 14 Nov 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Jonathan Wilder — married 26 Mar 1707 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of David Church — married 21 Jul 1710 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after Jul 1717 after age 40 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary3 Howe (Isaac2, John1) was born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 13 Feb (15 Feb in Howe Genealogies..., V1) 1677. She is the third born child and daughter of Isaac Howe and Frances Woods.^[1] She had six known children from three marriages. She married first, in Marlborough on 14 Nov 1695, Abraham Howe Jr., son of Abraham Howe and Hannah Kerley.^[2] They had one (known) child together: 1) Abigail b. in Marlborough on 22 May 1702.^[3] Abraham was killed by Indians near Lancaster on 31 Jul 1704. She married second, on 26 March 1707 in Marlborough, Jonathan Wilder.^[2] They had one child together: 2) Jonathan b. in Marlborough on 21 Dec 1707. Jonathan (Sr.) was killed by Indians in Sterling on 19 Aug 1707, four mos. bef. the birth of his son. She married third, under the Surname “Wilder”, in Marlborough on 21 July 1710, David Church, his birthdate, birthplace, parentage and possible siblings are not (yet) known.^[4][5] They had four (known) children together, all born in Marlborough: 3) Adonijah b. on 17 Oct 1710; 4) Noah b. on 18 Sep 1712; 5) Ephraim b. on 18 Dec 1714; and 6) Mary b. on 22 Jun 1717. Mary's date of death in not (yet) known. However, it is believed that she died in Marlborough at some point after the birth of her last (known) child in 1717. Other reference material appears to have confused this Mary with the wife of the other David Church, also named Mary, who died in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut on 17 Dec 1751.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Births; pg.103
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Marriages, pg. 270
3. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Births; pg.95
4. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849; Marriages; pg.326 NOTE: Mary's Surname was Wilder.
5. ↑ NOTE: The short Bio on Mary (pg. 10 in the Howe Genealogies reference below) states that the parentage of Mary's husband, David Church is Garrett and Sarah Church and that he was b. in Watertown. This was a different David Church, not the one that married Mary (Howe) Wilder.

• Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts, Vol. 2, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.285 Link to searchable Howe Genealogies at Archive.org.

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Name

Name: Mary /Howe/

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Death date: 7 Dec 1751

Death place: Killingly

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Death

Death:

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Date: 17 DEC 1751

Place: Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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