Mary (Isham) Crocker (1697 - 1782)

Born Jun 1697 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Abel Crocker — married 16 Apr 1718 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 5 Nov 1782 at age 85 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Mary was born in June 1697^[1] , the daughter of John Isham and Jane Hyde of Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was noted in her father's estate in 1713^[2], and her mother's in 1719^{[3] [4]}

On April 16, 1718, she married Abel Crocker, the son of William Crocker and Ruth Chipman of Barnstable^[5][6], and their children included:

1. Rebecca, born July 15, 1719^[7], and baptized February 1723/4^[8], who married Deacon Silvanus Dunham
2. Daniel, baptized August 28,1722^[9], who married Susanna Dunham and Abigail Roberts
3. Eleazar, born July 15, 1725^[7], and baptized October 10, 1725^[10], who married Hannah Cobb
4. Mary, baptized July 25, 1727^[7], who married Deacon Thomas Savery
5. Sara, baptized June 12, 1733^[7], who married Elijah Perry of Middleborough
6. Elijah, May 8, 1729^[7]
7. Joseph, born September 25, 1737^[7]

The family moved from Barnstable to Plympton in 1723^[11] and evidently returned. In 1757 Abell Crocker and his wife were dismissed to Plympton again^[12]

Deacon Abel Crocker, the husband of Mary, died in Carver, Mass., on 04 July 1781 in his 86th year.^{[13] [14]}.

Mary (Isham) Crocker, widow of Deacon Abel Crocker passed away November 5, 1782 in Carver, Massachusetts^[15], and is buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Barnstable, Volume 6, page 140 (also published in Volume 6, page 140 of the Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, which states ISSUM: Mary, d. John and Jane, June __, 1687+ (+10 years too old is marked in the margin alongside these entries)
2. ↑ Volume 3, page 182 “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789.” Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.), which shows a transcript of John Isham's will, listing Mary among his children
3. ↑ Volume 3, page 349 “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789.” Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.), which shows a transcript of Jane (Parker) Isham's will, which left a dress to her daughter Mary
4. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson. This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall. see Vol. 30 (Howland to Jenney), page 51 for the children of John and Jane Isham, and page 52 for Mary, daughter of John, who married Abel Crocker.
5. ↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:389, which states Abel Crocker & Mary Isum Married 16 of April 1718 pr Esq Parker.
6. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson. This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall. see Vol. 14 (Crispe to Crosby), page 69 for Abel and Mary
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} Massachusetts Vital Records Plympton Births, page 78, which states CROCKER:
   • Eleizer (h. Hannah Cobb) ch. Abell and Mary ... July 15, 1725;
   • Elejah ch. Abell and Mary ... May 8, 1729;
   • Joseph, ch. Abell and Mary ... Sept 25 1737
   • "'Mary (w. Dea. Thomas Savery) ch. Abell and Mary ... July 25, 1727
   • Rebeckah (w. Dea. Silvanus Dunham) ch. Abell and Mary ...July 15, 1719
   • Sarah (w. Elijah Perry of Middleborough) ch. Abell and Mary ... June 12, 1733
8. ↑ Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892, page 124 Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.), which states Rebecca of Mary, wife of Abel Crocker, Feb 1723/4
9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Plympton Births, page 78, which states CROCKER: Daniell (Daniel h. Susanna Dunham qv h. Abigail Roberts) ch. Abell and Mary (Isham) of Barnstable ... August 28, 1722
10. ↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892.", page 126 Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.), which states Eleazar of Mary, wife of Abel Crocker, October 10, 1725
11. ↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892." Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
12. ↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892." Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
13. ↑ Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 found on NEHGS (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1911), p. 152. "Crocker, Abel, Dea. [h. Mary], July 4, 1781, in 86th y. G.R.1."
14. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Plympton Volume 1, page 466 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states {Abel, Dea., h. Mary (Isham) of Barnstable, July 17, 1781, in 86th y., in Carver, then P[lympton].}
15. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Carver, Volume 1, page 152 (also found in NEHGS), which states CROCKER: Mary, wid. Dea. Abel, Nov. 5, 1782, in 85th y.
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42288721

See also:

• Phinney, Mary Allen. Isham Genealogy, A Brief History of Jirah Isham (Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, Vt., 1940) Page 9
• Ancestry Family Trees ( Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15043181&pid=1609191340
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20194044&pid=3104
• Clemens, William Montgomery American Marriages Before 1699 (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA: Biblio Co., 1926)