Mary (Miller) Whittemore (abt. 1653 - 1731)

Born about 1653 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Whittemore — married 8 Nov 1677 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1731 at about age 78 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

She is mentioned as Mary (wife of John Whittemore), along with her siblings, in the will of the Widow Susanna White of Charlestown, dated March 25, 1681, proved March 29, 1687, in which Susanna devised to cousins Jabob [H]ewins of Dorchester, John Miller of Yarmouth, Mehetabel Crow and Mary (wife of John Whittemore); to Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Frost of Billerica; to Lydia Fish of Sandwich; Faith Winslow; to children of Joseph Frost, 1/2 to the 3 eldest, half to 3 youngest, amongst others.^{[1] [2]}

Name

Mary /Miller/^[3]

Birth

1651

Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA^[4]

Date based on age at death^[5], place based on father's location in that year.^[6]

Marriage

"John Whitemore & Marie Miller, m. by Mr. Thomas Danforth, Magist., Nov. 8, 1677."^[7]

John Whittemore (Thomas1), married secondly, in Charlestown, 8 Nov. 1677, Mary Miller, died in Watertown, Mass., 28 Aug. 1731, age 78, daughter of Rev. John and Lydia Miller of Roxbury, Rowley, Yarmouth, and Groton, Mass.^[8]

Death

26 AUG 1731

Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA^[9]

"The Widow Mary Whitemore Deceased the 28th: of August 1731: Aged about 78."^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Bellows Wyman, compiler, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, (etc), MA, 1629-1818 (Boston, MA: David Clapp and Son, 1879), Vol. 2, p. 1015.
2. ↑ Suffolk Co. Probate, docket #1537, (o.s.) 11:66-68 (FHL #584130)
3. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Pelatiah Whittemore
4. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Pelatiah Whittemore
5. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Boston, MA: Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), original publish date 1894-1906), Vol. 2, p. 99
6. ↑ Simeon L. Deyo, History of Barnstable Co., Mass. (NY: HW Blake & Co, 1890), p. 472
7. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Boston, MA: Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), original publish date 1894-1906), Vol. 2, p. 99
8. ↑ Bradford Adams Whittemore, "The Whittemore Family In America," NEHGR Vol. 106 (Apr 1952), p. 89.
9. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Pelatiah Whittemore
10. ↑ Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Boston, MA: Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), original publish date 1894-1906), Vol. 2, p. 99

• Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825 (Boston, MA: Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), original publish date 1894-1906), Vol. 2, p. 99

• Simeon L. Deyo, History of Barnstable Co., Mass. (NY: HW Blake & Co, 1890), p. 472
• Source: S00055 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Public Member Trees (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Source Medium: (null) CONT .
• Repository: R00001 Name: www.ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Miller-14038 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.

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