Mary (Moss) Munson (1694 - abt. 1720)

Born 25 Jul 1694 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Solomon Munson — married 28 Jun 1714 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Died about 1720 at about age 25 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Moss was born to John and Martha (Lathrop) Moss in Wallingford, Connecticut, July 25, 1694.^[1] Mary married Solomon Munson June 28, 1714, in Wallingford. ^[1] Solomon and Mary (Moss) had the following children in Wallingford:^[2][3]

• Martha, b September 14, 1715
• Samuel, b September 15, 1717
• Eliasaph, b November 17, 1719

Per this source, Solomon Munson had an additional five children with a second wife, Tamar _____ : Moses, Solomon, Waitstill, Stephen, Caleb.^[2] Another source reports Solomon's eight children as well as two wives (the second wife being Sarah Peck, according to this source), but does not indicate when Mary (Moss) Munson passed away, or which wife was the mother of the various children.^[4]

Mary (Moss) Munson died about 1720.^[2] She is buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, New Jersey.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines Families of Ancient New Haven, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932, Volume 5, page 1220.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932, Volume 6, page 1287
3. ↑ Huntington, Elijah Baldwin A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country: Embracing the Descendants..., published 1884. Reference page 47
4. ↑ Munson, Myron A.1637-1887, the Munson record : a genealogical and biographical account of Captain Thomas Munson, a pioneer of Hartford and New Haven, and his descendants, publishd 1896. Reference page 192
5. ↑ FindAGrave Memorial 91426573