Mary's married Charles Brownlow Hancock in 1869. The marriage record states that this was her second marriage. Charles abandoned her a couple of years later, after the death of their baby son. When Mary remarried in 1874, she declared her marital status as "widow" although Charles may still have been alive.
Sources
"Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWR-CMD : 9 March 2018), Mary Abby Jane Nichols, 11 Feb 1847, Berkley, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #59, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,420,727.
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNL-PT2 : accessed 27 December 2015), Charles B. Hancock and Mary A. J. Nichols, 18 Feb 1869; citing reference 40; FHL microfilm 818,081.
"New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZLR-KLW : 18 October 2017), Alfred R. Street and Mary A. G. Hancock, 24 Apr 1874; citing Marriage, Paterson Manchester, Passaic, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 004208623.
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