Mary (Platt) Wetmore (1629 - 1669)

Born 11 Nov 1629 in Royden, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Luke Atkinson — married 1 May 1651 in New Haven, Connecticut

Wife of Thomas Wetmore — married 3 Feb 1666 (to 1 Jun 1669) in Middletown, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1669 at age 39 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary (Platt) Wetmore immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

This profile is part of the Atkinson Name Study.

Mary Platt was baptized on 11 Nov 1629 in Royden, Essex, England, daughter of Richard Platt (1604–abt. 1684) and Marye Wood (abt. 1605–abt. 1675).^[1]

Her siblings were:

1. John Platt (bef. 1632–1705)
2. Isaac Platt (1633–1691)
3. Samuel Platt (1634–abt. 1638)
4. Sarah Platt (1636–1670)
5. Epenetus Platt (1640–1693)
6. Hannah Platt (1643–aft. 1713)
7. Josiah Platt (bef. 1645–1724)
8. Joseph Platt (1649–1703)

Mary (21) married (1) Luke Atkinson (17) (born about 1633 in England; son of Richard Atkinson and Marie (Hodgson) Atkinson) on 1 May 1651 in New Haven, Connecticut.^{[2][3][4][5][5][6]} Their known children were:

1. Mary Atkinson (1652–1691)
2. Hannah Atkinson (1653–1735)
3. Sarah Atkinson (1655– )
4. Rebecca Atkinson (abt. 1658–1711)

Mary (36) Atkinson (called Mary Allenson in the Barbour records) married (2) Thomas Wetmore (50) (born about 1615 in Royden; son of John Whitmore and Unknown (Unknown) Whitmore) on 3 Feb 1666 in Middletown, Connecticut.^{[3] [7]} She brought to her second marriage two daughters from her first marriage, Mary Atkinson (wife of Zachariah Baldwin) and Rebecca Atkinson (wife of Thomas Canfield and Samuel Camp). Their known children were:

1. Josiah Whitmore (abt. 1668–aft. 1681)^[8][9]
2. Mehetabel Whitmore (1669–1732)^[8]

Mary died on 17 Jun 1669 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, aged 39.^[8][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Abbott, Susan Woodruff. Families of Early Milford. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979
2. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997" citing Digital film/folder number: 007407482; FHL microfilm: 599303; Record number: 8; Packet letter: A FamilySearch Record: H963-3PN2 (accessed 31 March 2024) Mary Plott marriage to Luke Atkinson on 1 May 1651 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} New England Marriages Prior to 1700 at Ancestry.com, page 24
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917
6. ↑ Atkinson, Luke of NH m. 1 May 1651 Mary da of Richard Platt of M [Milford], Vol 1, page 59
7. ↑ Middletown Vital Records
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Middletown pp. 303-305
9. ↑ Father's probate record gives Josiah's age then as 13, James Carnahan Wetmore, The Wetmore family of America ... (Albany : Munsell & Rowland, 1861), 25; digital images, Hathi Trust, "The names of his children are recorded in the Probate office at Hartford, immediately after the will, and their ages annexed."
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71847930/mary-whitmore: accessed March 31, 2024), memorial page for Mary Platt Whitmore (11 Nov 1629–17 Jun 1669), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71847930, citing Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47343717).

• Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 24
• New Haven, CT: 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. Atkinson, Luke of NH m. 1 May 1651 Mary da of Richard Platt of M [Milford], Vol 1, page 59

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