Mary (Plummer) Bennett (abt. 1634 - 1682)

Born about 1634 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of John Cheney — married 20 Apr 1660 (to 7 Jan 1671) in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of David Bennett — married 29 Apr 1672 (to 1682) in Rowley, Essex Co., MA

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1682 at about age 48 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Plummer born about 1634, dau of Francis & Ruth (unknown) Plummer.^[1]

Mary Plummer married first on 20 Apr 1660 to John Cheney, son of John & Martha Cheney of Newberry.

She married 2nd on 29 Apr 1672 to Dr. David Bennett of Rowley.

Mary Plummer had 3 children by each of her husbands.

Mary died in 1682.

Note

Note: Mary Plummer was born about 1634. She married first John, son of John and Martha Cheney of Newbury April 20, 1660. He was a brother of her brother Joseph's wife. Mr. Cheney died in Newbury, where they lived, Jan 7, 1671. Mr. Cheney's physician

was Dr. David Bennett of Rowley, and during his professional visits became acquainted with Mrs. Cheny, whom he married April 29 1672. She lived with Doctor Bennett in Rowley until her decxease in 1682. At the time of her marriage with Doctor

Bennett he was about fifty-seven years old; and after herc death he married Rebecca Spencer in 1683, when he was nearly seventy. She was a daughter of Capt. Roger Spencer and a sister of the wife of Sir William Phips, the wealthy governor of

the colony. He had three three children by each wife. Mrs. [Spencer] Bennett died March 26 1712; and the doctor Feb 4, 1718/1719 at the great age, according to records, of one hundred and three years. Mary Plummer had three children by each

of her husbands.

Mary's parents are thought to be Francis Plumer (Plummer) and Ruth (unknown last name). They possibly arrived in America from England around 1632 as part of the Plough Company then settling in Lynn or Ipswich, and were in Newbury in 1635 when it became a town. None of the children's births were recorded in Newbury and they are estimated in the reference on the Great Migration Begins. ^[2]

Children

Mary and John Cheny had three children that survived: ^[3]

1. Mary Cheny b. 03-2-1661, m Isaack Kilborne
2. Martha Cheny b. 09-11-1663, m John Leighton and then John Rodgers
3. John Cheny III b. 01-28-1668, m. Mary Chute

Death

She passed away on September 27, 1682 in Rowley, Massechusetts Bay Colony. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Plumer genealogy: Francis Plumer, who settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, & some of his descendants" by Sidney Perley, publ 1917 p 15 https://archive.org/details/plumergenealogyf1917perl
2. ↑ Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England1620-1633, Vols. I-III, pages 1482 - 1486
3. ↑ Cheny Birth, Death, Parents: "Early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts : a genealogical record of the families who settled in Rowley before 1700, with several generations of their descendants" by George B. Blodgette, 1993 page 21, 214
4. ↑ Plumer "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620 - 1850: Newbury V1 (Births), p.414 - 420, V2 (Marriages p 400 - 402, Deaths p 696-700)

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Plummer-466 created through the import of CJB001.ged on Jul 18, 2012 by Christopher Becker.
• Plummer: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620 - 1850: Newbury V1 (Births), p.414 - 420, V2 (Marriages p 400 - 402, Deaths p 696-700)

• Cheny: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620 - 1850: Newbury V1 (Births), p.101 V2 (Marriages p 99, Deaths p 565)

• Cheny Birth, Death, Parents: "Early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts : a genealogical record of the families who settled in Rowley before 1700, with several generations of their descendants" by George B. Blodgette, 1993 page 21, 214

• Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, pages 1482 - 1486