Miriam (Plummer) Stevens (1691 - aft. 1729)

Born 16 Jan 1691 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Jackman — married 23 May 1717 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of John Stevens Jr. — married about 1728 in Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1729 after age 37 in Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Miriam Plummer, daughter of Joseph Plummer and Hannah (Jewett) Plummer, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts on January 16, 1690/1.^[1][2]

The marriage intentions of Miriam and Samuel Jackman were published in Newbury on April 13, 1717.^[3] They were married in Newbury on May 23, 1717 (with Miriam's last name spelled "Meriam Plomer").^[4][2]

Miriam and Samuel had one son, born in Newbury:

1. Moses, b. June 25, 1719^[5]

No sources suggest that Miriam and Samuel had any additional children and it is suspected that Miriam's husband, Samuel, probably died about 1721.

In July of 1728, John Steven's intentions to marry Miriam Jackman of Newbury were published in the Newbury records.^[6] According to Haverhill town records they were married sometime before 1729.^[7][2]

Miriam and John had one daughter, born in Haverhill:

1. Ann, b. May, 13, 1729^[8]

According to The Plumer Genealogy, Miriam's mother, Hannah, conveyed her father's farm in Rowley to Miriam and John on March 5, 1729/30 and they came and lived there.^[2]

No source has been found that establishes Miriam's date or place of death. Since her last known place of residence was Rowley, it is reasonably plausible that she died there.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I. BIrths. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 418. Link to page at hathitrus.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Perley, Sidney. The Plumer Genealogy : Francis Plumer, Who Settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, & Some of His Descendants. Essex Institute, 1917. p. 44. Link to page at archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 254. Link to page at hathitrus.org.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I. BIrths. The Essex Institute, 1911. p. 242. Link to page at hathitrus.org.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Socieity, 1911. p. 179. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II. Births. Topsfield Historical Socieity, 1910. p. 286. Link to page at hathitrust.org.

See also:

• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914. p. 1772. Link to page at books.google.com.