Mary (Porter) Langdon (abt. 1663 - abt. 1739)

Born about 1663 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Royce — married 1 Oct 1684 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Wife of Joseph Langdon I — married 18 Oct 1714 in Farmington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 27 Jul 1739 at about age 76 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary Porter was born about 1663. She died in 1739. Her parents were "Deacon" Thomas Porter 1620 - 1697 and Sarah (Hart) Porter 1624 - 1697.

Mary married first Joseph Royce I 1663 - 1707. They were married 10/1/1684 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Per American Marriages Before 1699 & U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900.

Mary married Joseph Langton 18 October 1714 and died at Wallingford Connecticut 17 July 1739.^[1]

Children

Known children of Mary Porter and Joseph Royce were:

1. Mary 1686^[2]
2. Joseph 1689-1689^[3][4]
3. Joseph 1690^[5]
4. Thomas 1692^[6]
5. James 1695^[7]
6. Hannah 1696 died young^[8]
7. Sarah 1699^[9]
8. Hannah 1701^[10]

Research Notes

There are several Mary Porter's in the early New England records. This biography is about Mary Porter wife of Joseph Royce who married at Wallingford 1 October 1684^[11][12]

• Because there are several Mary Porter's it is difficult to be certain about her birth and parents but the best documented possibility is that Mary was born 10 May 1663 to a John Porter^[13] Unfortunately this birth date does not align with the daughters of the known John Porter's form Windsor and in the Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Savage does not show this Mary, although he names many other Windsor Porter's^[14] Also a look at the Barbour Collection index suggests that 10 May 1663 may have been the baptismal date for a Mary Porter who was born ten years earlier and is know to have married Joseph Phelps.^[15]

• Mary (Porter) Royce 1664 - 7/27/1739: http://tng.famille-morin.com/getperson.php?personID=I5360&tree=15sep2020 Note: Only lists marriage to Joseph Royce 1663 - 1706/7. 1 child, Mary Royce 1685/6 - 1742. Does not list her parents. NOTE: Unsourced information

Sources

1. ↑ 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. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB98/i/7493/1549/0 volume 7 page 1549
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W2-5V8 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Mary Royce, 1686.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-8S7 : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Joseph Royse, 1689.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-DQ53 : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Joseph Royse, ; citing Death, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-DQ5W : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Joseph Royse, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP73-D9HV : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Thomas Royse, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-8HYK : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for James Royse, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W2-TML : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Hannah Royss, 1696.
9. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-MBPT : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Sarah Roys, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W2-TMY : 7 January 2020), Mary in entry for Hannah Roys, 1701.
11. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-DQPY : 21 September 2019), Mary Porter in entry for Joseph Royce, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
12. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) page 1308
13. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WW-L9G : 7 January 2020), Mary Porter, 1663.
14. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862) page 459-464
15. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/12316/240/138421792

• Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (info/link below). Lists marriages to both Joseph's.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5GT-XT1 Note: Does not list her marriage to Joseph Langdon. (Other sources do). Children with Joseph Royce are listed on his FamilySearch page.

• Thomas Porter: A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register. By James Savage. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860 - 1862. 3:464. "… Mary, the youngest, married 10/1/1684, Joseph Royce. And next, 10/18/1714, Joseph Langdon." http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/

• Wallingford Vital Records,Connecticut. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records 206. Mrs. Mary Langdon, died 7/27/1739.

• Royce, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. Baltimore, Maryland. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1974. 7:1549. "Joseph Royce married 10/1/1684 Mary Porter. She married 2nd 10/18/1714, Joseph Lancton." Per Wallingford Vital Records. https://accessgenealogy.com/connecticut/families-of-ancient-new-haven.htm

• Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. Surnames O - Q. Page 460 (on book page) 467 (on digital counter) Lists Mary's parents (and her as a child & spouses): "Thomas Porter, died in 1697. Married Sarah (Hart) on 11/20/1644. Daughter of Stephen Hart."
• Lists their children:
• 1. "Sarah, bp July 24/29 1653. Married Nathaniel Winchell
• 2. Thomas, bp July 24/29 1653. Married Lois Stanley
• 3. Joanna bp July 24/29 1653. Married 1. Stephen Taylor. 2. Samuel Tudor
• 4. Dorothy bp Nov 1654. Married Jacob Overman
• 5. Samuel. Married Martha Freeman
• 6. Rachel bp Dec 1658. Married Samuel Cowles
• 7. Martha. Married 1. Joseph North. 2. John Porter
• 8. Ruth. Married 1. Samuel Smith. 2. Joseph Root
• 9. Mary. Married 1. Joseph Royce. 2. Joseph Langdon"
• "Was not one of the original proprietors of Hartford, but a lot was granted to him conditionally in Jan. 1639-40 and his name appears on W. S. Porter's map of Hartford 1640 when his lot ws on what is now Albany Ave. Removed to Farmington where he and his wife joined the church 7/19/1653." https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48020/images/FamHartfordCT-006847-460?ssrc=&backlabel=Return