Mary (Redman) Weeks (1649 - bef. 1694)

Born 15 Dec 1649 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Weeks — married 1667 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died before 1694 before age 44 in Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Confusion about Leonard Weeks' 1st and 2nd wives

In several sources, Mary Haines is shown as Leonard Weeks' first wife and mother of his children.^[1][2][3]. However, the Chapman source also says that in 1682, Leonard Weeks testified that 20 years earlier, he had put his horse in his "father, Redman's pasture". Perhaps, Chapman speculates, Redman was his father in law, or possibly had married Weeks' widowed mother. Torrey's New England Marriages shows two marriages for Leonard: one with Mary Redman (born in 1649) by 1667; the second marriage with Elizabeth Haynes/Haines about 1679 in Portsmouth.^[4]

Recent research conducted by a professional genealogist has resulted in the identification of his wives. The source says that Leonard Weeks married first _______ Haines, daughter of Samuel Haines; she died before 1667, childless, apparently. Leonard then married Mary Redman, in about 1667, and with her had eight children. Leonard was a widower by 1694, and between then and 1708 he married Elizabeth _________.^[5]

Biography

Mary Redman was born to John and Margaret (Knight) Redman at Hampton, New Hampshire, December 15, 1649.^{[6] [7]}

Mary (Redman) and Leonard had 8 children. (NOTE - Both these referenced sources show the name Mary Haines not Redman; however the children's names and dates of birth are correct:^{[1] [2]}

• John, b 1668
• Samuel, b 1670
• Joseph, b 1672
• Joshua, b 1674
• Mary, b 1676
• Jonathan, b 1677/1678 (unlisted date)
• Margaret, b 1679
• Sarah, b 1680 or later

Mary (Redman) died sometime between 1680, the approximate date of her youngest child's birth, and 1694, when Leonard Weeks was a widower. She likely died in New Hampshire. Death records have not yet been located.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Deacon Samuel Haines of Westbury, Wiltshire, England, and his descendants in America, 1635-1901, by Thomas Vanburen Haines, published 1902, reference page 22
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} NEHGR 39:235, Leonard Weeks of Portsmouth
3. ↑ Chapman, Jacob Leonard Weeks, of Greenland, N. H. and descendants, 1639-1888, published 1903. Reference pages 2-3
4. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 3, page 1620.
5. ↑ The Weeks Brickhouse
6. ↑ Noyes, Sybil; Libby, Charles Thornton; Davis, Walter Goodwin Genealogical dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, published 1939. Reference Volume 4, page 579
7. ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) Reference Hampton Volume V.1, page 543

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Redman-927 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.