Mary
Storer
Longfellow
formerly Potter
Born in Cambridge, Somerset, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Barrett Potter
and Ann (Storer) Potter
Sister of
Margaret Louisa (Potter) Thacher
Wife of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
— married
14 Sep 1831 (to 29 Nov 1835) in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Died
at age 23
in Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2013
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Biography
Mary Storer Potter is the Daughter of Judge Barrett Potter b. 08 May 1776 and Anne Storer b. abt 1781
She married on 14 Sep 1831 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet, buried at this cem.); they had no children. He knew Mary from school days and met her again during a church service.
In 1834, Mary accompanied Henry to Europe; Mary had a miscarriage and died from complications in 1835.
Col. T. W. Higginson is to be married to Miss Mary P. Thatcher in March. The lady is a granddaughter of the late Judge Barrett Potter, of Portland, and was named after her aunt, Mary Potter Longfellow, the first wife of the poet.[1]
Birth
Birth: May 12, 1812 Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: 1835, Netherlands
Marriage
- Name: Henry W. Longfellow
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 14 Sep 1831
- Event Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
- Gender: Male
- Spouse's Name: Mary S. Potter
- Spouse's Gender: Female[2]
Spouse: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
The Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[3]
How He Met His Wife [4]
Death
Died in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
Sources
- ↑ Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, Missouri 14 Dec 1878, Sat • Page 2
- ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46Y-QYY : 14 January 2020), Mary S. Potter in entry for Henry W. Longfellow, 1831.
- ↑ Norwich Bulletin Norwich, Connecticut 03 Feb 1921, Thu • Page 8
- ↑ Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 04 Nov 1917, Sun • Page 23
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Storer Potter Longfellow (12 May 1812–29 Nov 1835), Find A Grave: Memorial #17620400, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .
- "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKR-5FS : 4 April 2020), Henry W Longfellow Esquire and Mary S Potter, 14 Sep 1831; citing Portland, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Maude Gunn for creating Storer-122 on 19 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Maude and others.
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Categories: Massachusetts, Maternal Mortality | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
I added some more sources which seem to show her maiden name as Potter her mother’s maiden name was Storer and was used as a middle name. Her engraving on her gravestone shows her full maiden name and she is first listed as H.W.L. Wife then below her name is the 2nd wife Frances Elizabeth Appleton (her full maiden name as well. So a pattern we can clearly see)
If you feel we have enough sources then only a profile manager (pm) can go under edit and change last name where it says in bold text Last Name at Birth. A reason will be asked usually I would say typo or clarified by sources cited.
Hope this helps
She passed away so young during her miscarriage. Very tragic
Wonderful family genealogy here