Mary (Thompson) Clark (1652 - aft. 1717)

Born 24 Apr 1652 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Lines — married Nov 1674 in New Haven, CT

Wife of Samuel Clark Sr — married 18 Apr 1717 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 12 Aug 1717 after age 65 in Woodbridge, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Thompson

Mary was the eldest of five daughters of John & Ellen (Harrison) Thompson, Sr. of New Haven. She was born 24 April 1652 & married 1st., Nov 1674, Samuel Lines (Apr 1649 - 1692). She married 2nd., John Hitchcock, of Wallingford, who died 6 Jul 1716. She married 3rd., 18 Apr 1717, Samuel Clark. Her death date and location are unknown. See Donald Lines Jacobus' "Note on Thompson Families of Connecticut," in vol. III of Genealogies of Connecticut Families [not available as an E-Book]. ^[1]

Birth

Mary Thompson was born on Apr. 24, 1652, at New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ^[1]

Parents

• Father: John Thompson (1631 - 1674)
• Mother: Ellen Harrison Thompson (____ - 1690)

Siblings

• Mary Thompson Lines Hitchcock Clark (1652 - ____)
• Hannah Thompson Bradley (1654 - 1718)*
• Elizabeth Thompson Bradley (1657 - 1718)*
• Sarah Thompson (1667 - 1669)*
• William Thompson (1674 - 1716)**
• Lydia Thompson (1684 - ____)*

• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Marriages

Mary Thompson married three times:

(1) "Sam: Loins & mary tomson wer marryed Nouember 1674" in New Haven^[2]Samuel Lines, b. Apr 1649, New Haven, New Haven, CT, d. 1692, Woodbridge, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA, on Nov 1674.

Children by Samuel Lines:^[2]

1. John Loins b. 18 Apr 1676
2. Samuel b. c. 1677
3. Mary b. 29 Jan 1679
4. Lydia b. 17 Feb 1681; d. 28 May 1683 p. 49
5. Ebenezer b. 18 Aug 1684
6. Daniel b. 24 Dec 1686
7. Ruth b. 27 Feb 1689/90

(2) John Hitchcock (d. 6 Jul 1716) as his second wife. John Hitchcock and probably Mary had the following known children^[3]:

The children of John Hitchcock are listed. Mary Tomson's first husband Samuel Lines did not die until 1692. So the first ten children at least were children of the first wife and not of Mary and probably all the children were by Abigail.

• iv MARY b Dec 10 1676, at Wallingford; m Benjamin Beach
• v NATHANIEL b April 18 1679 m Sarah Jennings
• vi MARGERY b Sept 9 1681 m Joseph Munson
• vii ELIZABETH b April 8 1684 prob. m Daniel Lines
• viii JOHN b Oct 18 1685 m 1st Marlow Munsou
• ix MATTHIAS b May 26 1688 m Thankful Andrews
• x HANNAH b Jan 9 1690 1 prob. m John Lines
• xi DAMARIS b July 11 1698 m Sylvanns Clark
• xii BENJAMIN b March 24 1696 m Elizabeth Ives

(3) Samuel Clark (1654-1730) and Mary Hitchcock were married 18 April 1717 in New Haven.^[2] Considering her age of almost 60 at the time of this marriage, they did not have children.

Death

Mary's date of death is unknown, however it is after Aug 12 1717, when during the settlement of John Hitchcock's will, Mary is referred to as Mary Clark (Samuel Clark's wife), alias "Hitchcock". Separately, the Clark family genealogy indicates that Samuel Clark married Mary Thompson, daughter of John and Ellen Harrison Thompson^[4]. Mary is thought to have died in Woodbridge, Litchfield, CT.

Note: Woodbridge, Litchfield, CT is located approximately 18 miles north-north-west of New Haven.

Research Notes

John Thompson Confusion in Connecticut

• There were two John Thompsons in New Haven, Connecticut in the early 1600’s, each with a daughter named Mary. This has led to some confusion.

• Donald Lines Jacobus in his “Families of Ancient New Haven” named them Family 1 and Family 3. See Vol VII, pages 1749 – 1750.
• Family 1: John Thompson was married to Ellen Harrison the daughter of Richard Harrison. Their daughter was Mary Thompson who married Samuel Lines, John Hitchcock, and Samuel Clark. John and Ellen also had 4 other daughters: Anne, Elizabeth, Lydia, and Sarah.
• Family 3: John Thompson was married to Dorothy ____. Their daughter was Mary Thompson who married John Cooper. John and Dorothy had 6 other children: Hannah, John, Joseph, Abigail, Rebecca, and Sarah.
• Just to confuse things further, there was also a John Thompson from Stratford, Connecticut.

Mary

This Mary did not marry John Cooper, but rather married: Samuel Lines, John Hitchcock and Samuel Clark -- the Lines and Hitchcock children overlap with the Cooper children One might suspect that the Mary Thompson that married John Cooper, Jr. might not have been the daughter of John Thompson and Ellen Harrison.

Find a Grave Discrepancy

According to Find A Grave: Memorial #28272072 in Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, the daughter of JOHN "THE FARMER" and ELLEN THOMPSON, was the Mary Thompson who married JOHN COOPER, JR. on Dec. 27, 1666 in New Haven, CT, and who died in 1714. This is in direct contradiction to the information provided by jacobus.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2018), memorial page for Mary Thompson Lines Hitchcock Clark (24 Apr 1652–Aug 1714), Find A Grave: Memorial #64412976 ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) no picture or Burial location.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. (Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917.) marriage Lines p. 40; John p. 43; Mary p. 50; lydia p. 53, 49; Ebenezer p. 57; Daniel p. 61; Ruth p. 68; marriage Clark p. 127
3. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias Hitchcock...
4. ↑ Families of Acient New Haven, Vol 1 Donald Lines Jacobus, Clarence Smith, Rome NY, 1923, Page 408

• Book: Donald Lines Jacobus' "Note on Thompson Families of Connecticut," in vol. III of Genealogies of Connecticut Families [not available as an E-Book].

• Book: The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ...; By Dwight Whitney Marsh; Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894 - 555 pages.

• Website: Mary ThompsonFemale 1652 - 1692