Mary Tracy (abt. 1631 - aft. 1655)

Born about 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Died after 1655 after about age 24 in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Disputed Information

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Some say the wife of Francis Griswold was the Mary, b. say 1630^[1] daughter of Stephen Tracy and Tryphosa Lee. As discussed further (see "Marriage") Stephen and his wife did have a daughter, Mary, but she was single in 1655 when her father left a bequest to her. Anderson reports she was then "perhaps unm[arried]" and shows no marriage for her. Wikitree's Puritan Great Migration project goes with this conclusion, thus she is attached to Stephen and Tryphosa, but detached from Francis Griswold and his children.

Marriage

Some claim she was wife of Francis Griswold.^[2] Still others claim Francis' wife was Mary, a daughter of Thomas Tracye.

Of Francis Griswold in 1939, Donald Lines Jacobus wrote, "The name of [Francis'] wife is unknown. The statement that he married Mary Tracy appears to have originated in "Fifty Puritan Ancestors," by E. T. Nash, 1902, but although often repeated since, no evidence has been adduced, and no Mary Tracy has been found who could have been his wife. Lieut. Thomas Tracy had no such daughter. Possibly the statement was due to a confusion of his wife with (his) daughter Mary Griswold who married a Tracy." ^[3]

Then in 2001: "The given name of [Francis'] wife, who came with him from Saybrook, was Sarah. Her surname has not been ascertained." ^[4]

The New London County Court records from 17 Sep 1672 show overseers of the estate of Widow Sarah Griswold being appointed. ^[5] The Griswold Family Association also accepts Francis' wife's name to be Sarah.

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Vol 3, P-W (c1996), p 1832-1833 for Stephen Tracy; digital images by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
2. ↑ Formerly at californiayankees.com/site/g3/p3153.htm (Our Tracy Tree Of Ancestry); no longer online. BETTER SOURCE SOUGHT.
3. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family, Vol. I of 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Edgar F. Waterman, 1939). pp. 665 - 671; digital images, FamilySearch
4. ↑ David Joy Webber, "Major William Bradford's Second Wife: Was she the Widow of Francis Griswold?," in New England Historic Genealogical Register, vol #?, July 2001, pp 245 - 250
5. ↑ New London County. County Court. Files, 1691-1855. Judicial Department. State Archives Record Group No. 003

See also:

• Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Mary Walten Ferris Publication: 1931
• Source: S-2119588621 Repository: #R-2145663130 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing Publication.

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