Mary Maria (Unknown) Mapes (abt. 1619 - 1709)

Born about 1619 in Norfolk, England [uncertain]

Wife of William Wells — married 5 May 1660 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Wife of Thomas Mapes Junior — married 1671 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Descendants

Died Apr 1709 at about age 90 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Mary (Unknown) Mapes immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Southold, Long Island

Mary is listed as a Youngs in numerous sources, yet there has been difficulty finding confirming and verifiable records. In the "William Wells of Southold" book, the author writes the following on page 27, referring to William Wells:

He married second, probably about 1654, MARY, or "Marie" as she herself wrote it, whose family name is said to be YOUNGS. . . . It is much more difficult to ascertain the value of the tradition which calls the second wife Mary "Youngs." Thus far I have found nothing to throw any light on the question of her family.

A footnote to that statement, on page 28, reads:

She can hardly have been Mary, the sister of the Rev. John Youngs, (who according to Savage (I. 277) is said to have married Wm. Brown, of Salem, and died 1636) or his daughter Mary, who was born 1631, and probably married Edward Petty, of Southold. The tradition may have arisen from the fact that William Wells' daughter Mary became a Youngs by marriage. It comes to me from the family of Capt. Benj. Wells of Southold, a source entitled to much respect,-but how ancient and well founded it is I do not know.

https://archive.org/stream/williamwellsofso00haye#page/26/mode/2up

Records

Mary Wells married as her second husband Thomas Mapes Jr. She wrote her will 26 Dec 1678. "Mary Mapes, relect of William Wells and now wife to Thomas Mapes Jr." and gave everything to her son-in-law John Yongs and to Mary Yongs her daughter.^[1]

In a document dated 12 Jan 1680 and entered 13 Dec 1682,

"Mary Mapes of Southold in the East Rideing of Yorkshire on Long Island ye relect of William Wells of the said town and Rideing, deceased and now wife of Thomas Mapes Junr of ye aforesaid Town (having by deed of gift received of my said husband William Wells all his lands and goods to be by me injoyed and disposed as in ye sd deed is more fully expressed) doe by these presents given grant, alinate and confirme unto my sone in law Jonathan Horton, in rite of his wife Bethia Horton my daughter eighteen acres of Woodland..."^[2]

After he came of age in 1681, there was a land dispute between Mary's son William Wells and her second husband Thomas Mapes that was decided by arbitration 8 July 1681 in favor of William, with specific instructions regarding how livestock, crops, and household goods were to be divided. Thomas Mapes (and presumably Mary, as it seems she was still living) were ordered to vacate the farm; this was completed by 13 Feb 1681/2.^[3]

J. Wickham Case who annotated the records provides the following detail:

"William Wells, one of the parties named in the above instrument, was the eldest son of William Wells. He (Thomas) married Mary, the widow of William Wells, and mother of William, and soon after the death of William in 1671, his sons Wm. and Joshua being minors, took posession of the Quasha Neck Farm, and built him a house thereon... In 1681, William Wells, on his arrival to the age of twenty-one yers, desired to take charge of the farm, which was adjudged to him as a part of his patrimonial estate... William then married Elizabeth, daughter of John Tuthill, and settled as a farmer upon the Neck. He died there in 1697 at the early age of 37 years."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Southold Town Records, page 302. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Mapes-38
2. ↑ Southold Town Records, pages 396-397
3. ↑ Southold Town Records, pages 393-396
4. ↑ Southold Town Records, page 396

• "William Wells of Southold and his descendants A.D. 1638 to 1878 - Rev. Charles Wells Hayes:

https://archive.org/stream/williamwellsofso00haye#page/n11/mode/2up

• Younges Family Genealogy - Vicar Christopher Yonges, His Ancestors in England and His Descendants in America - Selah Youngs, Jr.:

https://archive.org/stream/youngsfamilyvica00youn/youngsfamilyvica00youn_djvu.txt (text only version)

https://archive.org/details/youngsfamilyvica00youn (book view)

• http://longislandsurnames.com/descend.php?personID=I06652&tree=Fordham

• http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I06679&tree=Fordham

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," A static collection of genealogies submitted by users, prior to 2003 - database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MC5N-K2K : accessed 2016-10-23), entry for Mary Maria YOUNGS.

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records

Name: Mary Maria Youngs Wells

Spouse: William Wells

Parents: John Young, Mrs Mary Youngs

Birth Place: Suffolk, Southold, NY

Birth Date: 1619

Marriage Place: Southold, Suffolk, NY

Marriage Date: 1654

Death Place: Southold, Suffolk, NY

Death Date: Apr 1709

Source Citation Birth year: 1619; Birth city: Southold; Birth state: NY

Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records