Mary (White) Terry (abt.1571-abt.1637) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mary Terry formerly White

Born about 1571 in Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Daughter of John White and Isabel (Bawle) White

Sister of Josias White BD, Martha (White) Moore, John White MA, Stephen White and Elizabeth (White) Gardner

Wife of John Terry — married 1591 in Stockton, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Mother of Stephen Terry, John Terry, Samuel Terry, Josiah Terry, Nathaniell Terry, William Terry and Stephen Terry

Died about 17 Oct 1637 at about age 66 in Dorchester, Dorset, England

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1 Biography
2 Further Notes
- 2.1 Will and Death
3 Children
4 Sources
5 Acknowledgements
- 5.1 Magna Carta Project
- 5.2 Magna Carta Trails

Biography

Mary White (c.1571 - 1637/8) , daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bawle) White, married about 1591 to John Terry (1555-1625) Rector of Stockton in Wiltshire the son of Stephen Terry and Alice Cannar. John Terry was born at Long Sutton in Hampshire and ordained deacon and priest on 29th August 1585 before being made rector of Stockton on 6 May 1589. John and Mary had six sons born at Stockton between 1592 and 1608. Through his connection with John White he became an investor in the Dorchester Company. He died at Stockton on 10 May 1625.

Mary moved to Dorchester to live near her brother and her son Josias who ran a Haberdashers business in Dorchester, Dorset, England.

Stephen her youngest son who was baptized at Stockton, Wiltshire, England 31 Aug 1608, (born on Aug 25), and who emigrated to New England on John White's ship the 'Mary & John' in 1630, died at Hadley, Massachusetts Sept. 1668.^[1] He came with Mary his widowed mother in the move from Stockton to Dorchester, Dorset, England, as he was only seventeen years old. He was not yet turned 22 when the Mary and John sailed from Plymouth, England on March 20 1630.^[2]^[1]

Further Notes

Mary White (c.1571 - 1637/8) married c1591 to John TERRY (1555-1625) Rector of Stockton in Wiltshire the son of Stephen Terry and Alice Cannar. (20 & 22) John Terry had been born at Long Sutton in Hampshire and ordained deacon and priest on 29th August 1585 before being made rector of Stockton on 6 May 1589. Through his connection with John White he became an investor in the Dorchester Company as did his son Josiah.

John and Mary had six children at Stockton between 1592 and 1608:-

Stephen Terry (1592-1608) Baptised at Stockton on 2 Aug 1592, he died 28 July 1608;

John Terry who seems to have married Naomye (Naomi) Knight at Banbury on 21st Jan 1624;

Samuel Terry Bap at Stockton on 6 Jul 1595;

Josiah (Josias) Terry (1597-1667),

Nathaniel Terry Bap at Stockton on 11th Nov 1599;

Stephen Terry (1608-1668) Bap at Stockton Wiltshire on 25th Aug 1608. He is known to have emigrated to New England in 1630 on nthe 'Mary & John' I have not researched his life in America(34) but he is said to have been made a Freeman of Dorchester Massachusetts on 18th May 1631 and holding the office of constable. He was a member of the first troop of Cavalry and is said to have returned to England to marry Joan Hardy. The Christian name Joan and Jane were interchangeable at this date and his marriage is acknowledged by Rose Troup in her biography of John White as being on 13th May 1633 and the entry survives in the parish registers of St John the Baptist's church at Symondsbury in Dorset as "Stephen Terry and Jane Hardey married 13th of May 1633". After marriage they retuned to New England and settled near Windsor Connecticut. In Windsor Stephen is said to have served as a member of the of the grand jury, a member of 'the jury for life and death', a constable, and on the committee for laying of highways.

Stephen and Joan had 5 children.

Mary born 1633, married Richard Goodman, jr ; John born 1637; Stephen born and died in 1640; Elizabeth born in 1641 married Phillip Russell. She was killed by Indians in 1677. Abigail born in 1646 married Joseph Kellogg.

Joan Terry died in Windsor Connecticut in 1647. Stephen appears to have re-married to an Elizabeth and moved to Hadley in Massachusetts around 1660 where he became the first constable of Hadley in 1662 and selectman in 1667. He died in Sep 1668 leaving a will dated 19th Sep 1668 and an inventory taken 22nd Sep 1668

Mary's husband John TERRY died at Stockton on 10 May 1625 and there is an obituary to Terrie in the Stockton parish register as well as the following memorial in the church:- If men should be silent, this stone shall speak the due praise of God's grace in John Terry, lately a faythful, paynful, vigilant and Fruitful Minister of God's truth in this Church of Stockton. He was born of substantial parentage at Long Sutton, in Hampshire: bredde a well deserving Member of New College in Oxford; Freely presented to this charge by the Right Rev. Bishop of Winchester, An. Dom. M.D.X.C., and now in his ripe age of LXX. An. Do. M. DC. XXV., May XXX, sleepeth happily in the public Cemetery of this Church, till the last trumpet shall awake him to a joyful resurrection in Christ: He lived, he learn'd, he wrat, he tought, Well, much, truly, duly, he brought Hoame the lost sheep, which Christ's Blood bought, Against Hell's power he stoughtly Fought. Terrae Terra datur, Caelum sed spiritus ornat, Mundus habet famam, lusa Gehenna fremit.

On John Terry's death in 1625 he was succeeded by Christopher Greene and Mary moved to Dorchester to live near her brother and her son Josias who ran a Haberdashers business in Dorchester. At least Stephen her youngest son also came with her as he emigrated to New England on John White's ship the 'Mary & John' in 1630. Under her brother Stephen White's will dated 13 Nov 1629 Mary was left thirty shillings (as were all her siblings) to buy a mourning ring in remembrance of him, and her son Stephen was left her bothers best suite of clothes. Mary died on 12 Feb 1637/8. See transcript of her Will dated 6th Oct 1637. Josias a habadasher played an important role in Doprchester and is one of the signatories on the ordnances introduced by the Company of Freemen when Charles 1st granted a new charter to the town on 22nd Oct 1629. He died in Dorchester and was buried in Holy Trinity on 25 Oct 1667. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fordingtondorset/genealogy/Files/DorchesterRevJohnWhite1575-1648.html#johnterry

Will and Death

Mary (White) Terry signed her will October 7, 1637:

"The last Will and Testament of Mary Terry of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, widdow"^[3]

She names her sons John (and his wife Naomi), Nathaniel, Stephen and Josiah (and his wife Margaret); also her brother John White^[4] (and his wife Anne), and sisters Martha^[4] Moore, Elizabeth Gardiner. She names her nephews who are sons of her brother John White: John, Samuell, Josiah and Nathaniell; her nieces Elizabeth Walton,^[4] Susanna Cooke, Mary Cooke and Katharine Hops, and nephew Nathaniell Cooke.^[3]

There can be no doubt of her identity. The parish registers of Dorchester, Dorset, England show that "Mary Terry, widdow, was buried 17 October 1637".^[3]

Children

Stephen 1592
John
Samuel 1595
Josiah 1597
Nathaniel 1599
Stephen 1608

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Notes and Queries, by Justin P. Kellogg, NEHGR Vol 54 (1900), page 103
↑ Rev. John White MA (1574/5-1648) Patriarch of Dorchester & Founder of Massachusetts
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Will of Mary Terry 1637, Author: Justin P. Kellogg, NEHGR Vol 55 (1901), pages 222-223
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III by Robert Charles Anderson, page 1806

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Mary (White) Terry is not listed in Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry but has been identified by the Magna Carta Project as in a trail to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod. This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Magna Carta Project.

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Magna Carta Trails

Unbadged trail to Bigods:

Gateway Ancestor Stephen Terry (trail pending/needs development)

Stephen was the son of Mary White (trail pending/needs development)

Mary was the daughter of Isabel Bawle (trail pending/needs development)

Isabel was the daughter of Alice Weston (trail pending/needs development)

Alice was the daughter of Cecilia Neville (trail pending/needs development)

Cecilia was the daughter of Ralph Neville (trail pending/R&A 8 March 2024)

Ralph was the son of Ralph Neville (trail pending/R&A 1 March 2024)

Ralph was the son of John Neville (trail pending/R&A 27 February 2024)

John was the son of John Neville (trail pending/R&A 25 February 2024)

John was the son of Margaret Stafford (trail pending/R&A 19 February 2024)

Margaret was the daughter of Philippa Beauchamp (trail pending/R&A 3 February 2024)

Philippa was the daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp (trail pending/R&A 24 January 2024)

Thomas was the son of Guy de Beauchamp (trail pending/R&A 16 January 2024)

Guy was the son of Maud FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)

Maud was the daughter of Isabel Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)

Isabel was the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Roger Bigod

Roger was the son of Magna Carta Surety Hugh Bigod

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