Martha (Coleman) Phinney (1698 - 1784)

Born 4 Mar 1698 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Phinney — married 25 Sep 1718 (to 29 Dec 1780) in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1784 at age 86 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Martha Coleman was born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay, on 04 Mar 1698, the daughter of John and Patience Coleman. She married Capt. John Phinney, Sept. 25, 1718. Together, they had ten children. They were true pioneers and patriots who endured untold hardships. She, with her husband and children, along with eight other families, moved into the fort at the beginning of the French and Indian War, and were protected by their men and a handful of soldiers furnished by Massachusetts, against repeated attacks of the Indians for fourteen years. At one time, it was four years before they could leave the fort. (more complete info. can be found in the "Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 2," by Henry S. Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs.) ^[1] Martha married at Barnstable on 25 September 1718 to John Phinney Jr.^[2] Martha Phinney, wife of Capt. John Phinney, died in Gorham, Maine, 16 December 1784, aged 86 years.^[3] She was buried in the Gorham Cemetery in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, where her gravestone reads:^[4]
In Memory of Mrs. Martha Phinney Wife of Capt. John Phinney who Died Decr. 16th 1784 in the 87th Year of her Age.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 4 MAR 1698

Place: Barnstable, MA^[5]

Source: Date of Import: 19 Feb 2005

Marriage

At Barnstable:
"Sept 25th 1718 John Phinney jur and Martha Coleman were Married."^[6]

Husband: John Phinney

Wife: Martha Coleman

Marriage:

Date: 25 SEP 1718

Place: Barnstable, MA^[7]

Children:

1. Elizabeth Phinney
2. Elizabeth Phinney
3. Edmund Phinney
4. Edmund Phinney
5. Stephen Phinney
6. Martha Phinney
7. Patience Phinney
8. John Phinney
9. Mary Gorham Phinney
10. Coleman Phinney
11. James Phinney
12. James Phinney

Death

Date: 16 DEC 1784

Place: Gorham, ME^[8]

Source: Date of Import: 19 Feb 2005

Sources

1. ↑ Barnstable Town Vital Records, Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research, 1997), Barnstable VRs, Vol. 1:406. "James Coleman... his Daughter Martha born ye 4 of March 1698."
2. ↑ Barnstable Town Vital Records, Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research, 1997), Barnstable VRs Vol. 2:310. "Sept 25th 1718 John Phinney jur and Martha Coleman were Married."
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKX-8L4 : 27 December 2014), Martha Phinney, 1784.
4. ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial# 67898678
5. ↑ Source: #S005212 Data: Text: Date of Import: 20 Nov 2004
6. ↑ Barnstable Town Vital Records, Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research, 1997), Barnstable VRs Vol. 2:310
7. ↑ Source: #S005212 Data: Text: Date of Import: 20 Nov 2004
8. ↑ Source: #S005212 Data: Text: Date of Import: 20 Nov 2004

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