Mary (Jacob) Holbrook (1632 - aft. 1699)

Born 11 May 1632 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Otis — married 10 May 1649 (to 16 Jan 1683) in Hingham, Plymouth Colony

Wife of John Holbrook — married after 25 Jun 1688 (to 1699) in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 12 Jul 1699 after age 67 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Jacob) Holbrook immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary Jacob was baptized on 11 May 1632 at Hingham, Norfolk, England. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Mary. She immigrated with her parents in 1633 and the family settled in Hingham.

Nicholas, of Hingham, Norfolk, England, arrived in Boston with his wife Mary, son John, and daughter Mary on 15 Jun 1633 on the ship Elizabeth Bonaventure from Yarmouth, England, and went first to Watertown, MA. Mary Jacob married John Otis circa 1649 at Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She was most likely John's second wife.

Mary Jacob was mentioned in the will of Nicholas Jacob on 18 May 1657 at Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, as Mary Otis.

John and Mary had eight children who lived to adulthood. The first four were born in Hingham, Massachusetts: Mary, born in 1654, and living to 1733; John, born in 1657 and living until 1727; Hannah, born in 1659; Stephen, born in 1661 and living to 1733. The last four children were born in Scituate: James, born in 1663 and living until 1690; Joseph, born in 1665 and living until 1754; Job, born in 1667 and living until 1758; and Elizabeth, born in 1671 and living until 1745.

• Mary Otis b. 14 Mar 1652/3, d. 1 Apr 1733
• James Otis b. 1655
• John Otis b. 21 Nov 1657, d. 23 Sep 1727
• Hannah Otis b. 22 Mar 1659/60
• Stephen Otis b. 1661, d. 26 Aug 1733
• James Otis b. 1663, d. 1690
• Judge Joseph Otis+ b. 1665, d. 11 Jun 1754
• Job Otis b. 20 Mar 1667, d. 1758
• Elizabeth Otis b. c 1671, d. 17 Jun 1745

John died January 16, 1683 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Mary married second, John Holbrook, after June 25, 1688. ^[1] John Holbrook died November 12, 1699, and Mary was mentioned in his will.^[2]

In 1693, Mary and her second husband John Holbrook sold land that her last husband, John Otis' had bought in 1660 from Thomas Robinson, to her son John Otis for twenty pounds.^[3]

Mary died Jul 12 1699 or Dec 14 1699. ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700", Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, reference Volume 2, page 772
2. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003, reference, Volume 3, G-H, Page 352
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-PC7D : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 186 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.102
• The Otis Family - The First Six Generations: Babcock-Westwater Ancestry. Wayback Machine, archived page 5 July 2014
• The Otis Family