Mary (Ravens) Coolidge (1602 - 1691)

Born 14 Nov 1602 in Wattisfield, Suffolk, England

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Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1691 at age 88 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary was born in 1602. She was the daughter of Richard Ravens and Elizabeth Hedge. She was baptized on 14 November 1602 in Wattisfield, Suffolk, England.^[1]

She was married to John Coolidge in England, probably by 1630. They emigrated to New England by 1635, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. Children recorded from their marriage are:^[2]

1. John, born about 1630 in England
2. Simon, born about 1632, probably in England
3. Nathaniel, born about 1636, probably in Watertown
4. Mary, born in Watertown on 14 October 1637
5. Stephen, born in Watertown on 28 October 1639
6. Obadiah, born in Watertown on 16 October 1642
7. Jonathan, born in Watertown on 10 March 1645 (1645/6?)

Bond listed Elizabeth, who married Gilbert Crackbone, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in June 1656, as an additional, questionable child.^[3] Anderson states that this is an error. Although she is called "Elizabeth Coolidge" in the marriage record, she was not a daughter of John Coolidge, but was in fact the widow of John Cooley of Ipswich, Massachusetts. On 6 July 1665 "Goodwife Crackbone, relict & administratrix of John Cooly" was mentioned in a deed.^[4]

Mary (Ravens) Coolidge died at Watertown, Massachusetts, on 22 August 1691. The inscription on her gravestone states that she was "aged 88 years." Her husband had died in May of that same year.^[5][6]

Mary Coolidge is buried in Plot 146 in the Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, page 195, citing NEHGR 80:597.
2. ↑ Anderson, pages 195-196
3. ↑ Bond, page 165
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, vol. 2, page 197.
5. ↑ Anderson, pages 195-196, citing Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts and Watertown Epitaphs.
6. ↑ Find A Grave
7. ↑ Find A Grave

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Volume 2, pp. 191-198.
• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass. 1855. vol. I, p. 155
• Find A Grave, Mary Ravens Coolidge, Memorial #14649335

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Gilly Wood for creating Ravens-16 on 8 Oct 13.