Mary (Seeley) Dunning (1687 - abt. 1714)

Born 12 Sep 1687 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Dunning II — married about 1706 in New England

Descendants

Died about 1714 at about age 26 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary was born in 1687.

In about 1702 Mary married as his first wife Benjamin Dunning II, son of Benjamin & Mary (Jewett) Dunning - their children were Elizabeth, Benjamin III, David & Sarah

Daughter Mary born in 1707. ^[1]

Son Benjamin born in 1709. ^[2]

Son David born in 1711. ^[3]

Daughter Sarah born in 1713. ^[4]

Mary died about 1714. Her husband remarried to Elizabeth Miner in 1715.

Research Notes

• Ancestral File, Ancestral File Number: 84SG-3G.

Birth: 12 Sep 1687 of Boston, Suffolk, Ma

Christening: 12 Sep 1687 Stratfield, , Ct

There does not seem to be a primary source to support this information. This birth does not show up in Boston, Fairfield or Stratford VRs. Stratfield Church records (as transcribed and available on the Internet) start in 1696-97. Records of Christ's Church, Fairfield (as transcribed and available on the Internet) start in 1694.

• Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Stratfield Church Records - Early.

• 'Mary Seely (dau of John) - Sept 12' Assuming the records are presented in chronological order, which they appear to be, this would be 1703.

• Vol. I, p. 529: 'Children [of John and Sarah (Squire) Seeley]: Mary, m. abt. 1700, Benjamin Dunning.'
• 1:190: 'Children [of Benjamin Dunning of Jamaica, Long Island]:

Benjamin, b. [say 1675], d. at Newtown, 21 Mar. 1739; ... will 23 Mar. 1737, proved 3 Apr. 1739; m. (1) abt. 1700, Mary Seeley, dau. of John; m (2) 1710, Elizabeth Minor.'

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WF-THS : 11 February 2018), Mary in entry for Mary Duning, 06 Jul 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-5ZV : 11 February 2018), Mary in entry for Benjamin Duning, 09 Aug 1709; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-5Z5 : 11 February 2018), Mary in entry for David Duning, 06 Sep 1711; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WF-TYX : 11 February 2018), Mary in entry for Sary Duning, 14 Aug 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: L18V-Q4S
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930)
• Jessup, Harlan R., Benjamin & John Dunning Families of Newtown, Brookfield & Wilton, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 1998) Vol. 40, No. 3, Page 108.