Mary
Spofford
aka Spaffard, Spoffard, Spoffard
Born about in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Spofford
and Sarah (Birkbee) Spofford
Sister of
Samuel Spofford, Thomas Spofford, Sarah (Spofford) Haseltine, Mary Spofford, Hannah (Spoffard) Adams, Ruth (Spofford) Brocklebank, Samuel Spofford, Abigail (Spofford) Ames, Mehitabell (Spofford) Harriman, Lydah (Spofford) Fish and Elizabeth (Spofford) Stickney
Wife of
Edward Wood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Moses Wood, Mary (Wood) Adams, Samuel Wood, Sarah (Wood) Tyler, Ebenezer Wood, John Wood and Sarah Wood
Died
at about age 87
in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2012
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Biography
Mary, daughter of Samuel Spofford & Sarah, was born on 15 June 1692 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[1]
and died 26 Dec 1779 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts.
She married Edward Wood [5694.2.4], son of John Wood (1656-1735) and Isabel Hazen (1662-) on 3 December 1713 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.[2]
Mary and Edward had six children :
- Moses Wood was born 27 Sep 1716 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 5 Mar 1799 in Bradford. He married 26 Sep 1739 in Bradford, Mehitabel Stickney, daughter of Thomas Stickney (1694 MA - 1769 MA) and Mary Mulliken (1692 MA - 1737). Mehitabel was born on 3 Mar 1717 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 11 Mar 1781 in Bradford. Her sister Sarah marries Moses’ brother Ebenezer.
- Mary Wood was born 10 Dec 1718 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died in 1794. She married 1 Apr 1743 in Rowley (Essex) Massachusetts, her first cousin Isaac Adams [2832.4.4.3], son of Isaac Adams and Hannah Spofford.
- Samuel Wood was born 11 Jul 1721 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 27 Oct 1792. He married 30 Jan 1749, Ruth Hardy, daughter of Zacheriah Hardy (1685 MA - 1763 MA) and Hepzibah Wallingford (1695 MA - 1749 MA). Ruth was born 14 Jun 1720 in Bradford.
- Ebenezer Wood was born 16 Apr 1727 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts. He married 24 May 1749 in Bradford, Sarah Stickney, daughter of Thomas Stickney (1694 MA - 1769 MA) and Mary Mulliken (1692 MA - 1737). Sarah was born 27 Oct 1728. Her sister Mehitabel marries Ebenezer’s brother Moses.
- John Wood was born 25 Jun 1731 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 2 Oct 1738.
- Sarah Wood was born 13 Jun 1734 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 4 Jun 1823 in Bradford. She married John Savory, son of Thomas Savory (1702 MA - 1753 MA) and Mercy Adams (1703 MA - 1785 MA). John was born 21 May 1736 in Bradford (Essex) Massachusetts, and died 5 Apr 1805 in Bradford.
Mary was buried at Riverview Cemetery, Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts, with a death date of 26 December 1779.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, citing Digital film/folder number: 007640768; FHL microfilm: 496782, FamilySearch Record: FZKJ-Z92 (accessed 13 March 2024).
- ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 007009689_001_M99N-G7W; Image number: 108, FamilySearch Record: QG1K-4BWR (accessed 13 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L97M-592K-7.
- ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #104458285 (accessed 13 March 2024), Memorial page for Mary Spofford Wood (15 Jun 1692-26 Dec 1779), citing Riverview Cemetery, Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Chesnut/Behunin Descendant (contributor 47104688).
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Spofford-171 created through the import of Anderson Family Tree_2012-10-16.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Bruce Anderson.
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That leaves Mary, for whom there is a birth shown as June 15, 1692, (Rowley MA Town Records) and a baptism shown as Aug 14, 1692 (Parish Baptisms, 1626-2001, Rowley). So, it appears to me that there was only 1 Mary, and 1 Sarah, but the Town Records showing a birth for Mary that was actually for Sarah, made it all too confusing, especially when coupled with the Spofford book date error.
It should be noted that neither MA Vital Records, nor any sources found shown show a death of Mary Spofford between 1680 and 1692, suggesting there is only one daughter Mary.
edited by S (Hill) Willson