Mary (Starr) Ranney (abt. 1671 - abt. 1747)

Born about 18 Jan 1671 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Ranney — married Jan 1693 in Upper Houses, , Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 8 Oct 1747 at about age 76 in Upper Houses, Middlesex, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Starr was born 1672, in New London, Connecticut, a daughter of Comfort Starr and Marah (Weld) Starr. ^[1] This birth record states birth as 1669 in Boston with parents of Comfort and Mary. ^[2] Another birth record from Boston gives birth year as 1671. ^[3]

In January 1693, Mary married Joseph Ranney ^[4], son of Thomas, born 1663, in Middleton Upper Houses. ^[1]

Mary and Joseph were admitted to full communion in the "original church" on September 15, 1695. ^[1]

They were charter members of the North Society Church, organized January 5, 1714-15. ^[1]

Their home stood where Deacon John Stevens built. ^[1]

In 1740, Joseph deeded various properties to his children. ^[1]

He died March 21, 1745. ^[5][6]

Mary died October 1747. ^[1] Headstone etching. ^[7]

Mary was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Cromwell, Middlesex county, Connecticut. She has a well preserved old style sandstone headstone ^[7] Mary's Find A Grave memorial gives her place of birth as Boston, however the biographer of the Ranney family gives her birthplace as New London.

Researcher's Notes

• Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family. </i> by Charles Collard Adams, The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York, 1908. p. 155
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMS-1JL : 15 January 2020), Mary Starr, 1669.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTH-693Z : 10 November 2020), Mary Starr, 18 Jan 1671; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-8QH : 11 June 2020), Mary Starr in entry for Joseph Ranny, 1693.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KV-NXQ : 11 June 2020), Mary Starr in entry for Joseph Senr. Ranny, 1745.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3WX-VH3Z : 16 January 2020), Joseph Ranney, 1745.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51531615/mary-ranney: accessed 04 September 2022), memorial page for Mary Starr Ranney (18 Jan 1671–8 Oct 1747), Find A Grave: Memorial #51531615, citing Old Burying Ground, Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by C Greer (contributor 47180683) .

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: KLDX-CY1
• Starr Lineage. Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family. </i> by Charles Collard Adams, The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York, 1908. p. 157