Mary (Atwood) Young (1718 - aft. 1765)

Born 15 Nov 1718 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathan Young — married after 29 Aug 1738 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1765 after age 46 in New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Atwood was born November 15, 1718, the daughter of Joseph Atwood and Bethia Crowell of Eastham^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 1738, she married Nathan Young, the son of Nathan and Rebecca (Snow) Young ^{[4] [5]}. Their intention to marry was published August 29, 1738^{[6] [7] [8]}

Their children included:

1. Shaw, born circa 1744, who married Mercy Sears and died in Albany NY^[9]
2. Bethia, born August 26, 1746, who married Ebenezer Rider and emigrated from NY to New Brunswick^[9]
3. William, born March 13, 1749, who married Elizabeth Chapman, and who died in Long Island^[9]
4. Elkanah, born 1751, who married Huldah Crosby and who died in Deerpark NY^[9]
5. Mary, born circa 1753^[9]

Nathan died before March 1, 1763, when his brother-in-law Nathaniel Atwood was appointed guardian of his children^[9] Langlois observed that this occurred the day following the guardianship of his brother Elkanah's children, leading to the theory that the brothers died together, possibly at sea.

Langlois discussed the probability that Mary remarried Simeon Rider, son of John Rider and Mehitable Crowell, after Nathan's death^[9], and moved to the Oblong. The evidence is circumstantial: Simeon's second wife was Mary Young, and the other candidates are accounted for; she was not a widow when her husband's estate was administered; and her children with Nathan Young are found in the NY records.

Mary last appeared in the records in 1765, during the administration of Nathan Young's estate^[9]. This profile shows she died some time after 1765.

Birth

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988.

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Sources

1. ↑ Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records Volume 1, page 72 published in Volume 8, page 13 of the The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and on V.8, p.13/264885584 NEHGS, which states Mary atwood the Daughter of Joseph and Bethia atwood was Born at Eastham on the fifteenth day of November anno domini: 1718
2. ↑ Unrecorded Barnstable County Deeds ... Nathan Young published in page 173-4, Volume 17 of The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. This deed is offered as evidence that Nathaniel Atwood was the brother of Mary Young, Nathan's wife.
3. ↑ Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts by Alicia Crane Williams, published on page 33, Volume 47 of The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). This article is continued from Volume 46, page 136
4. ↑ New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.), see Atwood family on page 9
5. ↑ New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) See Higgins family on page 161. Nathan's sister was Rebecca Young who married [[Higgins-155<|Zaccheus Higgins]]
6. ↑ Eastham and Orleans Vital Records Volume 1, page 225, published in Volume 28,page 181 of The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history Publisher Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, and found in Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016)., which states August 29 : 1738 then entred the Intentions of Nathan Young jur & Mary Atwood to proseed in marriage
7. ↑ Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), see Vol. 50 (Wing to Young), page 227 for Nathan
8. ↑ John Young of Eastham, Mass., and Some of his Descendants Published in Volume 35, page 262 of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7} Descendants of John Young of Plymouth and Eastham by Andrew P. Langlois, published in pages 139-141, Volume 56 (2007) of The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). This article starts on page 127, and is continued from Volume 56, page 69

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