Mary (Baker) Durkee (abt. 1698 - 1781)

Born about 1698 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Durkee — married 11 Aug 1727 in Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1781 at about age 83 in Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Biography

This profile originally had a date of birth of 1702. This conflicts with her mother's date of death. In order to prevent errors, and because it is not when she was born, the date of birth has been changed to 1698.

Note: She was probably the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Cook) Baker, born July 5, 1702, in Norwich. This would explain the name Hannah for her daughter.

She married Samuel Martin in 1768. As Mary Martin, via full communion, she was admitted to the Judeah Society.^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Nathaniel Durkee

Wife: Mary Baker

Child: Hannah Durkee

Marriage:

Date: 11 AUG 1727

Place: Windham, Connecticut^[2]

Research Notes

There is some problem with the date of birth. On FamilySearch.org, she is listed as born in 1720. Her parents should have been born about 1680 if Mary Baker was born in 1702 (her husband was born in 1702). See: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MZGR-1W6. Fetterly-28 09:04, 1 February 2021 (UTC). Here is the christening record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYKW-W96 : 19 September 2020), Joseph Baker in entry for Mary Baker, 1720. There may be two Mary Bakers that have been mixed up.

The record I could find on a Samuel Martin in Connecticut was this one:

Name: Samuel Martin

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Mary Steel (NOT Mary Baker)

Spouse Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 29 Sep 1747

Marriage Place: Bethlehem, Litchfield

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Fetterly-28 09:09, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24040831?h=4d0fd4&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
2. ↑ Source: #S39

• Marriage:

Name: Nathll Durkee

[Nathaniell Durke, Durgee, Durge, Durgey, Dirke, Dorkee, Duke, Durkey]

Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1727

Marriage Place: Windham, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Mary Baker

Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Fetterly-28 10:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

• Source: S39 Durkee newsletter.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP75-1737 : 21 September 2019), Mary in entry for Hannah Durgee, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833261.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-78C7 : 1 June 2020), Mary Martin, ; Burial, , Washington Street Cemetery; citing record ID 24751195, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Baker-6411 created through the import of temp.ged on Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.