Mary (Barstow) Sylvester (1641 - 1715)

Born 28 Oct 1641 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1715 at age 73 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Caution

This Mary Barstow, despite being listed across the internet with the same parents and very similar dates to Mary Barstow Ingraham [Barstow-421] is not a candidate for merge considering that the two are listed with children just a few months apart each with different husbands.

Biography

Alternate name: Mary Bairstow

Baptism: 02 Nov 1642, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA

Probate

On 27 Mary 1715, her son Amos Silvester was granted the letter of administration for her estate.^[1]

"Sittuate the twenty eight day of July in the year one thousand seven hunderead and fifteen

An inventory taken of the Esteat of mary Silvester who deceased the twenty first day of March last…^[2]

In wearing clothes and linen..........................04-11-00
More in bookes and beding...........................17-14-00
More one putter and lead still........................01-10-00
More in two cowes...........................................08-00-00
More in chaines................................................00-16-00
More in putter and brase and Iron................05-03-06
More in pleat?...................................................01-01-10
More in one peer of stillyeads........................00-10-00
More in Lumber...............................................01-05-00
...........................................................................42-10-6
Charles Stockbridg
William Berrey

The twenty eight day of July 1715
Debts due from ye Esteat of ye widow mary Silvester deceased

To funarall Charges.........................................02-13-10
To ye dockter dixen.........................................00-10-00
To ye Prisers.....................................................00-04-00
To mary Curtis for nursing & mony paid......00-10-00
To docter Jacob................................................00-02-00
..........................................................................42=10=6"^[3]

In the distribution of the estate of Mary Silvester, widow of Joseph Silvester, the eldest son Joseph received two shares, and Benjamin, David, Amos, Mary Curtis, Anne Bates, and Naomi Turner received one share each. The inventory was done 22 Oct. 1715. In the settlement of the accounts her daughter Mary Curtis stated that she nursed her mother during her last sickness.^[4]

The settlement & Devision of the estate of goods & chattels of mary Silvester widow of Joseph Silvester late of Sittuate in the County of Plimouth, decd to & Amongst her Children as follows

The Inventory of the said Estate given in by Amos Stilvester
the Administrator amount to the sum of....42=10=6

The funeral charges & Debts to......................3=19=10
To the Probate office........................................1= 2 = 0
..........................................................................05=11=10
To the Administrators time &c.........................0=10=0
............................................................................36=18=8

There Remains to devide into Eight parts that is to
say to each share............................................... 4=12=4
To Joseph the Eldest son of the sd decd 2
shares...................................................................9=4=8
To Benjamin the 2d son...................................4=12=4
To David the 3d son..........................................4=12=4
To Amos the 4th son.........................................4=12=4
To Mary Curtis the Eldest daughter................4=12=4
To Anne Bates 2d daughter.............................4=12=4
To Naomy Turner 3d daughter.......................4=12=4
..........................................................................36=18=8

To be paid to each of them by Amos Silvester the Administrator"^[5]

Children

All born in Scituate and bpt. at the Second Church.

I. Joseph- b. 11 Nov. 1664, bpt. 12 Feb. 1664/5, m. Apr. 1690 Plymouth, Hannah Bartlett (b. 17 Feb. 1671/2 Marshfield, d. before 4 Mar. 1754 Plymouth), d. 4 Mar. 1754 Plymouth????

II. Mary- b. 24 Dec. 1666, bpt. 21 Mar. 1666/7, m. 1689 Scituate, Benjamin Curtis (b. Jan. 1666/7 Scituate)

III. Anna- b. 5 May 1669, bpt. 20 June 1669, m. Joseph Bates (bpt. 20 Nov. 1653 Hingham, d. 9 July 1740 Hanover), d. 15 Aug. 1742 Hanover

IV. Naomi- bpt. 19 Nov. 1671 Scituate, d.s.p.

V. Solomon- bpt. 31 Mar. 1674 Scituate, d.s.p.

VI. Naomi- b. 5 Mar. 1677/8, bpt. 16 June 1678, m. 27 Nov. 1705 Scituate, Abner Turner (b. July 1672 Scituate, d. 1721 Scituate), d. 13 July 1739 Hanover

VII. Benjamin- b. 11 Dec. 1680, bpt. 15 May 1681, m.1. 16 Nov. 1710 Scituate, Jerusha Wheaton (d. before May 1718), 2. 8 May 1718 Scituate, Ruth Woodworth (b. May 1687 Scituate, d. 20 Mar. 1762 Hanover), d. 14 Mar. 1760 Hanover

VIII. David- b. 20 Apr. 1683, bpt. 10 June 1683, d. 7 Mar. 1732/3 Hanover

IX. Amos- b. 15 Nov. 1685, bpt. 30 May 1686, m. 20 Nov. 1706 Scituate, Elizabeth Hincksman (b. 17 July 1685 Scituate, d. 11 Feb. 1762 Hanover), d. 23 Oct. 1753 Hanover

Research Notes

"(....William and Mary [Bairstow] Ingraham of Boston, Mass.), who were m. May 14, 1656; 'Mary Bairstow Ingraham died Nov. 16, 1708, ae, 70 yrs.' (from stone in Wequetequock Cemetery)". (Wildey source, p. 21)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-ZFMT : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 181 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-ZF7F?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WWL%3A337883501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 203 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Plymouth Co. Registry of Probate- Docket No. 20004
4. ↑ Richard Silvester of Weymouth and Some of his Descendants- Albert Silvester, NEHGR- Vol. 85, pp. 247-65, 357-62 (July & Oct. 1931)
5. ↑ Plymouth Co. Registry of Probate- Docket No. 20004

• Abstracts of the Plymouth County Probate Records and Files- Will of Joseph Silvester- The Mayflower Descendant- Vol. XXX, pp. 138-9
• Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct., (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), page 21. found at Source: Larry Chesebro'. http://chesebro.net

• Dee Essex, Essex Family Records, (Jan 2000).found at Source: Larry Chesebro'. http://chesebro.net

• Judy Sporny, Sporny Family Records, (1998).found at Source: Larry Chesebro'. http://chesebro.net

• Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1845 (Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886) Vol. 1, Page 2. Birth record.