Mary (Bracy) Smith (1677 - abt. 1745)

Born 20 Oct 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 1 Jun 1699 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 11 Jun 1745 at about age 67 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Bracy, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Bracy,^[1] was born on 20 Oct 1677 at Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

John Smith, a tailor of Milford and the son of Thomas Smith, and Mary Bracy were married on 1 June 1699.^[4]

Mary Smith probably died on 11 or 12 June 1743 or 17455 at Derby, New Haven, Connecticut.^[1][5] Orcutt say that she died on 7 Jun 1743.^[6] Davis and Barbour say she was aged 68,^[5][4] but her gravestone says that she was in the 67th Year of her age.^[7] She is buried at the Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut.^[7]

You can see a picture of her gravestone at FindAGrave. In the inscription the day is illegible and the year could be a 1743 or 1745:

"Here Lyes Ye Body of

Mrs Mary Smith

Wife to Mr John

Smith Died Ye

(Illegible) June 174[5?] in Ye 67

Year of Her Age"

Another transcription:^[8]

"Here lyes ye body of

Mrs Mary Smith

wife to Mr John

Smith died June ye

7 1713 in ye 67

year of her age."

Research Note

Pre-merge, both profiles linked to parents named Bressey. However, the bio text indicated parents' names as Bracy. The same occurs post-merge.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Families of Early Milford, Connecticut"; Surnames, R-S > image 677 of 880; Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 1 February 2022)
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L4RD : 13 July 2016), Mary Bracy, 1677.
3. ↑ Bracy, of New Haven and York: "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. I., Page 205; Allanson-French"; Bracy, of New Haven and York > image 247 of 686
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 1 February 2022)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Davis, Walter Goodwin, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order.... Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1996, Vol. I. Allanson-French [Ancestry.com database on-line]. "Bracy of New Haven and York" Page 205
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [Ancestry.com 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. Derby, Page 292
6. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 813.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} FindAGrave.com; Created by: Jan Franco; Record added: May 12, 2007; Find A Grave Memorial# 19355858
8. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 813.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 657, p. 672
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Nicholas Smith (Seversmith) of Milford, The American Genealogist (New Haven, Conn., 1949) Vol. 25, Page 94-5