Martha (Carter) Bruce (1702 - abt. 1757)

Born 1702 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Bruce — married 31 Jan 1721 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1757 at about age 55 in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Research Notes

202. vi. ANNAH (Hannah), bap. Nov. 27, 1659; m. May 3, 1680, Timothy Carter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, of Watertown and Woburn. Hannah d. Jan. 27, 1715. The father was an inhabitant of New England as early as 1635. He was one of the elders of the Watertown church and ordained the first paster at Woburn in 1642. The ch. of Timothy and Ann were: David, b. Oct. 17, 1681; Timothy, b. July 12, 1683, d. soon; Ann, b. July 17, 1684; Timothy, b. Oct 19, 1686; Theophilus, b. Oct. 20, 1688; Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1690; Abigail, b. March 18, 1692; Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1694; Eliza, b. Aug. 27, 1696; Benjamin, b. March 22, 1699, d. soon; Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1700; Martha, b. July 22, 1702; Benjamin, b. Nov. 8, 1704, d. July 8, 1727^[1]

Martha was born 22 Jul 1702.

Sources

1. ↑ p.59, Fiske and Fisk family : being the record of the descendants of Symond Fiske, lord of the manor of Stadhaugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of Henry IV to date, including all the American members of the family (1896) https://archive.org/details/fiskefiskfamilyb00pier

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-FLG : 3 November 2017), Martha Carter, 22 Jul 1702; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-H6G : 3 November 2017), John Bruce and Martha Carter, 31 Jan 1721; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-R9M : 3 November 2017), Martha Bruce in entry for Martha Bruce, 08 Dec 1721; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD5-GZJ : 10 February 2018), Martha in entry for John Bruce, 12 Mar 1729; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDY-J7W : 10 February 2018), Martha in entry for Timothy Bruce, 27 Feb 1731; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-THT : 3 November 2017), Martha Bruce in entry for William Bruce, 08 Jun 1724; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

Family Research

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-DHJ : 3 November 2017), Martha Bruce in entry for Elizabeth Bruce, 13 Aug 1726; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-6L2 : 3 November 2017), Wm. Bruce in entry for John Bruce, 09 Nov 1698; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDG-Q7S : 10 February 2018), John Bruce in entry for Martha Bruce, 08 Dec 1721; citing WOBURN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873672 IT 2-3.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-RM1 : 3 November 2017), John Bruce in entry for Martha Bruce, 08 Dec 1721; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.