Mary (Davis) Simonds (1730 - 1798)

Born 12 Nov 1730 in Brookfield, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Simonds — married 23 Apr 1752 (to 7 Jun 1798) in Northampton, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1798 at age 67 in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Davis was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, on November 12, 1730, the daughter of Joseph and Experience Davis.^[1][2]

On April 23, 1752, she married, in Northampton, Massachusetts, Col. Benjamin Simonds. The ceremony was performed by Joseph Hawley, Justice of the Peace. They settled in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and had children there:^[2][3][4]

1. Rachel, born April 8, 1753; married 1st, Thomas Train, 2nd, Benjamin Skinner.
2. Justin, born February 17, 1755.
3. Sarah, born July 8, 1757; married Ithamar Clark of Pownal.
4. Marcy, born December 2, 1759; married Charles Kellogg.
5. Joseph, born April 8, 1762 (named for his grandfather Simonds).
6. Prudence, born December 4, 1763; married Jonathan Bridges.
7. Ablina, born October 8, 1765; married 1st, Joseph Osborne, 2nd, Judah Paddock, Esq.^[5]
8. Electa, born 1768; married October 21, 1787, Thaddeus Edwards.
9. Polly, born 1771; married Perley Putnam.
10. Benjamin, born 1773; died June 16, 1786.

Mary (Davis) Simonds died in Williamstown on June 7, 1798, at the age of 67. She is buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Williamstown, where her gravestone reads, "In memory of Mary Simonds, wife of Col. Benjamin Simonds, who departed this life, the 7th of June 1798, in the seventieth year of her age."^[4][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1909). Page 72. Citing: "[DAVIS,] Mary, d. Joseph and Experance, Nov. 12, 1730."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67773004/mary-simonds : accessed 14 December 2021), memorial page for Mary Davis Simonds (12 Nov 1730–7 Jun 1798), Find A Grave: Memorial #67773004, citing Westlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Grave Seeker (contributor 47113319).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29L-LPW6 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Simons and Mary Davis, 23 Apr 1752 (See Image); citing Marriage, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 186,161.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Perry, Arthur Latham. Origins in Williamstown, A History. Third Edition. Published by the Author, 1904. Pages 589-590.
5. ↑ Perry, Origins In Williamstown: Pages 604-605.

See also:

• Davis, Merle H. and Edith Fates Davis. The Ancestry And Descendants of Solomon Davis (1769-1857). (Franklin Vermont, 1964). Pages 9, 12.