Mary (Davis) Sheaff (1680 - 1720)

Born 26 Mar 1680 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of William Longfellow — married 26 Jun 1702 in Charleston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of William (Sheaff) Sheafe — married 13 Jan 1704 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1720 at age 39 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary Davis was born on March 26, 1680, in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Mary Converse and Nathaniel Davis. Mary Davis married William Longfellow on June 26, 1702, when she was 22 years old. Then Mary Davis married William Sheafe in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on January 13, 1704, when she was 23 years old. Her husband William passed away on October 14, 1718, at the age of 35 in Charlestown. They had been married 14 years. Mary Davis died in Charlestown on January 11, 1720, when she was 39 years old and was buried in Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charleston, Massachusetts Bay.

Whoever her parents, it appears that this Mary Davis married first William Longfellow, in Boston on 26 Jun 1702, and that he died within a few years, at least by 13 Jan 1704 when as Mary Longfellow, she married in Charlestown William Sheafe.^[1]

Her first husband may have been the William Longfellow born in Charlestown 2 Nov 1679, son of William Longfellow (1650-1690) and Ann Sewall. This first husband does not yet have a profile on Wikitree. Smith-32867 16:31, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Disputed Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed she was born 23 March 1682/3 in Newbury. The Mary Davis recorded in the Newbury Vital Records for that date was the daughter of John Davis-- probably he who had married Sarah Carter there 8 Apr 1681. BUT, there is another Mary Davis representing John and Sarah's daughter, and her profile claims she married someone else.

Sources

1. ↑ Charlestown Vital Records, vol. 1, p 206