Mary (Green) Stevens (1634 - 1722)

Born 1 Apr 1634 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Stevens — married about 1658 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1722 at age 87 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Green was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts on April 1, 1634; baptized at the First Church on April 6, 1634.^[1][2] She was a daughter of John Green and Perseverance Green, who came to New England aboard the ship James in April, 1632. ^[3]

Mary was left bequests in her father John's will dated April 21, 1658; inventoried May 22, 1658, and proved June 15, 1658. ^{[3] [4]}

She married by 1658, Thomas Stevens. ^[3] Her husband Thomas came first to Charlestown in New England with his brothers Cyprian and Richard, before 1660, in the company of Capt. Green, and is thought to be one of the sons of Col. Thomas Green of Devonshire, England or his son William. (? wife Mary Green's father or brother) ^{[5] [6]}

Thomas was of Sudbury and later an early settler of Stow, Massachusetts where was an iron monger and blacksmith by trade. ^{[6] [7]}

Thomas died prior to August, 1704 when his will was proved. ^[8]

The will of Thomas Stevens of Stow, Massachusetts was written in January, 1695 and the inventory is noted as of August 29, 1704. In it he names:

• beloved wife Mary
• sons, Thomas, John and Jacob ^[8]

Mary died at Stow, Massachusetts on Jan. 15, 1721/2. ^[9]

Children

1. Ann born March 20, 1664. ^[10]
2. Thomas born April 14, 1665^[10]; married Ruth Hall about 1668/9 who was born at Concord, Massachusetts on Jan. 12, 1670, daughter of Steven and Ruth (Davis) Hall. ^{[11] [12]}
3. John born April 23, 1667. ^[10]
4. Cyprian born April 19, 1670. ^[10]
5. Jacob born Marcy 1, 1673/4. ^[10]

Research notes

Stow Deaths

Steevens, Mary, wid. Thomas, Jan. 15, 1721-2. ^[9]

Sudbury Births

Steevens, Ann d. Thomas and Mary, March 20, 1664. M. R. (p. 137)

Steevens, Thomas s. Thomas and Mary, April 14, 1665. M. R. (p. 137)

Steevens, John s. Tho[mas] and Mary, April 23, 1667. M. R. (p. 137)

Steevens, Ciprian s. Thomas and Mary, April 19, 1670. M. R. (p. 137)

Steevens, Jacob ch. Tho[mas] and Mary, March 1, [16]73-4. M. R. (p. 137)^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Hunnewell, J. F., editor. Records of the First Church in Charlestown, 1632-1789, Charlestown, MA, 1880
2. ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 4 (1850), page 184.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. p. 811-13.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).
4. ↑ Case 9764: p.1-6 :Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
5. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEGHS, Boston, MA, 1914. p. 303.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Hudson, Charles & Joseph Allen. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, T. R. Marvin & son, Boston, MA, 1862
7. ↑ Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 1847
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Case 21431:p. 1-4 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Vital Records of Stow to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 259
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5} Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
11. ↑ Tolman, George, compiler. Concord Massachusetts Birth, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850. T. Todd Printers, Concord, MA, 1895. p. 15
12. ↑ Stevens, Plowdon. Stephens-Stevens Genealogy, Lineage from Henry Stephens, Or Stevens of Stonington, Connecticut, 1668, Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, New York, 1909

Acknowledgement

• This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.

Ancestry Family Trees, Online - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. URL: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=24279608&pid=1658668489>Green-11245 11:32, 24 May 2015 (EDT). This is Dr. John Greene 1597 14 Oct in Bowridge Hall, Gillingham, Dorset, England & Perseverance Johnson with 6 children including Mary.

[[1]] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for Thomas Stevens