Mary (Griscom) Halloway (abt. 1718 - 1774)

Born about 1718 in New Jersey [uncertain]

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Died 24 Feb 1774 at about age 56 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mary Griscom was the daughter of Tobias Griscom and Deborah Gabitas.^[1]

She is assumed born in New Jersey between 1710, when her parents married, and 1720, when her father died.

Quaker meeting records indicating that a Mary Griscom died on 24 Feb 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[2][3]

Research Note

1) Mary is listed in this profile as marrying Tobias Holloway. However no marriage record has been identified, and her death/burial record refers to her as Mary Griscom, which would seem unlikely if she had married. Also other unsourced documents suggest that Tobias Holloway actually married Deborah Gabitas (Mary's mother), as Deborah's second husband after Tobias Griscom died in 1720.

2) Mary d. 28 Feb 1774, age 56 yrs^[4],

Sources

1. ↑ Griscom, Maddox and Denn Families, p. 142 in "Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony", by Thomas Shourds of Salem County, George Nixon Publisher, Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1876. Available here
2. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607–1943. Author: Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Burials, 1677-1806; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 218. Title: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. Author: Ancestry.com
4. ↑ H. Stanley Craig, Salem County Genealogical Data, Vol 1, first print apx 1930, reprinted 1980, p 98.