Mary (Hart) Newell (1716 - 1797)

Born 9 Mar 1716 in Farmington, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Root II — married 6 Dec 1739 (to 24 Apr 1746) in Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Samuel Newell — married 4 May 1749 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1797 at age 81 in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Mary was born 9 Mar 1716 ^[1] to Deacon John Hart and Esther Gridley. ^{[2] [3] [4]} She married 1) Timothy Root on 6 Dec 1739. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Mary and Timothy had the following children: ^[5]

1. Timothy Root, b. Oct. 16, 1740; d. Nov. 17, 1815.
2. Theodore Root, b. July 17, 1742; d. 1830.
3. Esther Root, b July 9, 1744; d. May 19, 1760.

After Timothy's death, she married 2) Revered Samuel Newell ^[2] on 4 May 1749. ^{[3] [7]}

Mary and Samuel had the following children: ^[3]

1. Mary Newell, b. Oct. 30, 1750; m. Jacob Hungerford Dec. 13, 1770.
2. Samuel Newell, b. June 27, 1752; d. Feb. 2, 1756.
3. Lott Newell, b. March 15, 1754; died at Yale College Oct. 29, 1791.
4. Anna Newell, b. Aug. 28, 1756 ; j?i. Dec. 13, 1754, Elnathan Hooker.
5. Captain Samuel Newell, b. April 11, 1758; graduated at Yale College 1781; m. Sarah Hosford 1782; d. April 15, 1718; she d. Sept. 23, 1 7 18.

Research Notes

Some sources list Mary's birth date as 9 Mar 1717, while also listing her death date as 28 Nov 1797, at the age of 81. ^[3] Obviously, with those dates, she would only be 80. Therefore, this profile uses the birth (9 Mar 1716) and death (29 Nov 1797) dates on her grave monument. ^[1]

Death

Died: 29 Nov 1797 in Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA. ^[1]

Buried: Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Mary Hart Newell (9 Mar 1716–29 Nov 1797), Find A Grave: Memorial #34487286, citing Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Andrews, Alfred. "Stephen Hart and his Descendants". (1875).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hall, Mary A. (Newell), "Thomas Newell, who settled in Farmington, Conn., A.D. 1632. And his descendants. A genealogical table", COCHRANE BROS., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, SOUTHINGTON, CONN., 1878, pages 27-32.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hart, William Lincoln, "Hart Family History: Silas Hart, His Ancestors and Descendants" Alliance, Ohio. (1942)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Root, James. Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870. (R.C. Root, Anthony & Co., New York, 1870) Page 342
6. ↑ Morris, Seymour. Richard Seymour of Hartford and Norwalk, Conn., and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1918) Vol. 72, Page 212.
7. ↑ Mathews, Barbara Jean, Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Welles Family Association, Weathersfield, Connecticut, 2013, page 371.