Mary (Horton) Terry (1726 - 1807)

Born 13 Jul 1726 in Southold, Suffolk, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Terry — married 10 Jun 1745 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1807 at age 81 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey

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Biography

Mary Horton was born on July 13, 1726, in Southold, New York to Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry.^[1][2] She married her second cousin, Richard Terry, son of Richard Terry Sr. and Martha Paine, on June 10, 1745, in Suffolk County, New York^[3][4]. The couple emigrated to Morris County, New Jersey about 1758 and four of their eight children were born in New Jersey. Mary died on November 16, 1807, in Chester, New Jersey, having lived a long life of 81 years, and was buried there.^[5]

Children

1. Nathaniel Terry 1746-1824
2. Richard Terry III 1748–1794
3. Phebe Terry 1751–1796
4. Martha Terry Horton 1756-1842
5. Mary Terry Drake, Bell 1758–1836
6. Caleb Terry 1760–1805
7. Prudence Terry Cooper 1764-1854
8. Deborah Terry Corwin 1767–1791

Marriage

Richard Terry, probably married Mary Horton on 10 June 1745 in Southold.^[6]

He was not the Richard Terry who died testate in 1768, leaving a wife Martha.^[7]

Burial

Chester Congregational Cemetery

Chester, Morris County, New Jersey

• In the Family Plot Picture -

Mother Mary Terry (d 1807) is in the center of the front five, next to her is son "RT Jr" and father Richard (d 1791) is at the right front of the picture. Mary Terry (d 1836), probably their daughter, may be one of the two Crumbled stones on the left. No readable inscriptions.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Data Collection - Individual Records,
2. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6604963&ref=acom
3. ↑ New York City Marriages, 1600s-1800s, On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1918, selected extracts, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, NY
4. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2004. Provo, UT, USA
5. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6604963&ref=acom
6. ↑ The Salmon Records, p. 88.
7. ↑ John A. Maltby Genealogies
8. ↑ Find-A-Grave - [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6604963 Mary (Horton) Terry

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Author: Edmund West, comp.;

Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000; Ancestry.com. Name: Mary Horton; Parents: Caleb, Phebe & Horton, Terry; Birth Place: Southold, Suffolk Co, NY; Birth Date: 13 July 1726; Marriage Date: 10 June 1745

• New York City Marriages, 1600s-1800s, On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1918, selected extracts, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, NY
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2004. Provo, UT, USA
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6604963&ref=acom