Mary (Leavitt) Wilson (1710 - aft. 1769)

Born 19 Sep 1710 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonies

Ancestors

Wife of Humphrey Wilson — married about 1727 (to 1770) in Brentwood, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died after 5 Jan 1769 after age 58 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonies

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Biography

Mary was born on 19 September 1710, in Brentwood, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Benjamin Leavitt and Elizabeth (Gannett) Leverett (abt.1650-1714).^[1]

Mary Leavitt was born on 11 Sep 1710 in Stratham, New Hampshire. She was the daughter of Jeremy Benjamin and Elizabeth (Gannett) Leavitt. ^[2]

Mary married Humphrey Wilson about 1727 in New Hampshire. Mary (Leavitt), her maiden name included, is recorded in the Annals of Brentwood, New Hampshire, Congregational Church and Parish, as the wife of Humphrey Wilson.

Mary passed away in Brentwood after January 5, 1769, that date being the date Humphrey executed his Will and named his beloved wife, Mary, as an heir. Humphrey also named their children as follows: John, Humphrey Jr., Daniel, Nathaniel, Anna Jack, Elizabeth Thing, Mary Wilson, and Deborah Sanborn. Humphrey names his two sons, John and Humphrey, as joint executors.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN5-K9S : 18 January 2020), Mary Leavit, 1710.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN5-K9S : 18 January 2020), Mary Leavit, 1710.

• New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900 (database on-line, frame #3061 of 5029). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., 2013. Original data: “New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire. (birth record, includes parents' names)

• New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947; Marriage; Pre-1901; Wilson-Wood. [Repository: Ancestry,com. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: “New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.] (marriage record of son; Humphrey and wife Mary are mentioned as parents of the groom--documenting the marriage of Humphrey and Mary).

• New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982; All Counties; Vol. 39-40. [Repository: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (database on-line, frames #126-8 of 286). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.] (Humphrey Wilson's Will, mentions wife and children)

• Bell, Charles H. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire, The Quarter-Millennial Year, Boston: Press of J. E. Farwell & Co., 1888, pp.

• Dean, Benjamin A.. Annals of the Brentwood, New Hampshire Congregational Church and Parish. Boston: Press of T.W. Ripley, 1889, p. 30. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Annals of the Brentwood, N.H. Congregational Church and Parish (database on-line, frame #30 of 43). Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.]

• Hanaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal. Space:Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford|Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, Prescott, Smith, Neal, Haley, Lock, Swift, Plumer, Leavitt, Wilson, Green and Allied Families (Rockford, Ill., 1915), p. 245: https://archive.org/details/familyrecordsofb00hana.