Mary (Leonard) Pollard (aft. 1650 - aft. 1725)

Born after 1650 in Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Pollard — married 24 Dec 1673 in Taunton, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died after 3 Mar 1725 at about age 75 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Chandler) Leonard and great granddaughter of JAMES CHILTON, was born about 1650 at either Duxbury or Bridgewater, MA.

She married John, son of William and Anne Pollard, as his second wife at Taunton, MA on December 24, 1673.

They resided at Taunton where there first child, John, was born. They removed to Boston, MA where they had three more children: Samuel, Hannah, and Joseph.

In 1685 she was admitted to Old South Church at Boston just prior to having her three children baptized.

Prior to 1692 they moved back to Taunton where he was active in the military.

The last record of John is when he released his portion of the inn that belong to his father to his brother Jonathan on May 1, 1722.

The last record of Mary was when testified at the age of about 75 years on March 3, 1724/25. This comes from Mayflower Families but they neglected to give the source.

Sources

• Robert Moody Sherman, CG, FASG, Verle Delano Vincent, comps., Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, rev., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, James Chilton, Volume 15, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, pp. 8, 24-25

• Manning Leonard, Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants], (Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Printers), p. 33

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Taunton, Masssachusetts, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (marriage)

• Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Plymouth Colony Records, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), (marriage)

• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, (marriage)

• Boston Church Records, Old South Church, The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .)