Mary (Mansfield) Doyle (1701 - bef. 1728)

Born 27 Mar 1701 in Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Bartholomew Doyle — married 12 Mar 1724 (to before 1 Jan 1728) in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died before 1 Jan 1728 before age 26 in Hingham, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Mansfield ("Mansfeald" in the town birth record) was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on March 27, 1701, the daughter of Joseph Mansfield, Jr., and Elizabeth Williams.^[1][2]

She may have been the Mary Mansfield who married Bartholomew Doyle in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1723-4, as his first wife.^[3][4][5] However, beyond her name, no conclusive source has been found to corroborate this.

Mary was not mentioned in her father's will written May 18, 1731, leading to the conclusion that she died prior to that date. Notably, her father left bequests to several of his grandchildren, while also naming their deceased parents. Yet Mary's name is not among these bequests either.^[1] Perhaps Mary never married or, at least, never had any children.

Bartholomew Doyle remarried to Elizabeth Sprague on January 1, 1727-8.^[5] If Mary was his first wife, she was certainly deceased before this date.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daland, Geneva A. and Mansfield, James S. Mansfield Genealogy. Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640. (Peter E. Randall, Hampton, NH, 1980). Page 14. Citing: "8. Joseph Mansfield ... children of."
2. ↑ Vital Records of Lynn Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1906). Volume I. Births. Page 252. Citing: "Mansfeald, Mary, d. Joseph, jr. and Elizabeth, Mar. 27, 1701."
3. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 28. Boston Marriages, 1700-1751. City Document 150. Page 112. Citing: "Bartho. [Int. reads Bartholamew] & Mary Mansfield, Dr. Timo. Cutler Presen. Mar. 12, 1723."
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQW-ZX6 : 28 December 2022), Mary Mansfield in entry for Bartho Doyle, 1723.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Wakefield, Robert S. Family of Richard Warren, Mayflower Families through Five Generations. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Mass., 2011). Volume Eighteen, Part II, Second Edition. Page 86. Citing: "347. Elizabeth Sprague ... married first, at Hingham 1 January 1727/8, Bartholomew Doyle. He married first, at Boston 12 March 1723/4, Mary Mansfield."