Born in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Marston Sr
and Mary (Wall) Marston
Sister of
Jonathan Marston, John Marston Jr, Abigail (Marston) Smith, Mehitable (Marston) Batchelder and Bethia Marston
Wife of
Benjamin Hobbs
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Hobbs II and Nathaniel Hobbs
Died
at age 71
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mary "Mercy" Marston, daughter of John Marston, of North Hampton, New Hampshire, married Captain Benjamin Hobbs, son of Morris Hobbs. They lived on the Frederick A. Batchelder Place, at North Hampton, where their four children were born. [1]
Benjamin Hobbs made his Will on March 17, 1757. It was proved on September 27, 1758, at which time Mary was still living. It should be noted that their daughter Mary Hobbs was not still living. [2]
- Imprimis I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Mercy Hobbs, one third of all my real Estate during her Natural Life after which her Thirds are to be equally divided between my Son Nathaniel Hobbs and my son in Law John Shepard and also I give an bequeath to my Said Wife all the Moveables [sic] in my House forever and one Half of all my Dwelling House and Sufficient Fire wood till Marriage
Researcher's Notes
Marriage: 05 DEC 1677
Comments on TAG Vol 80 The Wall Family of Essex:
- Part One: English Origins, proving ancestors of James Wall back to Nicholas Wall of Great Hallingbury, Essex, England, born about 1490. pages 1-10.
- Part Two: from James Wall of New Hampshire to earliest ancestor Nicholas Wall, continues with summary of ancestral families. pages 102-116
- Part Two continued: begins with James Wall of New Hampshire and details his wife, children, grandchildren. pages 205-207
- Part Two continued pages 208-215 show Wall descent of the Averrell family line from Mary Averell who was the wife of Nicholas (1542-1591) son of Nicholas Wall (1490-1558)
Sources
- ↑ History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its settlement in 1638 to the autumn of 1892, by Joseph Dow, Published 1893 page 749
- ↑ Provincial and state papers by New Hampshire, by Nathaniel Boulton, Isaac Weare Hammond, Albert Stillman Batchellor, Henry Harrison Metcalf, and Otis Grant Hammond, Published 1867 pages 44-45
- The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The Wall Family of Essex, by William Wyman Fiske, TAG Vol 80 (2005), Page 205-208 detailing James Wall of New Hampshire, his daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary and Hannah, and their descendants.
Acknowledgments
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Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Mary Hobbs did not die in 1717, as she was still living at the time that her husband made his Will in 1757. Their daughter died before the Will, but still not in 1717.
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April (Dellinger) Dauenhauer
If Mary Hobbs died in 1717, Nathaniel Hobbs would have to be born before then (and not in 1742 as his profile states.
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