Margaret (Maxfield) Hathaway (1695 - abt. 1760)

Born 2 Apr 1695 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Hathaway — married 1 Jun 1719 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 64 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Biography

http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/maxfield/margaretmaxfield.htm In the transcription of her second marriage record her name is given "Margaret Menfield," but the x in Maxfield has often been transcribed erroneously as ns in other documents. The original hasn't been seen. It is unusually that she would have been referred to by her maiden name and not Ingraham, but evidence supports that she was the widow of Timothy Ingraham when she married Thomas. Margaret of Berkley was appointed administrator of Thomas' estate on 31 January 1754. An inventory was taken in that month. (Bristol Co. Probate Index).(1)

Sources

National Genealogical Society Quarterly - Volume 54 - Page 169 https://books.google.com/books?id=I4pbAAAAMAAJ

His will dated 23 May 1724 mentioned his wife, Christian, and her signature appears on a deed dated 24 June 1726 (Taunton Deeds 17-88), but the surname was missing. N.E.H.G.R., Vol. 34, p. 136 lists among the baptisms at the Church of Christ, Bristol, on 22 July 1705, "Margaret, dau. of Christian Maxfield, widow of Samuel Maxfield, deceased." Margaret Maxfield was in Freetown on 12 June 1719 when her marriage to Thomas Hathaway (son of John Hathaway, Jr.) was recorded .