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Mary (May) Busecot (1610 - 1692)

Mary Busecot formerly May
Born in Warwick, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 20 Nov 1631 in Hartland Parish, Devon, , Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 82 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 28 May 2014
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Biography

Mary was probably born in Devonshire, England around 1610, assuming an age at marriage of 21 years.

A document from Hartland Parish in northern Devonshire records the marriage of "Peter Buscotte" and Mary May on May 20, 1631.[1] This combination of correct forenames, good timing with arrival in America in the late 1630s, and the rarity of the Busecott surname suggest that this may be the marriage of the couple who later arrived in Massachusetts and finally settled in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Research Notes

Mary made her mark in Warwick, Rhode Island on October 6, 1661 as witness on a sale of land from Peter Busecot to Samuel Stafford[2].


Sources

  1. Fiske, "English Data on Peter Busicot"
  2. Morgan, page 56
  • Fiske, Jane Fletcher. "English Data on Peter Busicot" in The American Genealogist 58 (1982) page 230; available online at American Ancestors (subscription site).
  • Morgan, Marshall. More Early Records of the Town of Warwick, Rhode Island published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 2001.
  • Ancestry Family Tree -- no additional information provided.

Metadata

  • May-3167 was created by Kevin Stewart through the import of ltwilliamstewardsarahchurch_2014-05-23.ged on May 23, 2014.
  • Unknown-100076 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Merryann Palmer.
  • Unknown-100076 was merged into May-3167 on September 12, 2018 by Barry Smith per the Jane Fletcher Fiske article and discussion in the PGM group.




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There is a baptismal record for Mary May in Hartland, Devonshire, England on 01 May 1616. It lists her father as Richard May. This may not be the same Mary May, as there was another in the area who married James Tippett in 1633. However, where did the info come from that she was born in Warwickshire?
posted by Molly Cunningham
UNKNOWN-100076 and May-3167 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles are clear duplicates. The LNAB "May" is suggested by the marriage record of Peter Buscotte and Mary May in 1631 in Devonshire, England, as observed by Jane Fletcher Fiske in TAG 58 p.230. After consulting with members of the PGM project, the consensus is that this record by itself is convincing enough to use the last name "May" on the profile so long as a note about the uncertainty is kept on her profile.
posted by Barry Smith

Rejected matches › Mary Helen (May) Trizzino

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