Mary (Messenger) Brace (bef. 1718 - 1798)

Born before 5 Jan 1718 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Brace — married 9 Nov 1738 in Harwinton, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1798 after age 80 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Daniel Messenger m. Lydia (?Royce CH), their daughter Mary was bapt. Jan. 5, 171-8; m. Jonathan Brace of Harwinton. (p. 401)

John Brace m. Feb. 22, 1705-6, Mary Webster, who was b. Sept. 29, 1688, dau. of Jonathan Webster and Dorcas Hopkins. Their son Jonathan, bapt. Nov. 30, 1707; m. Mary Messenger 1729-30. (p. 84)^[1]

Jonathan Brace, b. 1708, son of John and grandson of Stephen Sen., removed to and became one of the original settlers and proprietors of the town of Harwinton as early as 1740; he m. Miss Mary Messenger of Hartford and had ten children, five sons and five daughters. He died when nearly 80 years of age. His sons, Elizer, Jonathan Jr. b. Nov. 12, 1754, James and Nathaniel survived their father. (p. 308)^[2]

Jonathan Brace, bapt. Second Church Hartford, Nov. 30, 1707; died about 1788 in Harwinton, Conn.; married Nov. 9, 1738, Mary Messenger who became the mother of his children. (p. 73) (see also Hinman's Connecticut Settlers:p. 308.)^[3]

The first man that settled in Harwinton was Daniel Messinger, from Hartford, in the month of January 1730, his 4th daughter Mary married Jonathan Brace and settled in Harwinton. (p. 106)^[4]

Burial: Old Cemetery, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut

Mary Messenger Brace Death: Mar. 20, 1798 Harwinton^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut by Lucius Barnes Barbour Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1977
2. ↑ A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition in Life, where From, Business, &c., as Far as is Found on Record
3. ↑ The Heroes of the American Revolution and Their Descendants: Battle of Long Island Henry Whittemore 1897
4. ↑ The history of Harwinton, Connecticut by Richard Manning Chipman Press of Williams, Wiley & Turner, 1860
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 20505688

• Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families Of Early Hartford, Conn. (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977) Page 401.