Unknown (Unknown) Hart (abt. 1615 - 1659)

Born about 1615 in England

Wife of Edmund Hart — married before 1638 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 20 Aug 1659 at about age 44 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

A woman named Mary Phelps was previously connected as a wife to Edmund Hart. Researchers speculated that her surname name could be Phelps because Edmund's son Elisha Hart chose his uncle George Phelps as his guardian in 1672. This led to the hypothesis that Edmund Hart's wife was a Phelps, or that Hart's sister or his wife's sister was one of the two wives of George Phelps. ^[1]

Until further evidence is located, the name of Edmund Hart's wife is unknown. ^[1]

Biography

Nothing is known about Edmund Hart's wife and the mother of his children. They would have married before the birth of their first child in 1638, but no record has been located. Their children were: ^[1]

• Elizabeth Hart b. say 1638; m. Weymouth 26 June 1661 John Moor.
• Martha Hart b. Weymouth 12 October 1640 (record says "Mathew son of Edmund," but there is no other record for a Mathew, and Martha must have been born about this time); m. Weymouth 24 January 1662/3 Edward Neale.
• UNKNOWN Hart Daughter, b. say 1642; implied by estate of Elisha Hart.
• UNKNOWN Hart Daughter, b. say 1644; implied by estate of Elisha Hart.
• Charity Hart b. say 1646; m. by 1677 Thomas Loveland, one of the two administrators of Elisha Hart's estate^[2]
• Mary Hart b. say 1648; m. by about 1668 John Greet^[2]
• Experience Hart b. say 1650; m. and in 1677 divorced William Shepard of Westfield^[2]
• Sarah Hart b. say 1653; m. (1) by 25 July 1673 John Scone of Westfield; m. (2) Springfield 15 July 1692 John Burbank ^[2].
• Elisha Hart b. by 1658 (and probably before 1651); living 30 September 1672 "being weak to manage his own matters," and chose "his uncle George Phelps" guardian; d. Windsor by 9 October 1683; the inventory of the estate of "Elisha Heart" was taken at Windsor 9 October 1683 and at Westfield 4 December 1683; administration was granted to Edward Neale and Thomas Loveland, and the court ordered distribution to "said Heart's eight sisters, to each an equal portion." ^[1]

Mrs. Edmund Hart died at Weymouth on August 20, 1659.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of Edmund Hart. pp 866-869.subscriber$
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Harris, Gale Ion. "John¹ and Mary (Hart) Greet of Westfield, Massachusetts, Southold, Long Island, and Wethersfield, Connecticut." The American Genealogist, Volume 72. New Haven, CT: 1997. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription $. Page 44.
3. ↑ Vital Records of Weymouth Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume II-Marriages and Deaths. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910. Page 276.