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Mary (Ramsdell) Cox (1706 - 1798)

Mary Cox formerly Ramsdell aka Cocks
Born in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , [half], and
Wife of — married 16 May 1726 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at age 91 in Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mary was born 9 May 1706, in Pembroke, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas (Ramsden) Ramsdell (bef.1677-1727) and Sarah (Unknown) Ramsden (abt.1682-1733).[1][2]

Mary Ramsdin and William Cokes were married 16 February 1726, in Scituate, Massachusetts.[3]

She passed away at age 93, on 14 March 1798, in Hanson, Massachusetts.[4] She is buried in Fern Hill Cemetery in Hanson, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.[5]

Probate

The will of Mary Cocks, of Pembroke, widow of William Cocks, decd., was dated 10 March 1791 with a codicil dated 4 September and proved on 7 May 1798 in Plymouth. She mentioned her children, Seth Cocks, Sarah Record, decd. (grandson: Elisha Record), Ruth, (granddaughters: Ruth and Sarah, Mary, decd. (grandchildren: Mary, Betty, and Deborah), and Rachell, decd. (grandchildren: Rachel, wife of Gideon Barker, and Experience), Lydia, decd. (grandchildren: Lydia, Sarah, Bethiah, and Betty), and Dr. Gad Hitchcock to be her executor.[6]

Her inventory was recorded on 6 August 1798.[7]

In 1799, an account of her estate by Gad Hitchcock was recorded which included the sale of personal and real estate, appraisers, debts paid, and administration fees.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850; Plymouth County; Pembroke; Births; Page 172 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Pembroke/Images/Pembroke_B172.shtml
  2. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2; Volume 1; Page 446; Ancestry Record 3718 #38926 * Ancestry Sharing Link
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850;  Plymouth County; Scituate; Marriages; Page 243  https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Scituate/Images/Scituate_M243.shtml
  4. ↑ Vital Records of Massachusetts to 1850;  Plymouth County; Hanson; Deaths; Page 92 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Hanson/Images/Hanson_D092.shtml 
  5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52064377/mary-cocks : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for Mary Ramsdell Cocks (9 May 1706–14 Mar 1798),Find A Grave: Memorial #52064377, citing Fern Hill Cemetery, Hanson, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by SB (contributor 46600096).
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XC15 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 217 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XCR9 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 241 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-XHKD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 379 of 636; State Archives, Boston.


Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Ramsdell-58 created through the import of Bowers Family Tree-Kansas.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Terry Bowers.






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Ramsdell-58 and Ramsdell-544 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate mothers of duplicate daughters
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