Mary (Rivers) Clack (abt. 1657 - abt. 1677)

Born about 1657 in Chirton, Wiltshire, England

Wife of James Clack — married 1675 in Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England

Died about 1677 at about age 20 in England

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Biography

Mary Rivers was born about 1657 in Chirton, Wiltshire, England. She married James Clack in 1675 in Alton Barnes, Wiltshire. ^[1] She apparently died about 1677, which would have been at 20 years.

Research Notes

Records show her parents were either Thomas Rivers or John Rivers and her mother was Elizabeth, LNAB possibly Merriweather. To be proven or disproven.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Wiltshire and Swindon History Centry; Chippenham, Wiltshire; Wiltshire Church of England Bishop's Transcripts; Reference Number: BT/AltB/Bdl. 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61187 #903129296 (accessed 9 May 2023)
   Mary Rives marriage to James Clack in 1675 in Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England.

• Jones, Spotswood Hunnicutt. The World of Ware Parish in Gloucester County, Virginia. United States, Dietz Press, 1991.. P 14.

FOOTPRINTS by Robert G. Lowrey (Privately printed, n.d. 1985?,p.204;

Family history of the Clack and related families. Also see William G. Stanard,

"Thornton Family Genealogy," WMQ(1), 4:158).

 !of Cherton

http://www.genuk-online.com/wiltsphillimores/alton-barnes.pdf: Marriages at Alton Barnes, 1597 to 1812 , Vol 1, p. 124: "James Clack & Mary Rivers, both of Cheriton St. ___ 1675/6" (note: -----day " (ditto mark) under 3 Jan 1675/6).

http://books.google.com/books?id=wa8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=%22mary+rivers%22+alton+barnes+wiltshire+england&source=bl&ots=axk8U05xfK&sig=DuTCdfUbRb8IfkYR-bbZFHim368&hl=en&ei=ePJmTYuJAYHqgAeqkeTLCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false shows Stephen Gibbs & Mary Rivers on p. 106 of Wiltshire Parish Registers marrying on 6 Apr 1740. Probably not the same Mary Rivers who md. James Clack.