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Mary (Rogers) Weller (abt. 1717 - 1801)

Mary Weller formerly Rogers aka Booth
Born about in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 1742 (to 12 Apr 1753) in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
Wife of — married 18 Dec 1754 (to about Feb 1769) in Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 84 in Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mary was one of nine children and spent her early years in Branford. She was married by age 24, becoming the mother of six children before she was 35. Her husband died in 1753, leaving her as sole provider for her young family and she remarried the following year, having two more daughters by her second husband. In 1769 she was once again a widow, and would remain single for the next 32 years. In 1775 her daughter Eunice sold her the 22 acre parcel in Woodbury which Eunice had inherited from her grandfather Booth. Mary's only son died the second year of the Revolutionary War. At least four of Mary's sons-in-law served during the War. Sarah and Lydia's husbands joined Litchfield County regiments; Rebecca's husband became a Captain and Eunice's husband served as a Colonel in the Connecticut militia. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress and one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation. He was elected to Congress and in 1789 appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; finally in 1793 becoming Chief Justice of Connecticut's Supreme Court. After the War ended Mary bought a small parcel in Roxbury; land which she gave her daughter Lydia in 1790. The next year she released her dower rights in her first husband's land in exchange for 22 shillings and 6 pence to be paid annually by her daughter Eunice. Mary received that annual income for the next ten years. In 1801, at age 84, she came down with a bad cold and died that summer. She was insolvent at her death, having loaned the little she had to her family. She owned 4 acres of land worth 8 pounds. Her son-in-law Peter Castle asked for and was granted letters of administration. On 24 September 1801 at Roxbury he presented her inventory which, besides her personal effects, included notes signed by Noah Frisbie for $161.77; a note signed by Peter Castle for $15.50; a note which had been paid by her grandson Josiah Eastman for $87.28 and a bill she owed to Canfield & Sewards Store for 43 cents. On 5 March 1802 the Court ordered Peter to sell her personal effects and her four acre parcel at public auction -- see Woodbury Probate Records 10:43. Woodbury Deed Books: 20:236 - Mary buys 22 acres in Woodbury from Eunice & Andrew Adams -- 1775 28:102 - Mary buys 3 acres in Roxbury which had belonged to her son Joseph - 1784 26:72 - Mary gives her land in Roxbury to her daughter Lydia - 1790 27:17 - Mary releases her claim to Booths estate to her daughter Eunice - 1791 31:132 - Mary buys a house in Woodbury - 1800


Source 1: Mary Rogers 1723-1801

Birth: 1723 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Age 78 Death: 29 June 1801 Roxbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States No Image Available Mary in entry for Eunice Booth, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

Family Members

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN: David Booth 1720-1753 Marriage: about 1740 Connecticut, British Colonial America Mary Rogers 1723-1801

Children (6): Rebecca Booth 1738-1854 Mary Booth 1742-1830 Eunice Booth 1746-1797 Mehitable Booth 1749-1829 Sarah Booth 1751-1828 Joseph Booth 1751-1777

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS: Josiah Rogers 1679-1757 Marriage: 7 June 1713 Branford, New Haven, CT Lydia Goodsell 1692-1750

Children (10): William Rogers 1700-1704 Lydia Rogers 1713-1796 Jonathan Rogers 1715-1805 Levi Rogers 1717-1780 Mary Rogers 1723-1801 Thomas Rogers 1726-1804 Sarah Rogers 1728-1782 David Rogers 1729-1806 Nehemiah Rogers 1730-1805 Eunice Rogers 1739-1795

Sources

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ ark:/61903/2:1:M47N-866 : accessed 2015-10-01), entry for Mary. XZP9-K9
  • 1. Family Search.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LD4J-D1K/mary-rogers-1723-1801





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