Mary (Shatswell) Emery (abt. 1606 - 1694)

Born about 16 Jun 1606 in Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Webster — married 1624 (to 1646) in Oulton, Suffolk, England

Wife of John Emery — married 29 Oct 1647 (to 1683) in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1694 at about age 87 in Newbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Mary (Shatswell) Emery migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Birth

Mary, the daughter of Judith (____) Shatswell by an unnamed father, was born about 1605 in Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England.^[1]

Immigration

By 1634, when her husband was granted land in Ipswich, Massachusetts.^[2]

Marriages

She married (1) about 1631, John Webster. John died by 29 Sep 1646.^[2]

Mary Webster married (2) John Emery, 29th October 1647, Newbury, Massachusetts, as his second wife, at which time she moved to Newbury.^[3][2][4]

Death

28 April 1694, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts^[5][6][7]

Will

Dated: 1 APR 1693 Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Recorded: 1 June 1696,

Note: The will of Mary Emery which is stated to have started in a good hand and is finished in an illegible one:

In the name of God Amen. I Mary Emery of newbury in the County of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, (Widow & Relict of John Emery Late of of newbury deceased) Being weake of Body but of a desposg mind Do make this as my Last will & testament as followeth viz Imprm I give [change of writing] too my Son Jonathan Emrye I give ten pnds of that my Husband gave me in his last will and testament upon that god will we - I Doe br to him my Son Jonothan Emrye- I give alsoe that thirtye shilinges my Son bord of me. To Israles far [four] Daughtrs twentie shilinges. I give also too John Websters Son Isrell ten shilinges- I give too my Daughtr Simon my Serge Gown- I give [sentence illegible] I give alsoe to Abigell Mrell one white handchytr. I give also too Johanna Mythe a blck Silke hode. I give to my Dafter Ebenezr the rest of my wearinge cloths. I Doe also [ill.] my son Steven too paye Hanah Emeson twentye Shilinges - and to Abigell Mrell twentie shilnges and the rest I give my Son Steven webster. Apryl the Fist Day 1693. Sind seled and Delivd in the prsce of us James Gulmar, Elisabeth Her X Mark Briket, Mary Her X Mark Emery. ^[8]

Children of Mary

First eight with John Webster.^[2] Last two with John Emery.^[4]

1. John Webster b. by about 1631; m. 13 Jun 1653 to Ann Batt
2. Mary Webster b. say 1634; This Mary Webster did not marry John Emery, her mother did. She would have been very young at the time. She was living, unmarried 14 Oct 1651.
3. Stephen Webster b. say 1636; m1. 24 Mar 1662/63 in Haverhill to Hannah Ayer; m2. n26 May 1678 Haverhill to Mrs. Judith (_____) Broad, widow of William Broad of Portsmouth.
4. Hannah Webster b. say 1638 ; m. Michael Emerson
5. Elizabeth Webster b. say 1640; living unmarried 14 Oc5 1651. No further record according to Anderson. She may have m. bef. 1669 a Simonds, or some similar spelling.
6. Abigail Webster b. say 1642; m. 18 Jan 1660/61 to Abraham Merrill
7. Israel Webster b. about 1644; m1. 3 Jan 1665 Newbury to Elizabeth Brown; m2. 9 Nov 1669 Newbury to Elizabeth Lunt
8. Nathan Webster b. about 1646 Ipswich, Mass; d. 25 Apr 1694 Bradford; Mass. m. by 1674 to Mary Hazeltine daughter of John Hazeltine
9. Ebenezer Emery (daughter) b. 14 Sep 1648 Newbury; m. 21 Apr 1669 to John Hoag
10. Jonathan Emery b. 13 May 1652; d. 29 Sep 1723; m, 29 Nov 1676 to Mary Woodman

Sources

1. ↑ MacDonald, David A. A New Look at the Corwin and Shatswell Families. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 150:180-189 see p.185 (1996).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. "John Webster" (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB496/i/13260/263/235841673 Children p. 264
3. ↑ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (database on-line; ancestry interactive). Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Accessed by amb 01:27, 22 December 2018 (UTC).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Anderson, Robert Charles George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F. "John Emery". Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Link at AmericanAncestors ($) children p. 449
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. amb 01:40, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
6. ↑ Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1911) p. 590
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-9Z17?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-3YZ%3A353349401%2C353416701%2C353419601 : 29 November 2018), Essex > Newbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1701 vol 1 > image 167 of 195; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Note: reference in lower right hand corner.
8. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 8994, Volume 2, Page 876

See also:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-Z5XR : 29 November 2018), Mary Emery, 28 Apr 1694; citing Death, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.
• John Emery, America: The Great Melting Pot; freepages on rootsweb.ancestry.com
• Source: S158 George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D., Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1909)
• Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury Page 205, The Shatswell Line
• The Probate Records of Essex County, Page 53
• Burial Unknown. No stone etc. - Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 25 March 2022), memorial page for Mary Shatswell Webster Emery (1606–28 Apr 1694), Find A Grave: Memorial #79699777.