Mary (Unknown) Cox (abt. 1674 - abt. 1737)

Born about 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Samuel Swasey — married about 1693 in Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Wife of Edward Cox — married 28 Nov 1694 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Disputed Origins

Mary Unknown first married Samuel Swasey (1664-aft.1695) (per Torrey), who was likely a son of Joseph Swazey (abt.1610-1713) and his wife Mary.

Mary (Swasey) Maxell (1659-) (Joseph's daughter) is not the Mary who married Edward Cox -- she was a sister of Samuel Swazy.

It was Samuel's widow, who was known as Mary Swasey, who married Edward Cox. Perley's History of Salem, shows Mary's last name as Sawyer, but shows all the children from Edward Cox's profile. (There must have been some confusion between the names Swasey and Sawyer.)

Torrey shows the wife / widow of Samuel Swasey being the one who married 2nd Edward Cox. Benjamin Swasey's Genealogy of the Swasey Family also shows Samuel with the 1664 birth date, as the son of Joseph, and as the one who married Mary ______, and says Mary was living in 1714; Torrey says she died in 1737.^[1]. The Cox Genealogy (1899) shows Edward married widow Mary Swazey, who died in Nov 1737, at the age of 63. ~est birth year at 1674.^[2]

Biography

Birth date and parents so far unknown for Mary, the wife of Samuel Swasey (son of Joseph and Mary) and 2nd, the wife of Edward Cox.

On November 26, 1694, in Salem, Massachusetts, Mary married Edward Cox. ^[3]

Children of Mary and Edward include:

• Mary Cox, born October 28, 1696, in Salem Massachusetts ^[4]
• Christian Cox, (daughter) born May 13, 1698, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[5]
• Richard Cox, born December 19, 1700, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[6] died, unmarried, June 12, 1714, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[7]
• Margaret Cox, born January 28, 1702, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[8]
• Elizabeth Cox, born April 16, 1703, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[9]
• Edward Cox, born January 18, 1704/05, in Salem, Massachusetts, ^[10] died Septemer 18, 1705, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[11]
• Edward Cox, born November 28, 1706, in Salem, Massachusetts. (Note: second child of this name in this family. Earlier Edward died as an infant) ^[12]
• Lidya Cox, born February 22, 1712, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[13]
• Ruth Cox, born November 30, 1714, in Salem, Massachusetts ^[14]

Research Notes

This birth info refers to a different Mary Swase: born April 21, 1659, in Salem, Essex county, Massachusetts. She is likely the same Mary Swasey, daughter of Joseph Swazey (abt.1610-1713) and his wife Mary, who married Thomas Maxell, but with a little different birth date which may be due to a difference in the calendars used. The other birth date shown in records for her is 21 February 1659.^{[15] [16]}

Regarding the birth year of Edward Cox, son of Mary Swasey Cox and Edward Cox (Sr), who died as an infant, his year of birth is expressed as 1704/05 due to the Old Style Calendar: Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.

Sources

1. ↑ https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=2PEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA39&hl=en
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/85110/?offset=9#page=23&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GHMH : 5 November 2017), Edward Cox and Mary Swacy, 28 Nov 1694; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDS-RYK : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Mary Cox, 28 Oct 1696; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-98V : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Christian Cox, 13 May 1698; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-66F : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Richard Cox, 19 Dec 1700; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1R-JJ4 : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Richard Cox, 12 Jun 1714; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, reference v 2 p 6; FHL microfilm 877,44
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-W8T : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Margarett Cox, 28 Jan 1702; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-SZK : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Elizabeth Cox, 16 Apr 1703; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-N3B : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Edward Cox, 18 Jan 1704; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1R-JJQ : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Edward Cox, 18 Sep 1705; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, reference v 2 p 6; FHL microfilm 877,447
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDQ-NQ9 : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Edward Cox, 28 Nov 1706; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-7M8 : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Lidya Cox, 22 Feb 1712; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDS-12K : 10 February 2018), Mary Swacy in entry for Ruth Cox, 30 Nov 1714; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-JYP : 10 February 2018), Mary Swase, 21 Apr 1659; citing SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 874,031, 874,032, 874,033
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZRTS : 18 October 2022), Mary Swasy, 21 Feb 1659; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011200.