Mary
"Marie"
Chamberlain
formerly [surname unknown] aka Parker
Born about in Rayleigh, Essex, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Poulter
— married
about 1630 (to about 30 May 1639) in England [uncertain]
[uncertain] Wife of
John Parker
— married
about 1654 [location unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Chamberlain Sr.
— married
17 Apr 1674 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Poulter) Danforth and John Poulter
Died
at about age 88
in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
Mary (Marie) Unknown was born about 1605 in England or Ireland. Her background is not known. Her first husband, John Poulter, who died in 1654 prior to her leaving England included in his will a bequest to Marie Pope, described as his mother-in-law. This suggests that Mary's birth name may have been Pope.
She was married three times: First to John Poulter, of Raleigh, Essex, England, who died in 1654, second to John Parker, who died June 14, 1667 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts and third to Thomas Chamberlain of Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts , April 17, 1674.
After her first husband's death in 1654, , Mary and her two children - Elizabeth Poulter and John Poulter- left England for the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Mary died February 8, 1692/3 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts She was 88 years old.
Sources
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "The Poulter Family of Reyleigh, Essex England, and Billerica, Massachusetts" by Delorey, Janet Ireland. Vol. 141, pp. 215ff.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?pageName=215&volumeId=11613 subs
- Ferris "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines" Privately printed Vol. 1, pp. 499, 500. "Poulter" and pp. 254 - 264, "Danforth."see at Hathitrust.org subscription site$
[1] Charles Henry Pope; "Pioneers of Massachusetts page 92 (Chamberlain) and page 344 (Parker)
Acknowledgements
- Kim Baltz. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kim and others.
- Elizabeth S. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.
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Categories: Massachusetts Bay Colony, Immigrants from England | Billerica, Massachusetts
I noted that the other two profile managers haven't been involved with wikitree for sometime.
Her 1st husband's will was probated in England in 1639, Mary being executrix. Dawes Gates on p. 499 of Vol. 1 says that she and 2 children migrated before 1654, in which year she married Jonathan Danforth..
I will remove reference to pgm project.
Both of the sources I have added say there is no basis for the name. Check it out... see links on sources for ease in researching.
Although Marie Pope, mother-in-law, is beneficiary in the will of John Poulter, nothing has been found that shows the husband "Pope" as the father. He may have been a 2nd husband of the immigrant's mother. (I hope I explained that ok...understandably.)