Margaret (Unknown) Grover (abt. 1605)

Born about 1605 in England

Wife of Edmund Grover — married 1640 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edmund Grover married by about 1640, a second wife Margaret ____.^[1] Margaret's last name, parents, date and place of birth are unknown.

Margaret Grover joined the Salem Church 3 May 1646.^[1][2] From Anderson: "Two weeks after she joined the Salem church in 1646, Margaret Grover had baptized "Naomie, Mary and Lyddea, children of Edmond Grover" [SChR 21]. Assuming that these children were born at the usual two-year intervals, the earliest would have been born about 1642. From his age at death, Nehemiah would have been born about 1644, from which we would expect him to be among those baptized in 1646. It may be that "Naomi" (for whom there is no other record) is really Nehemiah in disguise."^[1]

She was a witness in the adultery case of Gervase Garford and Elizabeth Simonds, Feb 1648/9.^[1][3]

She died while still a member of the Salem Church,^[2] but her date of death is unknown.

Children

1. Nehemiah, born about 1644; died in Beverly 12 February 1693/4, aged about 50; married Ruth Haskell^[1]
2. Naomi, baptized in Salem 17 May 1646; no further record (Anderson thinks this is typo/mis-record of Nehemiah, above)^[1]
3. Mary, baptized in Salem 17 May 1646; married Anthony Wood^[1]
4. Lydia, baptized in Salem 17 May 1646; living in 1660^[1]
5. Deborah, baptized in Salem 26 March 1648; died 22 March 1717/8; married John Bennett^[1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II. Boston: NEHGS, 1995, pp. 824-826: Edmund Grover. AmericanAncestors.org($).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Records of the 1st Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736. (Essex Institute, 1974.), Margaret p. 12, children p. 21.
3. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, Volumes I-IX 1636-1686 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1975) Vol 1, p. 159; digital images, Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archives and Transcription Project, https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex : accessed March 2023).
4. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Boston, MA: 1860, Vol. 1, pp. 167-168. Archive.org.