Mary (Walford) Brookings (1635)

Born 1635 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Daughter of Thomas Walford and Jane (Unknown) Walford

Wife of William Brookings — married 1653 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Mary Walford was born in 1635 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, daughter of Thomas & Jane Walford of Great Island, New Hampshire (deposed 27 June 1667 aged 32 years ); m. (1) by about 1659 William Brookings; m (2) after 26 November 1694 and before 18 February 1702/3 William Walker. She had 7 children with her first husband. She was alive in 1720. [So far there has not been any primary evidence that she died on January 3, 1702, in her hometown at the age of 67.]
Children: Godrey, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Martha, Grace, and Rachel.

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Haplogroup K1a4a1b, - Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Janice Webster and five other Family Tree DNA testers identified at family Tree DNA as as P.F., A.S., C.E.A., G.S. and S.B. who all descend from Jane & Thomas Walford .

Sources

• [Court Records,June 25,1667,in Deeds,vol.2,p.132b.] "The Deposition of Mary Brooken aged 32 yeares or thereaboutes testifieth & Sayth that she heard her father Walford Give Unto Elizabeth Savidg a peece of marsh Lying between Will:Brookins & Mary Hincksons, & after ye decease of ye Elizabeth Savidg unto Mary Savidg her daughter & further Saith Not. Taken upon oath 27June1667 before me Elias Stileman Com'iss' This is a true Coppie according to ye Original as attests Elias Stileman Recordr.' at Internet Archives (https://archive.org/details/provincialstatepv31p1newh/page/n261/mode/2up)
• Online Book: Probate records of the province of New Hampshire vol. 1, 1635-1717 state papers series vol 31., PAGE 222. New Hampshire Probate Court - UNH. Will of Thomas Walford 1678 (continuation of original will) Portsmouth. Among several pronouncements, administration was granted to John Amazeen, guardian of Jeremiah Walford. ALSO "That ye sd Estate be equally devided among ye sd Daughters, viz: Jane Goss, Hanna Jones, Mary Brooking & Elizabeth Savage..." [Council Records, Sept 6, 1681 in State Papers, vol 19, p 680]
• Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908. "The widow Jane deposed 27 June, 1667, ae. 69 years, that he gave a piece of land to his daughter Elizabeth Savidg (Savage) 9 years before he died, and that it was commonly called Bess Savidge's marsh. His daughters Mary, wife of Will Brookings, ae. 32, and Martha Westbrook, ae. 22, with his son Jeremiah W. and grandson John Homes, ae. 26, confirmed her testimony. The widow's thirds were laid out by order of court 27 June, 1671. The daus. Jean Goss, Hanna Jones, Mary Brookin and Eliza Savage petitioned the court to give them the overplus of the estate Sept. 7, 1681."
• Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. "BROOKINGS, William (?1629-1694) & Mary (WALFORD) (1635-), m/2 William WALKER by 1660?; Portsmouth NH
• NEHGR: Brown, A.W. Corrections For The Brown Family of Hampton -And Some Additions, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1855) Vol. 9, Page 221: "m. William Brookin, m. 2nd, William Walker, living 1720, Portsmouth."
• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. (Listed as daughter of Thomas & Jane Walford of Great Island). "Mary (Walford) Brookings Walker b abt 1635 (deposed 27 June 1667 aged 32 years [NHPP 31;89, 40:226]); m. (1) by about 1659 William Brookings [GDMNH 112]; m (2) after 26 November 1694 and before 18 February 1702/3 William Walker [NHPP 31:403-4]."
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid=356147187