Mary Mansfield

Mary Shard, daughter of Humphrey Shard, baptized at St.Nicholas Cole Abbey, London on Feb 25,1609/10.

She married, first, at St.Nicholas Cole Abbey, London on Feb 6,1630/1, John Gove. She married, second, about Jan 22, 1647/1648, John Mansfield Jr.

Children(by first marriage): John Gove Jr, Humphrey Gove, Edward Gove, and Mary Gove(adopted c.1648 by Ralph Mousall and Alice Mousall).

Children(by second marriage): John Mansfield III and Elizabeth Mansfield

Notes

John Mansfield was Born and trained in England, Mansfield came to Boston aboard the Susan and Ellen in April 1635. His sister Elizabeth was married to Reverend John Wilson, pastor of the First Church. His other sister Ann came, with her merchant husband Robert Keayne, to Boston the same year. 9 He worked from 1636 to 1648 as a silversmith in Boston MA 9 Made freeman of Boston MA, 1643. 9 He worked after 1648 as a silversmith in Charlestown MA 9 John married Mary Shard in 1648 in Charlestown MA. (Mary Shard was born on 21 Oct 1604 in London England, christened on 25 Feb 1610 in London England and died on 4 Mar 1682 in Hampton NH

Christening: Oct 21 1604 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England

1st Marriage to: JOHN GOVE on Feb 6 1630 in London, Middlesex, England

2nd Marriage: to: John Mansfield in 1639

Notes

“Mary Gove - Foster Daughter of Ralph and Alice Mousall” < link >

Mrs. Dodd has provided the following references: clarification appeared in NEHGS "Register", v. 99, January 1945, p. 77....(and based on NEHGR No. 7, p. 170) in will of John Gove of Charlestown, dated 22 (11) 1647/8, which says

"I do give & bequeath with my wifes full consent, my daughter Mary GOVE to Ralph Mousall & his wife , as their own child, forever", and he included a silver porringer and 5 pounds to pay her way.”

The probable explanation (according to the article) is that the mother had periodic attacks of mental illness (as did her son Edward Gove) and that twin children of her second marriage to John Mansfield were also "put out". The major thrust of the article was actually to explain the "daughter" Ruth Wood, who turned out to be a granddaughter.

John Gove was a resident of Concord during the same period of time as was Thomas (1) Goble and Ralph Mousall. This discovery means there is no "blood" connection between the Goble and Mousall families!

Research notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shard-2

Children Rachel and Benjamin Gove? A prior version of this profile reported Rachel Gove and Benjamin Gove as the children of John Gove and Mary Shard. The IGI (database only) reports baptisms of both Rachel[24] and Benjamin[25] to "John Gove" and wife "Marie" at Saint Botolph without Aldgate, London, England. Nothing further is given for those so baptized. Warden account, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, 1642, reports he was loaned £3 to help transport "his two children" to New England.[26] In his 1647 will, John^1 Gove mentions only his daughter Mary and "my two sonnes, John and Edward."[27] These children, Rachel and Benjamin, remain linked to the profile of Mary (Shard) (Gove) Mansfield.

References

1. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...- link