Mary Jewett

Disambiguation

• Not the daughter of Joseph Weeks & Mary Weeks
• Not the same as Mary White who married Henry White
• Not the same as Mary Leeds who married Joseph Leeds, Jr..

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Mary Weeks

• Birth: about 1656
• Death: 21 Jan 1741 at about age 85 in Exeter, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Parents unknown
• Wife of Thomas Green — married 22 Mar 1676 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Son of Thomas Green & Margaret Call.
• Wife of Nathaniel Gage — married 1695 in Bradford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Son of John Gage & Amy French.
• Wife of Joseph Jewett — married 20 Jan 1732 in Bradford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Son of Maximilian Jewett & Ann; widower of Rebecca Law.

Death

Jan 21, 1741, Mary Jewett, "My Mother" died at Exeter, recorded at Rowley.[3]

Mary died before July 27, 1741, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary Jewett of Bradford, left a will dated 8 July 1738, probated 27 July 1741. In it she leaves money and household items to her children Nathaniel Gage, John Green, Elizabeth (wife of Samuel) Palmer, and Mary (wife of Benjamin) Thurston[4]

Family

Children of Thomas Green and Mary Weeks, born at Malden:

1. Thomas Green, moved to Bradford. Married 1700 to Hannah Hazeltine.
2. John Green, b abt 1681 married Rebecca Green. Moved to Bradford.
3. ?Mary Green, b 6 Jun 1681. Moved to Bradford. Died about 17 Dec 1721. Married 1) Abraham Kimball 2) James Tyler. Mary Tyler
4. Ebenezer Green.
5. Elizabeth Green, b. 21 Dec 1689. Married Samuel Palmer

When son Thomas died, his brother Ebeneezer Green was involved in the probate as was a Samuel Palmer, who was married to their sister Elizabeth Green. Ebenezer identified his father as Thomas Green of Malden.

Children of Nathaniel Gage and Mary Weeks born at Bradford:

1. Nathaniel, s. Nathaniell and Mary, Apr. 15, 1696.[6][2]
2. Mary, d. Nathaniel and Mary, Mar. 12, 1697-8. [6] She married Benjamin Thurston (4 May 1695/6 Sept 1746)[2]

Notes

MARY WEEKS was the widow of Thomas Green of Malden, MA when she married NATHANIEL GAGE, born Apr. 15, 1645 at Bradford, Essex, MA. She had two children by her first marriage, John and Elizabeth. He was admitted a member of the Bradford church, May 6, 1683, and was received again by letter from the church in Malden, Apr. 29, 1701. He died Apr. 30, 1728, age 83 years, and is buried at Bradford.

MARY married for a third time, Jan. 20, 1731/32, to Joseph Jewett, cousin of JEREMIAH JEWETT. Her will was dated Jul. 8, 1738, and probated Jul. 27, 1741.

Her will, dated July 8, 1738; proved July 27, 1741, mentioned: herself as being advanced in years to a great age; son Nathaniel Gage; son John Green of Bradford; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Palmer of Bradford; and daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Thurston of Bradford.

Research Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-10563

In her blog The “Family Connection,” Jeanie Roberts writes about the Green family of Malden, Massachusetts. Based on the locations of the homes of the families, she suggests that Mary Green was the daughter of Thomas Green and Mary (Weeks) Green, later Gage and Jewett. There is no known hard evidence of this fact, but it seems possible, if not likely.

The Family Connection. June 23, 2014 “Abraham Kimball and Mary Green of Bradford, MA” < link >

UPDATE TO THIS POST:

The Middlesex probate records reveal that Mary Green Gage was the wife of Thomas Green of Malden and that they had a daughter named Mary. She was alive and living in Bradford in 1699 and I am positive that she married Abraham Kimball.

References

1. _ Sources from Torrey: GREEN, Thomas (1653-1694, Malden) & Mary WEEKS, m/2 Nathaniel GAGE 1695?, m/3 Joseph JEWETT; 22 Mar 167[5/6?], 1675, 1676; Malden {Charlestown 441; Green (,4) 7; Reg. 62:256; Vinton Mem. 394; Tingley-Meyers 63; Cushing (ms) 183}
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gage-216
3. "Old Dorchester," NEHGR 5:4 (Oct 1851) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 467, Los Angeles Public Library.
4. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 4:453, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.274 S264.
5. Weeks, Robert Dobb, Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester, Mass., 1635-1650 (Newark, New Jersey: L. J. Hardham, 1885.), p. 213, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 W395.

• http://www.jfredpeterson.com/tree/g09gage.htm#A1
• http://www.theroyfamily.com/p6272.htm
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg168.htm#52039
• http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/bio/fc-jewett.htm

1. A genealogical sketch of the descendants of Thomas Green(e) of Malden, Mass  by Samuel S. Greene, Providence, R.I. Published 1858 by H. W. Dutton in Boston, Mass . Written in English.  Page 7.  Another Thomas Green, will proved Feb 25 1673. Married 1) Margaret 2) Elizabeth Webb.  Eldest son Col. Thomas Green (1653-1694) m 1675 Mary Weeks; his widow married a Gage.
2. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780: A Biographical Dictionary. Page 262. Jewett, Joseph (1654-1735 Rowey). M Rebecca Law (1655-1729) in 1677 and Mary (Weeks) (Green) Gage in 1732; 4 ch; farmer. "A man of energy and character.". No committees.

• He [Joseph Jewett] married (2d) in Bradford, Mass., Jan. 20, 1731-32, widow Mary Gage of Bradford.  Her will, dated July 8, 1738; proved July 27, 1741, mentions:  herself as being advanced in years to a great age:  son Nathaniel Gage:  son John Green of Bradford:  daughters Elisabeth, wife of Samuel Palmer of Bradford:  Mary, wife of Benjamin Thurston of Bradford.
• http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/bio/fc-jewett.htm
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Weeks-224 cites

1. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Thomas Green and Mary Weeks, 22 Jan 1675; citing Marriage, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 14,774..
2. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Volume: Bradford - V1, Page(s): 208. Accessed at AmericanAncestors
3. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Vol II. Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1931.
4. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Case_Number: 14946 NEHGS
5. Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pgs. 24-7.
6. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Mary Weeks, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 833,385.
7. Marriages: see also - Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Torrey.
8. Church of Latter Day Saints: Ancestral File Number: 8LSD-QF
9. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001--birth https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-643B
10. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC95-9J3
11. Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850 (University Press, Cambridge, 1914) Page 237. Green, Thomas, m. Mary Weeks, 22 (1), 1675/6.
12. The Family Connection. June 23, 2014 “Abraham Kimball and Mary Green of Bradford, MA” < link >