Mary Tracy

Mary Foote. Born ca 1622 in England. Mary was alive 2 Sept., 1685, when she received an accounting concerning the estate of her husband "Goodrich". Thomas Tracy, her 3rd husband, died Nov. 7, 1685. When his estate was distributed, no mention of his widow was made. It can be implied that she died before then

• Parents: Elizabeth Deming & Nathaniel Foote

Married

1. Ca 1642 Mary first married Serg. John Stoddard.138 Born ca 1620 in England.138 John died in Dec 1664 in Wethersfield, CT.
2. Ca 4 Apr 1674 Mary second married John Goodrich, son of John Goodrich (ca 1575-21 Apr 1632) & Margery Howe (Sep 1588-21 Apr 1632), in Wethersfield, CT.14 Born ca 1616 in prob. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. John died in Apr 1680 in Wethersfield, CT.
3. Ca 1681 Mary third married Lieut. Thomas Tracy, son of Paul Tracy (23 Feb 1556-4 Aug 1626) & Anne Shakerly (-10 Oct 1615). Born ca 1610 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Thomas died on 7 Nov 1685 in Norwich, CT.

8 children by 1st husband  

1. + 1. Mary Stoddard,   b. 12 March 1643/4, Wethersfield, CT ,   d. 23 August 1683, Wethersfield, CT  (Age 39 years)
2.   2. John Stoddard,   b. 12 April 1646, Wethersfield, CT ,   d. 4 December 1703, Wethersfield, CT  (Age 57 years)
3.   3. Caleb Stoddard,   b. 12 September 1648, Wethersfield, CT ,   d. about 1725  (Age 76 years)
4.   4. Joshua Stoddard,   b. 12 September 1648, Wethersfield, CT
5.   5. Mercy Stoddard,   b. November 1652, Wethersfield, CT
6.   6. Robert Stoddard,   b. about 1654, Wethersfield, CT ,   d. before 15 September 1749, New London, CT  (Age ~ 95 years)
7.   7. Elizabeth Stoddard,   b. July 1656, Wethersfield, CT
8.   8. Nathaniel Stoddard,   b. March 1661, Wethersfield, CT ,   d. 9 February 1714, Wethersfield, CT  (Age ~ 52 years)

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• 1. Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote Family, Or, The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote, One of the First Settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with Genealogical Notes of Pasco Foote, who Settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and Others of the Name, who Settled More Recently in New York. Hartford: Press of Case Tiffany, 1849. (p 269 footnote. cites Vol II of Series of Colony Papers "Private Controversies") At Google Books. Thomas Tracy died Nov. 7, 1685. When his estate was distributed, no mention of his widow was made. It can be implied that she died before then
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_415.html#P7196
• http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I7196&tree=Schirado

$ children with John Stoddardwww.findagrave.com

Mary Foote Tracy Birth 1623 , Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England Death 2 Sep 1685 (aged 61\'9662) , Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA Burial Wethersfield Village Cemetery , Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA , Memorial ID 48321804

Mary Foote, dau. of the immigrant Nathaniel Foote and wife Elizabeth Deming, b. circa 1623 in Colchester in Essex, England. Stiles in Ancient Wethersfield claims she was still living in Aug. 1685 in Norwich, Conn., but no record is available to confirm that statement. It is assumed she was interred in Wethersfield where all of her children resided, but there is no gravestone to confirm this.

In circa 1643 in Wethersfield, Conn., Mary m. 1) John Stoddard, whose date of birth and origins are unknown. He d. intestate in Wethersfield in Dec. 1664, the inventory of his estate taken Dec. 20, 1664. They had seven children outlined in John's memorial.

Following John Stoddard's death, Mary m. 2) on or after Apr. 4, 1674 as his 2nd wife, the immigrant settler John Goodrich. The aforementioned date is when Goodrich executed an ante-nuptial agreement, in which £180 in lands and other property were to be handed to him upon marriage to Mary. If Goodrich died before Mary, "she should receive back all the said land and property, and also £4 per year out of his own proper estate, and that if any of said estate and property should have been disposed of, the value of same should be made good to her" out of certain designated meadow lands in Wethersfield. This contract was witnessed, Apr. 4, 1674, by Josiah Churchill, Joseph Wright [her son-in-law] and Hugh Wells.

John Goodrich was b. before 1617 prob. in Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England. At the time of his marriage to Mary, he had six living children, age 15 and older, by his first wife. He d. testate before Apr. 6, 1680, the date his June 9, 1672 dated will was probated as well as his estate inventory was presented at court by his widow Mary. Mary is not mentioned in Goodrich's will since her marriage to Goodrich occurred nearly two-years after he wrote his will. She was, however, distributed the larger part of the movable estate, probably including part of the property she delivered at marriage per the ante-nuptial agreement. There were no children by this marriage.

Mary then m. 3) as his third wife, Lieut. Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn. Prior to his death, Tracy presented an undated account regarding Mary's unpaid annual legacy from the estate of her previous husband, claiming on behalf of his wife that monies were due her. Lieut. Tracy died intestate Nov. 7, 1685 in Norwich. His estate was appraised at £560 and included about 5,000 acres of land, most of which was located in Preston and Windham, Conn. The court ordered distribution of his estate only to his children and as no mention is made of Mary, the inference has been that Mary (Foote)(Stoddard)(Goodrich) Tracy deceased before Nov. 1685. There were no children of this third marriage.

It is not surprising as to why Mary came to marry who she did as her last two husbands. In April 1651 in Wethersfield, John Harrison, Thomas Wright [father of Mary's future son-in-law Dea. Joseph Wright], John Saddler, John Stoddard [Mary's husband] and John Goodrich [Mary's 2nd husband], all owned lots in the same area of northeast Wethersfield known as Pennywise. They executed a written agreement in which they said their "house lots are surrounded every winter and spring with water," so that they "could not have any profit in the middle of their lots." They therefore agreed that the lots were to be ditched, the expense to be born by themselves exclusive of John Stoddard, whose lot was "hie and dry," but had to be traversed by the ditch in question. [re: Stile's Ancient Wethersfield]. Lieut. Thomas Tracy was a resident of Wethersfield prior to 1640. In 1662, John Stoddard bought the land of Lieut. Tracy at Pennywise, who had since relocated to Norwich.

Parents Nathaniel Foote, 1593–1644 Elizabeth Deming Foote Welles, 1595–1683

Spouses John Stoddard, unknown–1664 (m. 1642) John Goodrich, 1616–1680 (m. 1674) Thomas Tracy, 1610–1685 (m. 1683)

Siblings Elizabeth Foote Churchill, 1616–1700 (m. 1638) Nathaniel Foote, 1619–1655 Robert Foote, 1627–1681 Joanna Foote Kellogg, 1628–1666 Frances Foote Dickinson, 1629–1673 Sarah Foote Judson, 1632–1673 Rebecca Foote Cook, 1634–1701

Children Mary Stoddard Wright, 1644–1683 John Stoddard, 1646–1703 Joshua Stoddard, 1648–1726 Mercy Stoddard Wright, 1652–1715 Nathaniel Stoddard, 1661–1715

Inscription Mary is assumed to be interred in Wethersfield. At the time of her death the Wethersfield Village Cemetery was the only cemetery in Wethersfield. If she had a gravestone by 1899 it no longer existed.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48321804/mary-tracy

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Mary was born probably about 1622/23 based on her approximated marriage by 1643. She was definitely born in England, but no baptismal recordwas found in Shalford, as was the case for her older siblings. <!--:Birth: ABT 1623, Colchester, England
:Birth: about 1623 Of Shalford, Essex, England :: sources cited for both of these was the imported gedcom.--> Mary’s mother, Elizabeth Welles, named her daughter Goodrich and herchildren, as beneficiaries in her 1678 will. She also made a bequestto Mary’s son John Studder.<ref name=WellesProbate>Manwaring, Charles William (compiler), at Internet Archive.org, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Vol I Hartford District, 1635-1700, (pp379-381). Hartford: RS Peck & Co., Printers, 1904</ref>

Mary married three times.<ref name=GM>Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: NewEngland Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. p.542</ref>*(1) by 1643 John Stoddard.<ref name=GM />

Their oldest known child was born in Wethersfield 12 March 1643/4.<ref name=GM /><ref name=Barbour>Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. "Wethersfield" p. 253. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.</ref> John died in 1664.<ref name=Goodwin>Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of PascoFoote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849. pp 269, 270 and footnote 269.</ref> *(2) shortly after 4 April 1675 John Goodrich. On that day he and MaryStoddard, both of Wethersfield, made an agreement regarding their estates, stating they were to be married shortly.<ref name=GM /><ref>Anderson cites [WetLR 3:53-54] [Hale House 552; see TAG 43:43 (note TAG 43:43 has nothing to do with this marriage.)], which could be checked</ref> He died April 1680<ref name=Goodwin />*(3) by 1683 Thomas Tracy, when he received his wife's portion of Elizabeth Welles's estate.<ref name=WellesProbate />

Mary (Foote) Stoddard was alive 2 Sept., 1685, when she received an accounting concerning the estate of her husband "Goodrich"<ref name=Goodwin /> Thomas Tracy died Nov. 7, 1685. When his estate was distributed, no mention of his widow was made. It can be implied that she died before then.<ref>Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut, From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866. By Friends of the Author, 1874. (p 201)</ref> ::The death date of 31 July 1721, belongs to Mary (Winslow) Tracy wifeof John. <ref>Norwich Vital Records</ref>

Children by 1st husband John Stoddard.#Mary Stoddard b. 12 May 1643; died 23 Aug 1683; m. Joseph Wright of Wethersfield 1663.<ref name=Goodwin />#John Stoddard b. 12 April 1646; died 4 Dec 1703; m. Elizabeth Curtis 26 May 1674.<ref name=Goodwin />

1. Caleb Stoddard (twin) b. 12 Sept 1648; died in childhood#Joshua Stoddard (twin) b. 12 Sept 1648; died without issue about 1725; m. Bethia Smith 15 Aug 1684.<ref name=Goodwin />#Mercy Stoddard b. Nov 1652; married her sister's husband Joseph Wright 10 March 1685.<ref name=Goodwin />
2. Elizabeth Stoddard b. July 1656; married a Wright<ref name=Goodwin />#Nathaniel Stoddard was b. March 1661; died 9 Feb 1714; m. (1) Mary ____; m. (2) Eunice Standish

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See also:

• Patterson, D. Williams, John Stoddard of Wethersfield, Conn., and hisdescendants, 1642-1872 a genealogy, Published by Rev, E. W. Stoddard,1873. Pgs. 13-14. (Online at: https://archive.org/details/johnstoddardofwe00patt)* FindA Grave, Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. No stone found in this cemetery.

Several sources list the Foote Family and additional facts may be found in these sources.*Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849. At Google Books. *Anderson, Robert Charles Great Migration Article on Nathaniel, listing information on the children.

The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, GeorgeF. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.*Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the PresentTowns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904.At HathiTrust*Foote, Abram William. Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. Rutland, Vt. : Marble City Press-Tuttle, 1907 (v. 1) ; Burlington, Vt.: Free Press Printing, 1932 (v. 2) at archive.org* Adams, Charles Collard.

“Middletown Upper Houses, A History of theNorth Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family.” (The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York) 1908. p. 536. https://archive.org/stream/middletownupperh00adam#page/536/mode/1up* The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

• LAND & COURT RECORDS

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1635 to 1700. P. C. No 50; Vol. III Name: John Goodrich Location:You are hereby in his magesties named required to attach 2 peeces or parcels of Meadow Land, containing about 8 acres, in Wethersfield meadow, such as you shall be directed unto, which belonged to the estate of John Goodrich Sen., late of Wethersfield, deceased, and secure the same to be responsible at the County Court to be held at Hartford on the first Thursday in September next to the complaint of Wm. Pitkin as Attorney to Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, and Mary his wife, in an action of the case for that fower pounds by the year since the decease of the sd.

John Goodrich hath not been paid unto the said Mary Tracy, according to a Covenant made to that intent by the said Goodrich, dated April 4th, 1674, and for payment of which said Land was bound, whereof remains unpaid thirteen pounds two shillings, besides part of a years due unto the payment of the said summe, and you are to give notice hereof to Lt. Samuel Steele, Daniell Rose and Joseph Goodrich, Administrators to the said John Goodrichhis estate, and warn them to, or so many of them as you can warn, to appear at said Court to answer the action and defend the estate, and makereturn of serveing hereof to the Court or to the clerk thereof before the Court, the Plaintiff having given Security according to Law to prosecute his action to effect and answer all damages in case he make not his p lea good. Hereof fail not. To the Marshall George Grave to serve. John Allyn, Secrtry. - - - - - - - - - -No 51--Mr. Pitkin: That which my wife have reseved of her legesy thather husband Goodrich gave her during life, the 1st year she reseved £4, the 2nd year she reseved £2-18, and that is all that have been reseved. Thomas Tracy. £ s d Dyed April, 1680--5 years, 20-00-00 Paid 6-18-00 Due 13-02-00 - - - - - - - - - -No. 52--There is a description of Land that John Goodrich made over tohis wife Mary, which now is the wife of Lt. Thomas Tracy, by way of Joyn ture. John Goodrich.

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1677 to 1687. Page 35-6 Name: John Goodrich Location: Wethersfield(Will on File.) Invt. £651-10-00. Taken 6 April, 1680, by Samuel Steele , John Wolcott & Nathaniel Boreman. Will dated 9 June, 1672. I John Goodrich of Wethersfield do make this my last Will & Testam ent: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Rose 16 Shill ings over & above what I have bestowed upon her already. Item. I give & bequeath unto my son John Goodrich 12 Pence over & a bove those Lands I have seized in him already. Item. I give unto my daughter Mary Goodrich £50, & to be paid her out of my Household Stuffe and Moveable Goods as they shall then be pris ed. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah £50, and to be p aid her out of my Moveable Goods & Catle as they shall then be prised. Item. I give & bequeath to my two youngest sons, Joseph & Jonathan Goodrich, my Dwelling house, Barn, Homelott, & also all my Land, Meadow& Upland, to be equally improved between them and the profits thereof to be equally divided between them so long as they can or do agree together; but if they difere and do not agree to improve together, then my Will is that my son Joseph shall have my 3 acre Lott in the Meadow and half my Lott in the Great Swamp, the south side, and also my whole Lott in Beaver Meadow, & also that peice of Swamp and Meadow at the rear of the Meadow Gate which Mr. Chester had of me, and also that 4½ acres in the south field, and that acre & 1/2 in beauer Brook which was sometime John (Tinker's?) Lott, & also half of that 17-acre Lott in the West field & the west side of that Lott. These peices of land I give and bequeath un to my son Joseph. Item. I give unto my son Jonathan all the rest or remainder of my Estate, viz., my Dwelling house, Barn, homelott & whatsoever thereto appurtains, and my Pastar Lott at the West End of the Towne, & also that 5 acres of Meadow I had of Mr. Chester, and also all that 4 acres at the lower Meadow Gate, that I had of Mr. Chester, & also half my Lott in the Great Swamp, the north side, and also half that 17-acre Lott in the little West field. And if it shall happen that my catle & Moveable Estate will not reach to pay my daughters so much as I have bequeathed unto them, my Will is that my two sons, Joseph & Jonathan Goodrich, shall makeup the sums in convenient time so as they do not straighten themselves t oo much. And I do make, ordain & appoint Mr. Gershom Bulkeley and Mr. Samue l Talcott Executors to this my last Will & Testament. [signed] John Goodrich sen. Witness: Hugh Welles, Mary Goodrich. The Executors refuse to act. - - - - - - - - - -Court Record, Page 26--21 April, 1680: There was presented to this Court a Will of the sd. Goodrich which had been objected against by the sd. Goodrich his relations, and the Executors refusing to accept of the Executorship laid upon them in the sd. Will, this Court doth now by Proclamation order all those concerned in the Estate of John Goodrich to appear at the Court in September next to make out their respective claims to the Estate, and the Court doth appoint Daniel Rose and Joseph Goodrich t o take Care of the Estate that it be reserved and improved. - - - - - - - - - -Page 35 (Pro. Side) 21 April, 1680: Mary, the Relict, Widow of John Goo drich, appeared in Court with the Inventory: £ s d Out of the Estate is paid to the Widow, 50-19-09 In Debts paid and lost Estate, 8-12-00 To Jonathan, 3-16-06 63-08-03 - - - - - - - - - -Page 29--7 September, 1680: Jonathan Goodrich appeared in Court and made choice of Lt. Samuel Steele to be his Guardian. The Court approved of this choice. This Court having considered the Estate of John Goodrich Decd, the Will exhibited in Court being made many years before the decease of sd. Goodrich, & sundry Transactions have passed since the Will was made which hath varied the Estate very much, & the Executors wholly renouncing of the same, this Court do grant Adms. of the Estate unto Lt. Samuel Steele, Daniel Rose and Joseph Goodrich, & order the Distributiont o be as followeth: £ s dTo Joseph, the Eldest son now living (the eldest son being dead and com pounded with for his portion), 190-00-00 To Jonathan, the next son, 190-00-00 To the three daughters, to each of them, 100-00-00And the sons are to have their portions in Houseing & Lands, and they to make up the £4 per annum by proportion to their Mother during hernatural life out of the Revenue of the Land. Mr. Samuel Talcott, Lt. Samuel Steele and Mr. Eli Kimberly are desired to divide the Estate to the Legatees. Mr. Read is to receive £50 out of the Estate, Mr. Rose £15, an d Mr. Maynard £8. - - - - - - - - - -Page 35--(Vol. VII) 11 November, 1702: This Court, upon Application ofSergt. Crafts in behalf of Jonathan Goodrich, son of John Goodrich, formerly of Wethersfield Decd, do order that the Clerk grant a Writ or Citation requireing Mr. Daniel Rose, one of the Adms. on the sd. John Goodrich his Estate, to appear at the Court to be holden the 1st Tuesday inMarch next, to render an Account of his Adms. on the sd. Estate, the foresd. John (Jonathan) Goodrich complaining that he hath not received his full part of the Estate according to the Distribution of Court, 2 Septem ber, 1680. - - - - - - - - - -Page 40--2 March, 1702-3: Adms. granted further time to finish his Adms . - - - - - - - - - -Page 43--7 April, 1703: Mr. Daniel Rose appeared in Court according toC itation and gave an Account thereof to the Court's Satisfaction. - - - - - - - - - -Page 60--8 November, 1704: Whereas Moses Crafts, Atty. to Jonathan Goodrich, cited Daniel Rose to appear and render an Account of his Adms. on the Estate of John Goodrich Decd, the sd. Rose now appeared in Court and made it appear by Record that he had already rendered an Account to theSatisfaction of the Court, and that therefore he is not requireable to r ender further Account.

We are adding Thomas Tracy to the PGM project. Per project all identical spouses must be merged and labeled as unknown if they are disputed.See NEHGREGISTER 61(1907):93.

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Additional information LifeSketch: Caution! PLEASE do not tamper with this record. Her name is unknown, but she is documented as giving birth to the 7 children of Lieut. Thomas Tracy Sr.1610–1685 M34Z-BC8. Please read pages 691-695 Book: The Waterman Family, Volume 1, 1939, (attached below) ​https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE95661. Page 695 lists the 7 children. Martha Bourne is NOT their mother--she is their step-mother.The name of his wife is unknown. She was not the widow Mary Mason because she never remarried. He moved to Saybrook in 1644. He stayed there until 1660 when he moved to Norwich. He and his son, John, were among the 35 founders of Norwich. Thomas had seven children. It is unknown if his wife was living when he moved to Norwich. Thomas had two other marriages. His second marriage was circa 1680 when he was age 70 to Martha Bourne Bradford, the widow of John Bradford. His third wife was the twice widowed Mary Foote Stoddard Goodrich. They married in 1683.