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Martha Brenton (Burton)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: between September 30, 1672 and April 04, 1673 (43-53)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Burton and Martha Burton
Wife of Gov. William Brenton
Mother of Mary Sanford; Martha Garde; William Henry Brenton, II; Elizabeth Poole; Abigail Burton and 3 others
Sister of Stephen Burton, Sr.

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About Martha Brenton

Martha Burton

  • Birth: say 1624 England
  • Death: between September 30, 1672 and April 04, 1673 (53-54)
  • Daughter of Thomas Burton and Martha
  • 2nd Wife of Gov. William Brenton

Their children

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brenton-159

  • 2. Martha, b say 1644; m by 1664 John Garde, son of Roger Garde;[6] She died by 1667.
  • 3. Mary, b say 1646; m by 1665 Peleg Sanford, son of John Sanford. (GMB provides no citation)
  • 4. Elizabeth, b say 1648; m in Taunton 28 Mar 1672 John Poole;[7] on 19 Jan 1691/2 Samuel Sewall visited Elizabeth and reported that "Mrs. Elisa. Pool has buried five sisters, Eliot, Gard, Sanford, Brown, Burton. Sanford, Gard, have left no children."[8] She d. Boston 17 Oct 1694.[9]
  • 5. Sarah, b say 650; m by 1677 Joseph Eliot, son of Rev. John Eliot, as his first wife.[10]
  • 6. Mehitable, b Boston 28 Nov 1652;[11] m btw 9 Feb 1673/4 (date of father's will) and 3 Oct 1675 (admission to Charlestown church)[12] Joseph Brown; she d. Charlestown 14 Sep 1676.[13]
  • 7. Jahleel, b Boston 15 Noov 1655 (as "Jaleham");[14] did not marry.[15]
  • 8. William, b say 1657; m by 1680 Hannah Davis, dau of Nicholas and Sarah (_____) Davis.[16]
  • 9. Abigail, b say 1659; m by 1677 as his first wife Stephen Burton.[17]
  • 10. Ebenezer, b say 1662; m Bristol Nov 1687 Priscilla (Byfield) Waldron, sister of Nathaniel Byfield and widow of Isaac Waldron.[18]
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Martha Brenton's Timeline

1624
1624
England
1642
1642
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
1644
1644
Guilford, New Haven, CT
1644
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1646
June 6, 1646
Portsmouth, Newport County, RI, United States
1648
1648
Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1649
1649
1652
November 28, 1652
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1672
September 30, 1672
Age 48