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Martha Foster was born on 1 Aug 1672 in Ipswich. Perhaps she is the Martha Foster who married Thompson Wood on 8 Dec 1691 in Ipswich.
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From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 45; Volume 51 (Google eBook) The Society, 1891 - New England. Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters. Page 225. "Notes and Queries."
Re: Mercy And Mary.—(register, li., pp. 75 and 76).
"I can add Martha to the confusion. John Thorn married Martha Wood, July 28, 169-.—Ipswich Records. Probate: 335-464.—John Thorn's will, June 15, 1758, mentions "beloved wife Mercy." Inventory, presented Dec. 6, by "Marcy Thorn." There was no second marriage, and they had daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter Mercy, but no Martha. Moreover, the Martha Wood was probably daughter or granddaughter of Mercy Thompson who married Isaiah Wood, 1653. The nearest approach to an explanation I can offer is this:—Final "a" formerly stood for our final "y". (Becca, Doratha, for our Becky and Dorothy;—and I have known elderly persons in New Hampshire who wrote Josie, Josn.) I have heard old persons here pronounce Mercy, Mair-cy. The English still pronounce Ma-ry, Mair-y;—identical with Mair-cy except for the s sound. Mair-thy—Mair-cy pronounced with a lisp. Miss Helen Mansfield."
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1672 |
August 1, 1672
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Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
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1693 |
May 18, 1693
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Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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1696 |
July 4, 1696
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Middlesex, MA, United States
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1698 |
January 15, 1698
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Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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November 15, 1698
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Concord, MA, United States
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1700 |
1700
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Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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1701 |
May 29, 1701
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Framingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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1702 |
April 24, 1702
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Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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