Mary Beecher

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Richard Sperry, Sr. & Elizabeth Sperry

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-447106

Disputed surname

The wife of Isaac Beecher is sometimes called Mary SPERRY. There is a lack of reliable sources supporting her last name or parentage. One family tree says she was the sister of Richard Sperry. Is there a reference by Isaac in a document to my brother Richard Sperry or by Richard to my brother Isaac Beecher? Alleged father John Sperry.

Families of Ancient New Haven

Isaac Beecher of New Haven, son of Widow Potter / Beecher, m. Mary _____.[1] She had an assigned seat in the meeting house.[2]

Her birth is estimated from her husband's birth and the births of their children. She probalby died in New Haven where the family lived.

Children[1]

New Haven Dates verified: [3]

1. John b. c. 1646 bp 27 June 1686 (adult); d. Dec 1712 ae 67 (gravestone originally on the town Green); m. Elizabeth Roberts.
2. Isaac b. 18 Aug 1650 New Haven ; d. 1708; m. Joanna Roberts
3. Samuel b. 17 Oct 1652 New Haven ; m. 2 july 1691, Stratford, Sarah Hurd, widow of John Sherwood
4. Eliazer/Ebenezer b. 8 Apr 1655 New Haven; d. 2 Mar 1725/6 NHV ae 71 ; buried West Haven; m. 5 Nov 1677, New Haven, Phebe Prindle
5. Joseph d. 7 Oct 1728 New Haven; m. Lydia Robers d/o William and Joanna Roberts.

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Mary was born in London, England on 03/14/1624. She immigrated with her parents, Richard Sperry and ??, aboard the "Hector", arriving with the first group of Puritans to settle New Haven, Connecticut. Married Issac Beecher, New Haven, 1643, as his 1st wife. 5 sons: John, Joseph, Isaac, Samuel, Eleazer.

Sources

1. Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 162

Links

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