Mary Bingham

Although William Bingham is said to have been the product of "humble stock,"4 the term in his case is misleading. His immigrant ancestor John had been a goldsmith of London. His great-grandfather James removed from New Jersey to Philadelphia, where he was a blacksmith by trade, a vestryman of Christ Church, and a large property owner at his death. A second James, who was a saddler, also increased the family property, all of which eventually fell into the hands of his only surviving son William.

William married 1745 Mary, the daughter of John Stamper one time mayor of Philadelphia. They had five children, the youngest Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, November I, 1780. Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, November i, 1780.2

• William Brooke Rawle, "Laurel Hill," PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND
• BIOGRAPHY (1911), XXXV. 398, Anna Rawle to Mrs. Samuel Shoemaker, November
• 4, 1780.
• 'William Jay, Life of John Jay, II. 88-91, John Jay to William Bingham, September
• 8, 1781.* 4
• Joshua Francis Fisher, Recollections, 193.2

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Biography

Mary Bingham was born in May 1729 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonial America, and was baptized on June 8, 1729. Her parents were John Stamper and Hannah Stamper.

Mary married William Bingham on September 19, 1745, in Christ Church Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States. Together they had the following children:

• William Bingham;
• George Washington Bingham;
• James Bingham;
• John Bingham;
• Hannah Bingham;
• Ann Bingham;
• Josiah Bingham.

She died on March 7, 1816, in Sprague, Connecticut, America n Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA.

References

Historic Christ Church has artifacts from when William Penn and Benjamin Frankin attended church. They're buried in the burial grounds her husband is buried and many of the Bingham and Stamper family members are buried. [https://christchurchphila.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/063F56FE-...]

Burial [https://www.christchurchphila.org/#] Historic Church and Burial Grounds

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