Mary Harnden

Mary Stocker and Samuel Chadwick married in Woburn, Middlesex County, either 22 Dec 1684 [Middlesex Co. record] or 22 Jan 1684/5.[1]

Samuel died on 26 February 1690, and Mary remarried quickly. On 10 February 1691, Mary married Benjamin Harnden in Reading.[2] The proof of the marriage is in the documentation of Samuel Chadwick's inventory & administration of his estate

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Mary Harnden formerly Stocker aka Chadwick

Born about 1665 in Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of Samuel Chadwick — married 22 Dec 1684 (to 26 Feb 1690) in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Bay Colony

Wife of Benjamin Harnden — married 10 Feb 1691 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Mary (Chadwick) Jenkens, Martha Chadwick, Martha Chadwick, Elizabeth (Harnden) Preston, Harriet Harnden, Benjamin Harnden and Samuel Harnden

Died before 1711 [location unknown]

Profile last modified 8 Jun 2018 | Created 4 Nov 2013

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details. :

On 5 March 1690 "An Invintary of the estat of Samwell Chadwick of Reden desesed 26 febrewary 1690" was made. It contained a dwelling house and land, a pair of oxen and other livestock, normal household goods, firearms & books, totaling £66.02.00. Debts totalled £10.14.00, owed to Daniel Smith of Charlestown gunsmith, Joseph Richardson Sr., and several others.[3]

On 07 April 1691, "... my former husband Samll. Chadwick ... deceased without a will and left me two small children to bring up, and only this small estate to pay the abovesaid debts & to maintaine my selfe & children ... I pray that your honor. would please to grant administration to my husband that I now have, and so setle the above estate as the law may be sattesfyed & no wrong to partyes concerned ... Mary Harndine... " "Administration was granted to Benjamin Harnden & his wife Mary Harnden on the estate of Samll Chadwick"[4]

There are three births recorded in the Woburn Vital Records for Samuel and wife Mary:

Mary, b. 1685, m. Joel Jenkins Martha, b. 1687, d. 1688 Martha, b. 1689, n.f.i. With her second husband, Benjamin Harnden, she had[5]:

Elizabeth, b. 1692 Hannah, b. 1694 Benjamin, b. 1697 Richard, b. 1699 (twin) Samawell, b. 1699 (twin) Mary was not mentioned in her husband's will, so probably died before 1740. There is a marriage recorded in Andover for a Benjamin Harden and Elizabeth Holt. A death in Wilmington VRs in 1734 for an Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin. Elizabeth is probably a second wife for Benjamin, giving a likely death for Mary between 1699-1711. No death is recorded for Mary in either Wilminton or Reading Vital records.

Research notes

If the second Martha survived her father, then the "two small children" mentioned in the administration request in 1691 must be Mary & Martha. If the second Martha died before April 1691, and Samuel had another child born to him, it is not recorded in Woburn with his other children.

Sources

↑ Edwin Johnason, compiler, Woburn, MA, Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages From 1640 to 1873(Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1891), Vol. 3, p. 264 ↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1912) p. 359. "Harnden, Benjamin and Mary ____, Feb. 10, 1690-1." ↑ Middlesex County Probate records, Administration file #4107 ↑ Middlesex County Probate records, Administration file #4107 ↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1912), pp. 114-115 Corbeil Family Database [undefined, from gedcom import]