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Mary Converse (Sawyer)

Birthdate:
Death: circa 1766 (77-94)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joshua Sawyer and Sarah Sawyer
Wife of Captain Robert Converse
Mother of Elizabeth Simonds; Hannah Thompson; Ebenezer Converse; James Converse; Ann or Anna Simonds and 5 others
Sister of Abigail [Converse] Vinton; Joshua Sawyer, II; Sarah Reed; Hannah Converse; Elizabeth Blodgett and 1 other

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About Mary Converse

Married 19 Dec 1698, and bore eight children to Captain Robert in Woburn, MA.

At the time of her death (first will document dated 5 Dec 1766), her grandson Benjamin (s/o Ebenezer Converse) is listed as the executor. Listed at the top of the document are Benjamin Convers, James Convers of Cambridge(James Converse son?), and Ebenezer Brooks of Medford. The account papers were signed by all three, in the presence of Thomas Brooks and Andrew Boardman.

At the time of her death, guardianship papers were filed for her two youngest daughters, [Keziah Reed] and Susanna (Simonds). [Keziah Reed] went to her sister [Hannah Thompson], under the guardianship of her husband, Ebenezer Thompson. Susanna went to her sister, [Esther Snow], under the guardianship of her husband, Isaac Snow.

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Mary Converse's Timeline

1680
1680
1699
December 4, 1699
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1702
February 17, 1702
Woburn, MA, United States
1704
October 1, 1704
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1706
May 1, 1706
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1706
1708
November 1, 1708
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1710
December 24, 1710
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1715
July 23, 1715
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1721
August 2, 1721
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States