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Mary Cowdrey (Robins)

Also Known As: "Mary (Robins) Savage"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Cherrystone, Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia
Death: February 28, 1690 (47-48)
Cherrystone, Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Obedience Robins and Grace Robins
Wife of Captain John Savage and William Cowdrey
Mother of Thomas Savage, II; Constant Roberts; Mary Savage; John Savage, II; Elkington Savage and 2 others
Sister of Dorothea Andrews; Maj. John Robins; Obedience Robins, Il and Frances Pigot
Half sister of Col. William Waters and Margaret Waters

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About Mary Cowdrey

Mary Robins

  • F, b. circa 1642, d. before 1691
  • Father Col. Obedience Robins (I) b. b 26 Apr 1601, d. b 30 Dec 1662
  • Mother Grace (1) Neale b. c 1603, d. b 2 Mar 1682/83
  • Charts Descendants of Obedience Robins (First Families of Virginia), Descendants of Ensign Thomas Savage (Ancient Planter)

Mary was born circa 1642 at Northampton Co, VA. She married, as his 2nd wife, Capt. John (2) Savage I, son of Ensign Thomas (1) Savage and Hannah 'Ann' Elkington, on 16 December 1667 at Northampton Co, VA.2

Mary was named in her husband's will on 26 August 1678 at Northampton Co, VA. She was shown as a wife Mary in the will of Capt. John Savage Gent..3

She married William Cowdrey, son of Benjamin Cowdrey, circa 1680. Mary Robins married 2nd her stepson-in-law, William Cowdrey..4 Mary died before 1691.5

Family 1 - Capt. John (2) Savage I b. 1624, d. b 11 Dec 1678

Children

  1. Capt. Thomas (6) Savage (II)+ b. c 1670, d. b 11 Jun 1728
  2. Mary (7) Savage+ b. 1672
  3. John (8) Savage II+ b. 1673, d. 20 Mar 1720
  4. Elkington (9) Savage+ b. 13 Feb 1676, d. b 17 Nov 1719
  5. Frances (10) Savage+ b. c 1677

Family 2 - William Cowdrey b. c 1645

Child

  1. Grace (15) Cowdrey b. c 1682, d. a 1692

Citations

  1. [S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5.
  2. [S623] M.D. & Jean M. Mihalyka William R.M. Houston, Colonial Residents of Virginia's Eastern Shore (Whose Ages Were Proved Before Court Officials of Accomack and Northampton Counties).
  3. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p 120 (Savage Family).
  4. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 120 (Savage Family).
  5. [S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 103 (will of Capt. John Savage Gent., daughter Grace Corbin).

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Mary Cowdrey's Timeline

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Cherrystone, Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia
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