Mary Delano

Mary Pontus was born by 1622, daughter of William Pontus, in Leyden, Holland. She was still living as of 5 July 1682.

Mary married James Glass on 31 October 1645. They had 4 children:

1. Hannah born 2 June 1648 - she died on 15 June 1648
2. Wybra born 9 August 1649 - she married Joseph Bumpas, she died 27 December 1711
3. Hannah born 24 December 1651 - she married Isaac Billington, she died 15 June 1698
4. Mary born after her father died - she married Samuel Hunt

Mary became a widow when her husband James died at sea on 3 Sep 1652.

Mary (Pontus) Glass married, as her 2nd husband, by 17 January 1653[/4], Philip Delano"... Phillip Delanoy, who was then present, and with the consent of Mary, his wife, the other daughter of the said William Pontus" 3 May 1664, and widow of James Glass ("Phillp Delano Senr. aged 74 years or there about testifieth and sayth before he married Mary Glass ye relict of James Glass deceased that she ye sd mary gave all her Lands upto her three children Mary, Wybra, & Hannah equally alike" 3 March 1676/7.

Children attributed to Mary Pontus and Philip Delano:

1. Jane was born about 1655. She was living at the settlement of her father’s estate in 1682.There is no further information.
2. Rebecca was born about 1657. She married in Plymouth John Churchill on December 28, 1686, and had five children. She died in Plymouth on April 7, 1709.
3. Samuel was born about 1659. He married Elizabeth Standish by 1679 and had nine children. He died in Duxbury before August 9, 1728.
4. A daughter was born about 1661. Nothing further is known and her birth is based on the wording of various bequests in Philip’s will.

Note: The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society states that there are no records of her burial place and that it is likely that she is buried at the Myles Standish Burying Ground as she was a member of the church there, and her descendants are buried there.

References

• The Great Migration Begins Project - Philip Delano sketch