Mary Dexter

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Mary (Field) Dexter (1673 - 1727)

Mary Dexter formerly Field

Born 1 Jun 1673 in Providence, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island

Daughter of Thomas Field and Martha (Harris) Field

Sister of Thomas Field, Elizabeth (Field) Yates and William Field

Wife of John Dexter Sr — married about 1695 (to Jun 1727) in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Mother of Unknown Dexter, Naomi (Dexter) Whipple, Mary (Dexter) Whipple, John Dexter II, Stephen Dexter, Jeremiah Dexter, Sarah (Dexter) Smith, Lydia (Dexter) Smith, William Dexter, Jonathan Dexter, William Dexter and Abigail (Dexter) Smith

Died Jun 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

[Note: GenDict has corrections on Martha Field and Thomas Mattewson, text in error]

Biography

Mary Field was born at Providence, Rhode Island on June 1, 1673, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Harris) Field. [1] [2] [3]

Mary married John Dexter who was born at Providence about 1673, only son of Stephen and Abigail (Whipple) Dexter, and together they had 10 children. [1] [3] [4]

The lived on land of his father Stephen Dexter, at Lime Rocks (now Smithfield), where John build a house and had orchards. . [2] [4]

Mary died in June of 1727. [1] [3] and is buried in the North Burial Ground at Providence. [5] Her inscription reads: Here lieth ye Body of Mary ye Wife of John Dexter died in June 1727 Aged 50 years [6]

After her death, he sold his farm to their son John and he moved to Providence where married second, Mary Mason. [1] [3] [4]

John died on April 22,1734 and is buried at the North Burial Ground as well. [7] [1] [5]

Children

Naomi, born c1698 at Smithfield[1] ; married Thomas Whipple [2] at Providence on April 15, 1720 [7]; died at North Providence on December 12, 1777. [8] Mary, born c1699 at Smithfield [1]; married Noah Whipple on May 24, 1722. [7] [2] [9] John, born in 1701 at Smithfield [1] ; died on August 29, 1780 aged 79; married Mary Browne. [2] Stephen born at Smithfield in 1703 [1]; died on October 1, 1741; married Mehitable Knight on April 23, 1733. [2] [7] [5] Jeremiah, born in 1705 at Smithfield[1]. Settled in Walpole. [2] Sarah, born in 1707 at Smithfield [1]; married Solomon Smith. [2] Lydia, born 1709 at Smithfield [1]; married Joseph Smith. [2] William, born in 1711 at Smithfield [1]; died young. [2] Jonathan, born in 1713 at Smithfield [1]; died young. [2] Abigail, born in 1715 at Smithfield [1]; married William Smith on December 24, 1732. [2] [7] Research notes

Burials: North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Dexter, John 1673-22 Apr-1734, age 62. (p.20) Dexter, Mary w/o John 1677- June 1727, age 50. (p. 21) Dexter, Stephen 1703-1741 (p. 209) [5] Providence Marriages

1-22: Dexter, Naomi and Thomas Whipple, April 15, 1720. (p. 57) 1-31: Dexter, Mary and Noah Whipple, May 24, 1722. (p. 57) 1-65: Dexter, Abigail and William Smith, Dec. 24, 1732. (p. 58) 1-67: Dexter, Stephen Jr. and Mehitable Knight, m. by Richard Waterman, Justice, April 23, 1733. (p. 58) Providence Deaths

5-536: Dexter, John (cooper) (*3-233), April 22, 1734. (p. 265) 5-536 Dexter, Stephen (joiner) (*4-10), Oct. 1, 1741. (p. 265) 5-536: Dexter, Mary (widow) (*5-8), Feb. 4, 1754. (p. 265) [7] Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in America, Whose Ancestors Were in this Country Prior to 1700. Emigrant Ancestors Located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia. All Descendants of the Fields of England, Whose Ancestor, Hurbutus de la Field, was from Alsace-Lorraine, Volume 1, W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1901 p. 125-6 ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Newman, Sylvanus C. Dexter Genealogy: being a record of the families descending from Rev. Gregory Dexter; with notes and biographical sketches of each parent. A Crawford Greene, Printer. Providence, Rhode Island, 1859 p. 21 ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Osborne, John Austin. The Genealogical Fictionary of Rhode Island : Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation. Joel Munsell & Sons, Albany, New York, 1887 p. 76: 288-9 ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dexter Fred Fay, M. D. Ancestry in: Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; Volume 12, the American Historical Society Inc., publishers, New York, 1916 p. 166-7 ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sterling, John E. North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, Old Section 1700-1748, Special Publication No. 5, Rhode Island Genealogical, Society, Greenville, RI, 2000. p. 20 ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 11700253 ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Arnold, James N. Editor. Vital Record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People, Vol. 2, Providence County, Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892 ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 32, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1878 p. 407 ↑ Olney, Sandra S. Passengers on the Lion from England to Boston 1632 and Five Generations of Their Descendants, Heritage Books, Westminster, Maryland, 2008 p. 626