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Mary Downing (Bunce)

Also Known As: "Mary "Meakins"", "Mary "Meekins""
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
Death: before August 19, 1682
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States (Died before death date.)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Bunce of Hartford and Sarah Bunce
Wife of Thomas Meakins and John Downing, 1640, of Hatfield
Mother of Sarah Jones; Mary Lewis; John Meekins; Thomas Meekins, III; Mehitable Dickinson and 3 others
Sister of Sarah Worthington; Elizabeth White; Thomas Bunce, Jr.; Sgt. John Bunce, Sr. and Matthew Bunce

Managed by: Virginia Lee Green
Last Updated:

About Mary Downing

  • 'Genealogical guide to the early settlers of America: with a brief history of ... By Henry Whittemore
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=cSrlHHj2AFcC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq...
  • Pg. 156
  • JOHN DOWNING, died at Boston, 1694, was a merchant from Nevis.
  • ' JOHN DOWNING, of Braintree, 1673, was a soldier in Philip's war with Capt. Turner, 1676, on Connecticut River settlement at Hatfield, married soon after Mary, widow of Thomas Meakins, Jr., had Jonathan, 1677; and John, 1678.
  • _______________
  • 'Mary Bunce1
  • 'F, #88963, b. 17 September 1645, d. before August 1682
  • Father Thomas Bunce2 b. c 1612, d. 1683
  • Mother Sarah2 d. 1694
  • ' Mary Bunce was born on 17 September 1645 at Hartford, Hartford, CT.1 She married Thomas Meekins, son of Thomas Meekins and Sarah Beardsley, circa 1665 at of Hadley, Hampshire, MA.1 Mary Bunce died before August 1682 at Hartford, Hartford, CT.1
  • 'Family Thomas Meekins b. 8 Jun 1643, d. 19 Oct 1675
  • Child
    • Sarah Meekins1 b. 25 Feb 1666, d. 28 Dec 1739
  • Citations
  • 1.[S14] Unknown author, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey., p. 501.
  • 2.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, SLC Archives.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2961.htm#...
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from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113420683/mary_meekins

"Mary Bunce Meekins
BIRTH: 17 Sep 1645 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.
DEATH: unknown.
BURIAL: Burial Details Unknown.
MEMORIAL ID: 113420683
Mary died before 19 Aug 1689, as she was not mentioned in either her father's or mother's will.

Her father's bio states: Mary, b. Sept 17, 1645, m. (1) Thomas Meakins, of Hatfield, who was killed by the Indians, Oct. 19 1675; (2) John Downing, of Hatfield. The late Deacon Russell Bunce and his sons, John L. Bunce, President of the Phoenix Bank, and James M. Bruce, were descendants from John Bunce, son of Thomas. [Contributed by Jeff Jourdan, Sr. #49451116]
Family Members:
Parents:
Thomas Bunce Sr 1612–1683,
Sarah Bull Bunce 1612–1694.

Spouse:
Thomas Meekins III 1643–1675.

Siblings:
Sarah Bunce Worthington 1642–1676,
Elizabeth Bunce White 1646–1716 ,
Deacon Thomas Bunce II 1648–1711,
Sgt John Bunce Sr 1650–1733."

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Mary Downing's Timeline

1645
September 17, 1645
Hartford, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1666
February 25, 1666
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1670
March 28, 1670
Hadley, Hamps, Massachusetts, USA
1672
January 12, 1672
MA, United States
1673
1673
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1675
August 1675
Hadley, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1677
January 1677
Hatfield, Hampshire CO, MA
1678
October 29, 1678
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States