Eppes

Biography

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Mary Epes was baptized at St. Olave, Hart Street, London, England on October 8, 1629 daughter of Daniel Epes and Martha Reade. [1]

She married Peter Duncan of Gloucester and Dorchester, Massachusetts by 1655. [1] Her husband Peter was baptized on September 10, 1629 at St. Olave, Exeter, Devonshire, England, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Jourdaine) Duncan who came to New England in 1633 and settled at Dorchester. [2]

In Peter Duncan's grandmother widow Elizabeth Jourdaine's will, written at Exeter, Devon on October 31, 1633, she indicated that 'all debt owed to her by Nathaniel Duncan to his sons Peter and Nathaniel. [3]

After her father's Daniel's death her mother Martha remarried to Samuel Symonds. [4] [5]

Her stepfather Deputy Governor Samuel Symond's wrote his will on February 16, 1673. In it he left bequests to the 'my daughter Dunkin' among others: [6]

In a court case brought be Mahalalees Munnings against Nathaniel and Peter Duncan on October 18, 1659, it was found that the Duncan's owed Munnings L560 12s plus interest and costs, however, 'whatever was delivered to the said Mr. Duncan's wife by the order of the church at Boston ... shall not be liable to the execution.' [2]

The family resided at Boston until removing to Gloucester, Massachusetts about 1660, where they purchased land on the harbor in 1662. Her husband was not successful in business and in 1693 he was said to be 'very poor and unable to work.' [7]

Mary died at Gloucester on July 2, 1692. [8] [7]

Peter died there on May 6, 1716 aged 86. [8] [7]

Children

1. Martha born at Boston on November 10, 1655. [9]
2. Elizabeth born on February 28, 1656/7 [9] ; likely died young.
3. Mary born on November 12, 1659; baptized on November 20 [9] ; died on February 28, 1725; married William Sargent Jr. on June 28, 1678. [10] [7]
4. Elizabeth born on August 30, 1661. [11]
5. Ruth, born July 29, 1663 [27: 5m: CTR] [11]
6. Peter born in November or December, 1665 {Dec. 2, 1665. [2: 9m: CTR] [11]
7. Priscilla born on March 9, 1667 [9: 1m: 1666/7]. [11]
8. Margery/Margaret born in March 1669/70. [8: 1m: 1669/70] [3: 1m: 1669] [11]
9. Daniel born on May 19, 1672

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Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Epps-Linford-Yale-Endicott in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 71, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917 p. 91-2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anderson, Robert C. Nathaniel Duncan in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 595-9 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
3. ↑ Barclay, Mrs. John E. Sarah (Jurdain) (Hill) (Sowther) Greenleaf in: The American Genealogist, Volume 43, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1967, p. 14-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Elizabeth Epes in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001 p. 458 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
5. ↑ Stot, Clifford L. John Plumb of Connecticut and His Cousin, Deputy Governor Samuel (1) Symonds of Massachusetts in: The American Genealogist, Volume 70, New Haven, Connecticut, 1995 p. 152-3 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
6. ↑ The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts: 1675-1681, Volume 3: 1675-1681. The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1920 p. 263-76
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Babson, John James and Samuel Chandler. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: Including the Town of Rockport, Proctor Brothers, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1861, p. 82: 150-1: 215
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume 3: Deaths. The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1924, p. 123
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, p. 51; 56; 69: 72
10. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume 2: Marriages. The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1923, p. 190
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Volume 1: Births. The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1917, p. 231