Mary Ellsworth

Biography

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Mary _____ was born probably about 1618. She married Hugh Smith, likely in England.

The earliest record found of Hugh Smith and his wife Mary is that of the birth of their first daughter.

Children, born in Rowley:

1. Mary, b. 17 March 1641/42; m. Daniel Wicom.
2. Sarah, b. 24 October 1643; bur. 1 January 1643/44.
3. Hannah, b. 24 March 1647; m. (1) Joseph Trumble, (2) John Strong, (3) Nicholas Buckland.
4. Martha, b. 5 February 1648/49; m. (1) Caleb Burbank; (2) John Hardy.
5. Samuel, b. about 1651; m. Mary Elithorpe.
6. Edward, b. 1 June 1654; m. Sarah Allen.
7. Sarah, b. ____; d. aft. 29 March 1664 when she chose Daniel Wicom as her guardian.

Hugh Smith died in November or December 1655.

Mary Smith, Sr. married second, 2 December 1657 in Rowley, Jeremiah Ellsworth.[1] He had given bond 26 November 1657 to pay to Hugh Smith's children their portions.[2]

Jeremiah Ellsworth and Mary had one daughter, born in Rowley:

1. Rebecca, b. 2 May 1659; prob. d. young.

Mary, wife of Jeremiah Ellsworth, was buried 24 May 1688 in Rowley.[1]

Research Notes

Dates of Birth, Marriage

No records (court, etc.) that would give a better idea of when Hugh Smith or his wife Mary were born have been found.

Hugh and Mary's first daughter, Mary, was born 17 March 1641/42. Hugh and Mary, then, were married by the middle of 1641, perhaps as much as a year earlier.

Mary's daughter by her second husband, Jeremiah Ellsworth, Rebecca, was born 2 May 1659. Mary, then, probably wouldn't have been born much earlier than 1618.

Mary, if born in 1618, would have been 22 in 1640. If Hugh were, say, 25, he would have been born about 1615. He probably wouldn't have been much younger than that, but he also could have been years older.

Parentage

Mary's origin is unknown. This profile was previously connected to parents John Ellsworth and Lucia Bower. There is no evidence of Mary's surname at birth being Ellsworth. No evidence of a connection between these families has been found. See G2G post: Hugh Smith, Great Migration immigrant of Rowley. Parentage and Wife. … Somewhere along the way Hugh Smith of Rowley became associated, with absolutely no basis in fact, with the titled Smiths of Hatherton. … I imagine that her remarriage to an Ellsworth may have at some point resulted in acquiring Ellsworth as her birth name.”

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ellsworth-1943 cites

1. The Essex Institute. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Vol. I. Salem, MA: 1928. Pages 398, 463.
2. The Essex Institute. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. II. Salem, MA, 1912. Page 56.
3. Blodgett, George. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1887-1933). Page 344. <Archive.Org>