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Mary Getchell (Joy)

Also Known As: "Widow Gray"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: York County, Maine, United States
Death: after 1758
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ephraim Joy, II; Sarah Joy and Sarah Brown
Wife of George Gray; George Gray and Joseph Getchell, Sr.
Mother of Phoebe Getchell
Sister of Sarah Grant; Susanna Joy; Ephraim Joy, lll; Benjamin Joy; Thomas Joy and 2 others
Half sister of Sarah (Joy) Grant

Managed by: Ellen Jane Moore
Last Updated:
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Immediate Family

About Mary Getchell

Children of Robert and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Gray:

3. ii. GEORGE³ GRAY, (Robert², George¹), 1703-1737, There is a George Gray who marries at York on 26 May 1725, MARY JOY, the daughter of, EPHRAIM JOY. They have five children between Mar 1725/6 and Dec 1736.15

POSSIBLE Children of George Gray and Mary Joy: NEED VERIFICATION!

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Joy-337

Mary Joy, daughter of Ephraim Joy and Sarah Nock, married George Gray March 17, 1724 at Wells, Maine. [1][2] Her husband George, son of Robert Gray and his first wife Elizabeth was born at Kittery, York, Maine on April 17, 1703. [3] [4]

After the death of George Gray, his widow married Joseph Getchell, as his second wife on January 13, 1753 at Wells, Maine. [5]

Mary and Joseph Getchell are mentioned in the York, Maine transfer of deeds of the late George Gray, as follows:

JOSEPH & MARY GETCHELL; JOSHUA AND PHEBE GETCHELL

Joseph Getchell, husbandman, and Mary his wife, late widow of George Gray, late of York, deceased; Joshua Getchell, husbandman, and Phebe his wife, of Wells, and Joshua Gray of York, labourer which said Phebe and Joshua are the children and heirs of said George Gray deceased and with their said mother Mary Getchell are heirs of their said brothers George and Robert Gray deceased and for and in consideration of the sum of 14 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence paid by John McIntire Jr. of York, yeoman, (they) sell him Beech Ridge, 3 1/2 acres, late the estate of the first named George Gray, deceased. Dated May 2, 1758. [6]

Children

by George Gray

  1. Ephraim born March 7, 1725/6; died Jan. 28, 1728. [7] [8] [4]
  2. George born December 28, 1727. [9] [4]
  3. Robert born Deember 16, 1730. [10] [4]
  4. Phebe born November 22, 1734. [11] [4]
  5. Joshua born December 13, 1736. [12] [1]

Sources

  1. Old Kittery and Her Families, By Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, ress of Lewiston journal Company, Kittery, 1903, p, 559
  2. ↑ Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F465-F5Z), George Gray and Mary Joy, 17 Mar 1724; citing York, York, Maine, reference 17; FHL microfilm 12,836
  3. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBV-N8N : 14 January 2020), George Gray, 1703. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-HFV?i=16
  4. The Maine Genealogist, Volume 23, The Maine Genealogical Society, Farmington, Maine, 2001, p. 131 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB531/i/14555/131/38836104
  5. Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F46D-V5V), Joseph Gatchel and Mary Gray, 13 Jan 1753; citing Wells, York, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,622
  6. Downeast Ancestry Newsletter: York County, Maine, Deeds (V.33; F.202)
  7. Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F43H-F2T ), George Gray in entry for Ephraim Gray, 07 Mar 1725; citing York, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 12836.
  8. Maine, Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4DQ-K7X : accessed 15 March 2015), Ephraim Gray, 28 Jan 1727; citing reference p 13; FHL microfilm 12,836
  9. Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F43H-F21), George Gray in entry for George Gray, 28 Dec 1727; citing York, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 12836.
  10. Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F43H-FLS), George Gray in entry for Robert Gray, 16 Dec 1730; citing York, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 12836.
  11. Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F43H-FG6 : accessed 15 March 2015), Gray, 22 Nov 1734; citing York, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 12,836
  12. Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F43H-FL7), George Gray in entry for Joshua Gray, 13 Dec 1736; citing York, York, Maine; FHL microfilm 12836
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Mary Getchell's Timeline

1704
1704
York County, Maine, United States
1734
November 22, 1734
1758
1758
Age 54