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There's some question about this Mary Berry Mitchell's 2nd marriage to Joseph Getchell. Most references seem to imply that the Mary Mitchell, who married Joseph Getchell in 1750, was the widow of Israel Mitchell. Israel Mitchell's wife was born as Mary Berry. However, given the date of marriage of Israel Mitchell and Mary Berry, the marriage of Israel's widow to Joseph Getchell seems questionable due to the age difference. This widow, Mary Berry Mitchell, would have been older than Joseph Getchell. Joseph was born is 1726, and Mary married Israel Mitchell in 1730 and bore his first child in 1734. But at different times in history and in different cultures, young girls do marry and bear children in their early teens. Mary may have been married to Israel Mitchell between ages 12-15, or thereabouts, and bore the Mitchell children while in her teens. Then she would have been about 32-35 when she married the 26-year-old Joseph Getchell in 1750. Seems possibly questionable but not implausible.
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1729
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME, United States
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1753 |
February 4, 1753
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine Colony, British Colonial America
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1754 |
June 9, 1754
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine Colony, British Colonial America
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1757 |
April 26, 1757
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Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine Colony, British Colonial America
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Machias, Washington County, ME, United States
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