Mary Oakley

Biography

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Mary Higby, daughter of Edward Higby, Jr. & Jedediah Skidmore, was born 1655 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut and died before 1 Apr 1712 before about age 57 in Monmouth, New Jersey

Mary received 5 shillings in her father's will.

Marriages

1. ABT 1667 to Edward Burroughs in Newtown, Long Island, New York
2. BET 1 MAR 1704/05 AND 2 MAR 1705/06 as per Early Prenuptial Agreement: Mary Higby Burrowes & Thomas Oakley and Mary's son Thomas Description: Queens County Land Records: "B2": 113 in "Historical Miscellany" by Charles T. Gritman.

Will Abstract:

1711-2 Jan. 1. Oakley, Mary, of Monmouth Co.; will of.

• Children — Steven Borrows, John Borrows, Thomas Borrows, Unis Lyons, Hannah Henman, Rachel Hughgins, Eden Borrows,
• granddaughters Hannah Darling and Clement Neff.
• Personal estate. Executors — sons Thomas and Steven.
• Witnesses — Joseph Cox, Richard Stout,
• Proved April I, 1712. Lib. i, p. 346. (Calendar of New Jersey Wills)

Sources

1. Colonial Wills 1710-1714: Monmouth Co, NJ
2. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004) Mary Higby
3. Name: Edward Burrowes
4. Birth Place: NY
5. Spouse Name: Mary Higby
6. Spouse Birth Year: 1655
7. Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Burrows, Edward (-1705) & Mary [Higby], m/2 Thomas Oakley; ca 1676; ?Jamaica, LI
8. Name: Edward Burrows
9. Marriage: About 1676 New England, United States
10. Spouse's Name: Mary Higby
11. Death: 1705