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Mary Marchant (Taylor)

Also Known As: "Merchant"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
Death: February 01, 1717 (66)
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard "the tailor" Taylor, of Plymouth Colony and Mary Taylor
Wife of Abishai Marchant
Mother of William Marchant, I; Hannah Pease; John Marchant; Elizabeth Whelden; Ebenezer Marchant and 3 others
Sister of Ann Taylor, (died young); Martha Bearse; John Taylor, of Yarmouth; Elizabeth Cobb; Ann Davis and 3 others

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About Mary Marchant

6. Mary Whelden (bapt. 23 Dec 1621-Dec.1673) m.1646 Richard Taylor, tailor of Yarmouth.. She was found dead 4 Dec 1673 in a wrecked boat off Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. His estate was inventoried 13 Dec 1673, and was treated as though he were a widower. Whether he died in the same shipwreck as his wife is unclear.

children

62. Mary Taylor (18 Dec 1650-1 Feb 1716/7) married about 1673 Abishai Marchant

Proof of Origins

The inventory of Sarah Taylor of Barnstable (died single) was taken Aug. 16, 1695, and amount to £34 19s. Deacon Job Crocker and Samuel Cobb, brothers-in-law, were made administrators Sept. 23, 1695. The estate was, Sept. 13, 1695, ordered equally divided between the brothers and sisters of the deceased, given in the following order, to wit: John Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Mary Marchant, Martha Bearse, Elizbaeth Cobb, Hannah Crocker and Ann Davis. The inventory consisted of wearing apparel, five pounds of worsted yarn, a Bible, cattle, sheep and lambs, cash moneys due from Samuel Cobb and Joseph Bearse, &c.

Plymouth Colony marriage and other family records link Martha Taylor with Joseph Bearse, Ann Taylor with Josiah Davis, Mary Taylor with Abijah Merchant, Hannah Taylor with Job Crocker, Elizabeth Taylor with Samuel Cobb.


Abishai Merchant was born in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA 10 January 1650/51. He married Mary Taylor. Mary was born about 1649 in Yarmouth, the daughter of Richard Taylor and Ruth Weldon. Mary died 1 February 1717/1718 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co.

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Mary Marchant's Timeline

1650
December 18, 1650
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1673
1673
1677
1677
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1679
1679
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1681
1681
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
1683
1683
Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1685
1685
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1690
1690
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1717
February 1, 1717
Age 66
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America