Mary Parsons - Marsh

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Mary (Sheldon) Parsons (1690 - 1759)

Mary Parsons formerly Sheldon aka Marsh

Born 26 Jul 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Daughter of Thomas Sheldon and Mary (Hinsdale) Sheldon

Sister of Thomas Sheldon Jr., Rebecca Sheldon, Josiah Sheldon, Benjamin Sheldon, Rachel (Sheldon) Pomeroy, Jemima (Sheldon) Williams and Elisha Sheldon

Wife of Samuel Parsons — married 19 Jun 1708 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Wife of Ebenezer Marsh — married 7 Feb 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mother of Elisha Marsh, Jonathan Marsh, Hannah (Marsh) Ely and John Marsh

Died 2 Jul 1759 at age 68 in Hadley, Massachusetts

15:41: Steven Losey added John Marsh (abt.1726-1799) as child of Mary (Sheldon) Parsons (1690-1759). (THE IDENTITY OF MARY (SHELDON) PARSONS, WIFE OF CORNET EBENEZER? MARSH (1688-1772) OF HADLEY, MASS.The American Genealogist 1992-07: Vol 67 Iss 3,) [Thank Steven for this]
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Biography

Mary Sheldon married Samuel Parsons, son of Captain John Parsons and Sarah Clark Parsons, 19 June 1708 in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Several weeks after the marriage of Samuel and Mary Parsons, Samuel - and his brother Joseph Parsons - were killed by Indians outside of Northampton in July 1708.

The widow Mary Sheldon Parsons married Ebenezer Marsh 7 February 1710 in Northampton.

Mary Sheldon Parsons Marsh died 2 July 1759 in Hadley Massachusetts.

Tombstone Inscription: In memory of Mrs. Mary, Consort of Mr. Ebenezer Marsh, descended from pious parents, who died July 2d, 1759, in her 69th year.

"Death is a debt to Nature due, Which I have paid and so must you."

Sources

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Mary Sheldon, Northampton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1708, page 109.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Mary Parsons, Northampton Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1710, page 110.

Find A Grave Memorial# 36343642 - created and photographed by the moo, 2009.

Hinsdale genealogy: descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisdal, Herbert Cornelius Andrews Sanford Charles Hinsdale, January 1, 1906.

THE IDENTITY OF MARY (SHELDON) PARSONS, WIFE OF CORNET EBENEZER? MARSH (1688-1772) OF HADLEY, MASS.The American Genealogist 1992-07: Vol 67 Iss 3,pages 174,175,176,https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1992-07_67_3/p...