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Mary Matson (Cotton)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, (Present Suffolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: March 18, 1664 (22)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (During childbirth of second son Benjamin)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sgt. William Cotton, of Boston; Sgt William Cotton; Ann Jones and Ann Cotton
Wife of John Matson and John Matson
Mother of John Matson; Benjamin Matson and John Matson, Jr.
Sister of John Cotton; Rebecca Cotton; Benjamin Cotton; William Cotton; Hannah Cotton and 5 others

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About Mary Matson

Mary Cotton was born in December 1641 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass..1,2 She was the daughter of Sergt. William Cotton and Ann (__?__). She was baptized on 16 May 1647 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass..1 She married, at age 18, John Matson, age 23, son of Sergt. Thomas Matson and Amy Chambers, on 7 March 1659/60 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass., married by Maj. Humphrey Atherton.2,3 She died circa 1668.

Children of Mary Cotton and John Matson

  1. Amy Matson b. 12 Mar 1662/63
  2. John Matson+ b. 26 Jan 1664/65, d. 11 May 1728
  3. Mary Matson b. 22 Dec 1666
  4. Abigail Matson b. 19 Oct 1668

Citations

  • http://www.bankert.org/genreport/p66.htm#i1628
  • [S227] William H. Whitmore, Boston Commissioners Records 1630-1699, 26.
  • [S53] James Savage, Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1:463.
  • [S100] NEHGR, "Records of Boston", 19(1865):31, .
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Mary Matson's Timeline

1641
December 1641
Boston, (Present Suffolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony
1663
January 26, 1663
Boston Neck, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1664
March 18, 1664
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
March 18, 1664
Age 22
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1664
MA, United States
1940
August 31, 1940
Age 22
1941
January 22, 1941
Age 22
1952
September 23, 1952
Age 22