Mary Adell Gates Maynard

• BIRTH 15 Oct 1636 Hingham, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
• CHRISTENED 15 October 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. [5]
• DEATH 1682 (aged 45–46) Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 95550983,

info by Grace Schmitt #47044232

DOD unknown. Some genealogists list her DOD the same as spouse John. D/O of Stephen Gates 1591-1662 and Ann Veare Gates 1603-1683. Arrived from England in 1638 at age 2.
Married John Maynard 15 Apr 1658 Massachusetts.

Certain her husband, John Maynard, Jr., married (2) widow Sarah (Blandford) Keyes, and had Sarah, Lydia and Joseph by her per the Marlborough VR books. Sarah's first husband, Elias Keyes, may also have been a victim of that war.

King Philip's War of 1675-1676 is an almost forgotten US war despite the fact that it wiped out 1/3 of the outlying New England towns and villages. No one is quite sure how many died during this war, but it numbers in the thousands if you consider both sides. And, when the town is gone, many of the records disappear, and Marlborough is no different." [1]

In January 1656/57, during a church service, Mary disputed some statements which had been made by the Rev. Joseph Rowlandson, the minister in Lancaster about her mother. She was brought to court for this, being charged with "bold and unbesseming [unbeseeming?] speeches used in the Publique Assembly on the Lord's day and especially against Mr Rowlason, minister of God's word." [5]

Mary Gates lived in June 1657 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 5 April 1658 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Mary married John Maynard, son of John Maynard. Mary Gates died before 1679 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [5]

Note
Mary may have been a victim of the attack on Marlborough, MA., during the King Philip's War of 1675-1676.

Parents
Stephen Gates 1599-16620 [2]
Anne Neave / Veare 1603-1683 [2]

Spouse
John Maynard 1636–1711 (m. 1658)

Children
Hannah Maynard Davenport 1660–1729
John Maynard 1661–1731
Elizabeth Maynard Brigham 1664–1733
David Maynard 1669–1757
Zachariah Maynard 1672–1738

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95550983/mary-adell-maynard

[2] http://www.newenglandancestors.org/

[3] New England Historic Genealogical Society Website; must be a member to use most services

Sources

[3] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966). volume II. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995).

[4] Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass. and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volumes CXX (1966).

[5] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XVII (1863).