Mary Miller

Biography

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Mary Ward, daughter of Edward and Judith (___) Ward, was born about 1598. Her father Edward was of Little Wratting, Suffolk when he wrote his will on January 9, 1620/1, which was proved at Ipswich, Suffolk, on March 7, 1620/1. Daughter Mary received a legacy of L20. [1]

Mary married John Cutting on August 13, 1619 at St, Stephen, Ipswich. [1] Her sister, widow Susan Browne, wrote her will on March 22, 1626/7, and left a bequest to sister Mary Cutting, among others. [1]

Her husband John was captain of the ship Francis that embarked for New England from Ipswich in April 1634. [1] [2]

He was later master of the ship New Supply which sailed from England in 1637. [1]

His had three land grants in New England, at Watertown, between July 1636 and June 1637. [1]

• 1639: Mary Cutting petitioned Governor Winthrop, asking he seek for her compensation, regarding an indentured man whom her husband had bound in England for 8 years service. She states that the servant was brought here 'this year' to accompany other seaman. The servant asked to be released to Captain Thorneback, his kinsman, who was in the bay on a ship from Virginia. Her husband agreed providing he was compensated for service owed. Mary stated the, while her husband was 'on the Bay', the servant took her 'shallop' and goods and with intent to go with Thornebeck. [3]
• 1641: They were living at Newbury. [1]
• c1648: On April 12, 1655, Tristam Coffin deposed that 5 to 7 years prior at Newbury, he witnessed Mrs. Cutting as attorney for her husband John Cutting who was at sea, bargain for two lots as Salisbury with Joisah Cobham and Richard Currier. [4]
• 1648: John Cutting purchased a house and land at Charlestown. [1]
• c 1656: They returned to Newbury. [1]
• 1662: May 27: Mary granted her freehold and a share in Plum Island to her daughter Sarah Browne, with the approval of her husband John Miller. [1] [5]
• 1664: May 27: Her brother Nathaniel Ward left bequests in his will to his sister Cuttings son, Kinsman Noys. [1]

John Cutting died at Newbury on Nov. 20, 1659[6].

Her husband John's will was written on October 22, 1659 and proved on March 27, 1660. His wife Mary was executrix and her legacy was all the lands, goods and chattels, as long as her remained unmarried [1] He further specified the divisions should his widow remarry, naming:

• daughter Mary, wife of Nicholas Noyse
• daughter Sarah, wife of James Browne of Charlestown
• granddaughter Mary, wife of Samuel Moody
• and portions for all his grandchildren and great grandchildren [1]

Widow Mary Cutting was remarried to John Miller [1] before 27 May 1662 when, as Mary Miller, she granted to her daughter Sarah Browne 'the freehold that my husband Cutting had' and the share in Plum Island that belongs to it. This was done with the consent of her husband John Miller who signed the deed with her.[7]

She died at Newbury on March 6, 1664[8][9].

Mary Miller's will was written on November 26, 1663 and proved on March 29, 1664. In it she mentions:

• daughter Sarah Browne, wife of James
• son Nicholas Noyes
• grand daughter Mary Moody, wife of Samuel
• James Browne, appointed executor [1] [9]

Children of Mary Ward and John Cutting:

1. Mary born ___ in England; married by 1641, Nicholas Noyse who was born about 1616, son of Reverend William Noyes, of Cholderton, Wiltshire. [10] [11]
2. Sarah born ___ ; baptized October 16, 1629 at Woolverstone, England [1]; married by 1647 James Browne who was born about 1604, as his second wife; married second by February 28, 1682/3, William Healey. [12] [13]
3. ? John Jr. (not mentioned in his fathers will written 1n 1663)

Research Notes

• In their wills, they mention their granddaughter Mary Moody. Mary Cutting married Samuel Moody at Newbury in 1657, so they must have had a son that was the father of this Mary Cutting Moody, but I find no reference to him, other than speculation that a John Cutting Jr. lived at Charlestown briefly. See also: jno. Cutting Jr. in Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files in: The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 4, Salem, Massachusetts, p. 123 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.)
• Some texts indicate the first wife of James Browne, was Judith Cutting, supposedly another child of this couple, although I am unable to find a source to confirm the relationship. Nor is there a mention in the will's of any children of a daughter named Judith.

Notes

Ben M. Angel notes: The place of death was given as Newbury, Massachusetts. I would call this into question. The Plantation of Newbury was settled and incorporated in 1635, about four years after the arrival of the Winthrop Fleet, by a party under Rev. Thomas Parker. According to Thomas Parker's Wikipedia entry:

"His puritan opinions caused him to embark for New England, with a number of Wiltshire men, in the Mary and John of London, 26 March 1634, and they landed in May. About a hundred settled at Agawam, afterwards Ipswich, Massachusetts where Parker remained a year as assistant to Nathaniel Ward.[1] Parker, together with his cousin Reverend James Noyes, his nephew John Woodbridge, and some others, obtained leave of the general court to remove to Quascacunquen at the mouth of the Merrimack River, and the settlement was incorporated as a township under the name of Newbury or Newberry in the spring of 1635."

Nearby Agawam, present Ipswich, was founded by John Winthrop the Younger late in 1633, and incorporated by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony on 5 August 1634. In March of 1633 even Agawam had not yet been settled, much less Newbury.

I would suggest a review of the source material for this individual.

Comments

Hey Ben. After I wrote the following I did not see the inaccurate date of death, She died 3 March 1663 not 1637. I have corrected the profile. Essex County Probate page 437 extracted by the Essex Institute claims Newbury although in the will extract the town is a line. She gave her estate to her daughter Sarah Mrs James Browne who lived in First Charlestown untill 1660, Then Newbury, , later Salem She rented land to Benjamin Roafe[Rolf] and John Davis. A Ben was there made a Freeman in 1670 while a John was there before 1666 (father?). Did not have to be a Freeman to pay rent on land.

Origins

Hovious, Matthew. The Ancestry of Edward Warde of Little Wratting, Suffolk, and The Putative Lukyn Origin of His Wife Judith, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2014) Vol. 28. Family of Edward Ward, (son of Thomas), page 144 < AmericanAncestors >

The children of Edward Warde and Judith Lukyn were:

1. Thomas, likely eldest son as he is named executor of his father's will. [1]
2. Martha, bp 20 Jan 1589, bur 25 March 1590/1
3. Joseph, bp 6 June 1591
4. Lydia, born about 1600; married William Marken/Markham at St. Stephen, Ipswich on August 30, 1620. [1]
5. Mary, bp 20- Nov. 1594; married first John Cutting at St. Stephen, Ipswich on August 13, 1619; married second John Miller; died at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony in March, 1663. [1] [4]
6. Nathaniel born in England and settled at Hartford, Connecticut after his emigration. He married widow Jane Hopkins of Haratford by about 1657; buried at Hadley, Massachusetts on June 1, 1664. [1] [5]
7. Edward born by 1605; was an apprentice in 1620/1 at the time his father's will was written; executor of sister Susan Browne's will in 1626/7. [1]
8. Rebecca born by about 1610; married Walter Allen; died at Charlestown, Massachusetts August 7, 1678. [1][6]
9. Susan married Robert Browne; buried at St. Stephen, Ipswich on March 26, 1627. [1]

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References

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 31 2018, 12:11:46 UTC
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• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ward-2494 cites

1. Mahler, Leslie. The English Origin of Nathaniel Ward of Hartford, Connecticut and of Hadley, Massachusetts, Mary (Ward) Cutting of Newbury, Massachusetts, Rebecca (Ward) Allen of Newbury and Their Nephew William Markham of Hadley. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 83, New Haven, Connecticut, 2008-9 p. 13- 18
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 8, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1854 p. 137
3. Gov. John Winthrop Papers, Vol. 1-5, 1557 to 1649, Vol. 4: p. 89. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016.)
4. The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 1, Salem, Massachusetts, 1897 p. 178 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.)
5. Essex Deeds- Vol. IV, p. 153
6. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Vol. II, Pt. 2 Marriages and Deaths (Salem, Mass. 1911)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 577
7. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZZ-BP9J?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1673-1681 vol 4-5 > image 194 of 711; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Essex Deeds 4:158
8. The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Vol. II, Pt. 2 Marriages and Deaths (Salem, Mass. 1911)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 660
9. Case 18445: p. 1-5: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
10. Anderson, Robert C. Nicholas Noyes in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007, p. 286-92 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
11. Noyes Pedigree in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 53, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1899 p. 36
12. Anderson, Robert C. James Browne in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 252-4. (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995)
13. The New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Vol. 29, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1875, p. 184
14. Essex County Probate Court- Docket No. 18445