Mary Getchell

Biography

Mary Berry was born, c1711 (if age 18 at time of first marriage, when she was "of Scarborough"), parents not identified;

married (1) at Scarborough, Maine, 24 Dec 1729, Israel Mitchell, son of William Mitchell and Honor (_____) of Scarborough, formerly of Kittery. They removed to New Meadows (in or near present-day Brunswick), where he drowned in the New Meadows River in 1749. [1] [2]

Following Israel's death, Mary married (2) at Scarborough, 17 Jul 1750, Getchell-186, Joseph Getchell, Jr. [2] [3] baptized at Wells, Maine, June 20 [3] or 25, [4] 1726.

Children of Israel and Mary, born at Scarborough:

1. William, baptized, 27 Oct 1734. [5]
2. Mary, baptized 14 Aug 1737.[5]
3. John, born 1739.[6]
4. Sarah, born 9 Jul 1742.[7][8]
5. William, baptized 27 Oct 1734. [5]
6. Margaret, baptized 16 Jun 1745.[9]

Children of Joseph and Mary:

1. Benjamin, born in Scarborough, 4 Feb 1753; married Mehitable Meserve; at the age of 26 he removed to Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, and was one of the first settlers there.[3]
2. Mary, born, probably at Scarborough, 9 Jun 1754.[3]
3. Joseph, born, probably at Scarborough, 8 May1757; married Sally Berry of Machias, Maine.[10]

Sources

1. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1976, 795 pages), p. 485. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
2. Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, Old Kittery and Her Families (Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston, Maine, 1903, 822 pages), p. 610. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
3. Getchell, Everett Lamont and Getchell, Frederick G., The Family of Samuel Getchell of Salisbury, Mass. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)), Vol. 63 (1909), p. 270. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
4. Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 7 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 36, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, April 2001, 651 pages), p. 162.
5. Sargent, William M., Records of the First Congregational Church in Scarborough, Maine (Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Vol. 1:51), Vol. 1, p. 116. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
6. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with FamilySearch : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; multiple sources, Maine.
7. "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch : 28 November 2018),; multiple sources, Maine.
8. Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C. O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), pp. 161-162. Cit. Date: 7 Feb 2021.
9. Sargent, William M., Records of the First Congregational Church in Scarborough, Maine (Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder), Vol. 1, p. 171. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.
10. Getchell, Everett Lamont and Getchell, Frederick G., The Family of Samuel Getchell of Salisbury, Mass. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)), Vol. 63 (1909), p. 272. Cit. Date: 6 Feb 2021.