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Mary Needham (Moulton)

Also Known As: "Molly", "Molly Needham", "Molly Moulton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1790 (87-88)
Wales, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Unknown)
Place of Burial: Wales Cemetery #1, Wales, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Moulton, lV; Robert Moulton, IV; Hannah Moulton and Hannah Moulton
Wife of Anthony Needham and Anthony Needham, V
Mother of Mary Cooley; Captain Anthony Needham, VI; Mary Cooley; Hannah Carpenter; Ruth Kibbe and 7 others
Sister of Hannah Fuller; Robert Moulton; Abigail Bingham; Louise Durkee; Lydia King and 9 others

Occupation: Housewife
Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
Last Updated:

About Mary Needham

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Mary “Molly” Moutlon was born on 29 September 1702 in Salem, MA. Her great-great-grandfather Robert Moulton was a shipwright, had come to Massachusetts Bay in 1629 from Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, and had settled in Salem. Since then the family had been living there, and when Molly, as they called her, was 19 years old, she married Anthony Needham IV, grandson of Ann Potter, whose parents had died a very unfortunate death on the day before Christmas Eve of 1641 in County Tyrone, Ireland when little Ann was just nine. Anthony (IV) Needham’s grandfather Antony (II) had immigrated in 1653, so both Molly and Anthony came from families that had been established in the New World for a good long time. Their marriage took place on 10 June 1722 in Salem.

By 1723, the family had moved from Salem to Brimfield, Massachusetts, where Anthony had been the first white settler in the town. The family had numerous land grants in Brimfield, and Anthony lead the pioneer work of clearing the wilderness and building up a prosperous community. All Molly’s and Anthony’s children were born in Brimfield; the two actually had 10 children that lived to adulthood, six sons and four daughters.

By the time Molly was 60, in June of 1763, her husband died at the age of 66. She followed him 27 years later in 1790, and they lie buried side by side in Wales Cemetery #1 in Wales, Hampden County, MA.



Wife of Anthony Needham IV Graves are side by side

Molly was none of your heart-broken, sick-brained women - bless her prolificness - read the list of her jewels (children). Source: excerpts from the book, a "Family Record" by Absalom Gardner around 1860. Page 324.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 30 2019, 2:48:18 UTC


GEDCOM Source

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::4452718

GEDCOM Source

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::4452718

GEDCOM Source

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60525::4452718

GEDCOM Source

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. <i>Find A Grave</i>. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. 1,60525::0

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1,60525::4452718



Wife of Anthony Needham IV
Graves are side by side

Molly was none of your heart-broken, sick-brained women - bless her prolificness - read the list of her jewels (children). Source: excerpts from the book, a "Family Record" by Absalom Gardner around 1860. Page 324.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40060576/mary-needham


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Wife of Anthony Needham IV
Graves are side by side

Molly was none of your heart-broken, sick-brained women - bless her prolificness - read the list of her jewels (children).
Source: excerpts from the book, a "Family Record" by Absalom Gardner around 1860. Page 324.

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Mary Needham's Timeline

1702
September 30, 1702
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1723
May 18, 1723
Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1725
June 21, 1725
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1725
1727
March 27, 1727
Wales, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA, Wales, Hampden, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1729
January 16, 1729
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1731
June 5, 1731
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1734
April 4, 1734
Brimfield,Essex,Massachusetts