Mary Noyes

• Not the same as Mary Dunster & not the daughter of Robert Dunster & Mary Dunster
• Not the same as Mary (again) Dunster & not the daughter of Henry Dunster of Elton & Isabel Dunster

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Please do not merge the profile of Mary _____ with that of Elizabeth Dunster or Mary Dunster.

Mary (unknown)

• Born about 1633 in England
• Died 28 Dec 1715 at about age 82 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Parents: unknown
• Wife of Simon Willard — married 1653 [location unknown]
• Wife of Joseph Noyes — married 14 Jul 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-567602

Mary _____ was probably born in the 1620s or early 1630s.[3]

She married, by 1653 (birth of child), as his second wife, Simon Willard, baptized Horsmonden, Kent, England, 7 April 1605, the son of Richard Willard.[4]

Simon Willard died Charlestown, 24 or 25 April 1676.[5]

Mary (_____) Willard married (2), Sudbury, 14 July 1680, Joseph Noyes, the son of James Noyes.[6]

She died in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 28 December 1715.[7][8]

Family

Simon and Mary (_____) Willard were the parents of at least eight children,[9]

1. Mary Willard born on September 7, 1653. [10]
2. Henry (Henary) Willard, June 4, 1655 [10] - 1701
3. John Willard, Feb. 12, 1656 [10] - August 27, 1726
4. Daniel Willard, Dec. 26, 1658 [10] - August 23, 1708
5. Joseph Willard, b. Lancaster 4 Jan 1660/1[11]
6. Benjamin Willard, about 1664 ; d. 16 Jun 1732[11]
7. Hannah Willard, 6 Oct 1666[11] - before 1743
8. Jonathan Willard, b. 14 Dec 1669; m. Mary Brown

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Disputed origins:

There is no evidence to support a Willard-Dunster marriage.

In the Simon Willard Great Migration Profile (Robert Charles Anderson, 2011) [attached in full at the profile Source Tab for husband Simon Willard) found Simon Willard had married twice.[1] His first wife was Mary Sharpe; she was the mother of his oldest children. His second wife was Mary _____; she was the mother of his youngest children, and his widow; her birth and parentage are unknown.

Mary (_____) Willard married (2) at Sudbury, 14 July 1680 to Joseph Noyes.[2]

He concludes that genealogists in the 19th and 20th Centuries created a scenario where Simon Willard had 3 wives, the 2nd and 3rd of which were of the Dunster family (one a sister of Henry Dunster and the other a distant cousin). However, later research showed that not to be the case. The most probable possibility is that the 2nd wife of Simon Willard (this Mary), the 2nd wife of Henry Dunster, and the 3rd wife of Joseph Hills were sisters who would have been born in the late 1620s to early 1630s. Also, the 3rd wife of Joseph Hills was a widow of Hugh Atkinson of Kendal, Westmoreland.

Also, a detailed discussion about who was Mary the 2nd wife of Simon Willard who later married Joseph Noyes. There is a specific discussion on the Great Migration Profile for Simon Willard (uploaded to his Source tab) starting on page 423 of the profile.

As of 12/23/2022 descriptions seem to be a confusion of different possibilities and different (some seemingly unrelated) excerpts (probably from past merges) and should be edited at some point. Be forewarned. [They were moved to the document “about cleanup” (attached in the Media tab as a document)].

Mary Dunster (Dunster-24) has been reported as the daughter of Robert Dunster and wife Mary Gerrett, but this conflicts with two print articles (below) reporting only a child "Daniel" baptized to this couple.

• Joseph Gardner Bartlett, "Dunster, Willard, and Hills" (1907)[1]
• G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., "Dunster" (1926)[2]

Alternatively, either or both the noted authors report about two Mary Dunster's born to different parents but about the same time, either of whom "might" have later become the wife of Simon Willard. The possible Williard marriage has not been confirmed. See related G2G.

http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/100017/who-were-the-wives-of-simon-will...

• Mary Dunster baptized 25 August 1629, further reporting she was the daughter of Henry Dunster married Isabel Kaye.[3]
• Mary Dunster baptized 5 December 1630 (seen also as 15 December 1630) and reported the daughter of Robert Dunster, whose first wife (name and ancestry unknown) was buried at Bury 31 December 1634. This Robert Dunster said to have married again to his second cousin, Alice Fletcher.[4]
• The Mary Dunster who married Simon Willard was not the daughter of Henry Dunster and Isabel Kaye and the sister of Elizabeth Dunster. Mary was Elizabeth's niece and the daughter of Robert Dunster and Mary Gerrett.

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References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-567602 cites

1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 421-23; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. < AmericanAncestors >
2. Citing "GM 2:5:282-86 [James Noyes]," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 421; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
3. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 426; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
4. Citing "Willard Memoir 40, 129" (Simon baptism), and "CoVR 8" (birth of child), Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 421-22; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
5. Citing "ChVR 1:97" and "Hull 241," Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 421; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
6. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (2007), 282-286 (James Noyes), in particular, 283; database and digital images by subscription,, AmericanAncestors.
7. Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903) page 318. "Mary, w. Dea. Joseph (Noys), Dec. 28, 1715"
8. Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/123292902/mary-noyes : accessed 03 August 2021), memorial page for Mary Dunster Noyes (15 Dec 1630–28 Dec 1715), Find A Grave: Memorial #123292902, ; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361) Burial Details Unknown.
9. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 (Simon Willard), in particular, 422-23; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
10. Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891 Samuel/Symon p. 3; Sarah p. 3; Aborvehope and Simon p. 5; Mary, Henary, John p. 8; Daniel p. 9 at Archive.org
11. Anderson pp 421-423
12. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (2007), 282-286 (James Noyes), in particular, 283; database and digital images by subscription,, AmericanAncestors.
13. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 413-427 in particular, 426; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
14. G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., "Genealogical Research in England : Dunster," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80 (1926): 93, in child list of Henry (5) Dunster; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2021).
15. G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., "Genealogical Research in England : Dunster," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80 (1926): 94, in child list of Robert (6) Dunster; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2021). See also--
16. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 421-423 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
17. Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1903), 318 for Mary Noyes (1717); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014). Record reads, "[NOYES,] Mary, w. Dea. Joseph (Noys), Dec. 28, 1715."
18. Henry E. Noyes and Harriette E. Noyes, Genealogical record of some of the Noyes descendants of James Nicholas and Peter Noyes, 2 vols. (1904), 2:42, 45-48; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
19. Joseph Gardner Bartlett, "Genealogical Research in England: Dunster, Willard, and Hills," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 61 (1907):186-187 in child list of Henry (3) Dunster; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
20. G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., "Genealogical Research in England : Dunster," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80 (1926): 92, in child list of Henry (3) Dunster; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2021).
21. Samuel Dunster, Henry Dunster and his descendants (1876), 21-28; digital images, Hathi Trust.
22. Joseph Gardner Bartlett, "Genealogical Research in England: Dunster, Willard, and Hills," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 61 (1907):186-189; digital images, Hathi Trust.
23. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
24. Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1812 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;