Mary Pepper / Ruggles / Seaver

Notes for Mary May: Mary May m1 Joseph Pepper 4Nov1675, Roxbury, MA. He d soon after; she m2 Joshua Seaver 28Feb1677, Roxbury.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/May-1941

Biography

Mary May was born on November 07, 1657 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her parents were John May and Sarah Brewer.[1]

Mary married twice. Both marriages were in Roxbury where she was born.

Her first marriage was to Joseph Pepper on November 04, 1675.[2] Joseph was son of Robert Pepper and Elizabeth Johnson. Johnson records that Joseph was slain by the Indians April 21, 1676" at Sudbury[3] while fighting under Capt. Wadsworth.[4] Most likely Joseph did not know that his wife was expecting their child:
Bethiah Pepper born 6 Nov 1676.[5]

Mary's second husband was to Joshua Seaver (son of Robert & Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver) on February 28, 1677.[6] Together they had between 6 and 9 children.
Massachusetts has Indexed records for Roxbury births for six children of Joshua and Mary Sever:
Joshua Sever born 18 Feb 1678.[7]
Mary Sever born 29 Mar 1683.[8]
Mary Sever born 15 Aug 1684.[9]
Ebenezer Seaver born 1 Aug 1687.[10]
Robert Seaver born 30 Dec 1697[11] or 30 Dec 1698.[12]
Jonathan Seaver born 8 Nov 1700.[13]
These children were not included in Roxbury births:
Jemima Sever abt 1680 can't locate on indexed records.

John Seaver born ? Aug 1687. (may have been one of twins, possibly born to the "Chamberlain" family or a twin of Ebenezer) [14]

Sarah Seaver 1690 can't locate on indexed records. (There was a Sarah born to John and Sarah Sever on 4 Feb 1696?

Mary passed away after her second husband who passed away about 1730.

Mary (May) Sever (1657)

Mary Sever formerly May aka Seaver Pepper

Born 7 Nov 1657 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of John May and Sarah (Brewer) May

Sister of Sarah (May) Williams, Eleazer May, John May, Mehetabel (May) Bugbee, Naomi May, Elisha May and Ephrim May

Wife of Joseph Pepper — married 4 Nov 1675 (to 21 Apr 1676) in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Joshua Seaver — married 28 Feb 1677 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mother of Bethiah (Pepper) Davis, Joshua Sever, Jemima (Sever) Woods, Mary Sever, Mary Sever, Ebenezer Seaver, John Seaver, Sarah Seaver, Robert Seaver and Jonathan Seaver

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

Profile last modified 1 Dec 2020 | Created 5 Feb 2013
Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L2-F8W : 5 November 2017), Mary May, 07 Nov 1657; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ9-4T5 : 5 November 2017), Joseph Pepper and Mary May, 04 Nov 1675; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ Township Records - Roxbury - Index to Deaths on Family Search film # 0070011096: image 121 of 273.
↑ Johnson See viewer page 17 listing for: 40 Joseph page 8.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-66MT : 5 November 2017), / in entry for Bethiah Pepper, 06 Nov 1676; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ9-4Y9 : 5 November 2017), Joshuah Sever and Mary (Wid) Pepper, 28 Feb 1677; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6DFS : 5 November 2017), / in entry for Joshah Sever, 18 Feb 1678; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-6DN3 : 5 November 2017), / in entry for Mary Sever, 29 Mar 1683; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LG-XHK : 5 November 2017), Mary in entry for Mary Sever, 15 Aug 1684; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LG-NQN : 5 November 2017), Mary in entry for Ebenezer Sever, 01 Aug 1687; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LG-L4R : 5 November 2017), Mary Sever in entry for Robert Sever, 30 Dec 1697; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473. on indexed record.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LG-LJC : 5 November 2017), Robert Sever, 30 Dec 1698; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473. on indexed record.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LG-P3K : 5 November 2017), Mary Sever in entry for Jonathan Sever, 08 Nov 1700; citing Birth, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-HRV : 10 February 2018), John Seaver, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0928294 IT 3. Note: not listed in index. Might be typo for twin listing under Ebenrzer for John Chamberlain born Aug ?
See also:

Johnson, Paul Franklin; Genealogy of Captain John Johnson of Roxbury, Massachusetts Generarions I to XIV Completed with Additions and Corrections by Ada Johnson Modern 1948.

Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 19 November 2019), memorial page for Mary May Seaver (7 Nov 1657–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #33838434; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Death and burial is Unknown.

Haggerty, Patricia Sezna. Mary Davis, Daughter of Ichabod2 Davis (William1) of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Wife of William Carter of Dudley, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 175.