Mary Bronson

Biography

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Mary Root was born August 6, 1650 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut to John Root and Mary Kilbourne. She married Isaac Bronson.[1] She is listed as "my daughter Mary, the wife of Isaac Bronson" in her father's will of April 22, 1684. [2]

Mary and Isaac were married in 1669 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. [3]

Mary was apparently in ill health when her children assumed responsibility for her after her husband's death in 1719 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. [4] Mary died soon after and was buried in Library Park Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.[5]She died shortly after and was buried in Library Park Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut.[6]

Family

Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, 1858) Page 141 < GoogleBooks >

Isaac Bronson m. about 1669, Mary, daughter of John Root of Farmington, a non-fulfilling subscriber of the articles. He d. about 1719, and his widow soon after. An inventory of his estate was presented to court, Feb. 29, 1719-20, by "Mr. Isaac Bronson," his son, with an agreement among the heirs as to its settlement, they giving bonds for the support of the widow. The oldest son was to have £7 more than the other sons, and the latter £7 more than the daughters, eight in all. The amount distributed was £386. Thomas Clark and John Richards were appraisers of the estate.

Children:

• 1. Isaac; b. 1670, and died June 13, 1751. As early as March, 1694-5, he (with others) had a grant of land out East, on the south side of the Farmington road, near Carrington Pond, (south of Timothy Porter's,) where he proposed to settle; but the enterprise was given up. After his marriage, he purchased (April 24, 1704) of Ephraim Warner a house and lot on the northwest corner of Cook and Grove streets, where he perhaps lived for a time. He owned land at Breakneck Hill at an early date. In June, 1701, he purchased of Thomas Warner twelve acres on the south side of the Woodbury road. He went there to live before March, 1707, (N. S.,) and is considered as the first permanent settler of what is now Middlebury. According to a tradition of the family, his eldest son, Isaac, was the first child born (March 27, 1707) within the limits of that town. His house stood where Leonard Bronson now lives. He was a bachelor proprietor; a deputy to the General Court in 1723 and 1733, and one of the most respectable and influential men of the town for many years.
• 2. John; b. 1673, and died about the close of the year 1746. His inventory amounted to £1,184, 48. 8d. He is supposed to have lived first at Breakneck. His father owned a house there as early as April 6, 1702, and it is probable that John occupied it. The latter had a house of his own at Breakneck and twenty-two acres of land, Feb. 27th, 1705-6, which he bought, by exchange, of Joseph Gaylord, Sen. Afterwards, with his father's help, he built a house on the east end of His father gave his father's lot, on Cherry, near the junction of Walnut street. him the land, (on which the house had already been built, Jan. 29, 1707–8,) two acres, butting east on highway, (which at this point was six rods wide,) west on his father's land, north on Benjamin Barnes' and south on Thomas Hickox's land. In April, 1743, he bought the old Hopkins' place; but whether he lived on it, I am unable to say. He became a lieutenant of the militia and was, two or three times, selectman. He was licensed as a tavern-keeper by the New Haven County Court in 1730 and afterwards. It appears to have been his son John, who was also a lieutenant, who removed to Northbury about 1737, and afterwards to Amenia, N. Y.
• 3. Samuel; born about 1676. He was a cooper, and lived in Kensington.
• 4. Mary; b. Oct. 15, 1680; m. Dea. Thomas Hickox and died in 1756. She seems to have been a woman of great efficiency, and while a widow, managed her own business and property, dealing much in real estate.
• 5. Joseph; b. 1682, and d. May 10, 1707. His estate was distributed among his brothers and sisters in 1721, amounting to £24-a £40 propriety being estimated at £5 and sixty-eight acres of land, (being dividends on it,) at £19.
• 6. Thomas; b. Jan. 16, 1686, and d. May 6, 1777. He was the fifth deacon (appointed 1750) of the Waterbury first church, his son Thomas being the sixth. He had a house and four acres of land on the corner of Cook and Grove streets, which he sold to Joseph Smith of Derby, Dec. 30th, 1726, for £145; butted west on heirs of George Scott and Thomas Barnes, all other sides on highway. The land he bought in 1717 of his brother John for £8. After the death of his father, he bought of his brother Ebenezer, (in 1726,) the family homestead, which he afterwards occupied. He was a lieutenant, and is so called on his gravestone. 7. Ebenezer; b. Dec. 1688. He was baptized in Farmington, as were his older brothers and his sister Mary. He was a bachelor proprietor, and so were his brothers Isaac, John, Joseph and Thomas. He improved the old homestead for several years after the death of his father. In April, 1735, he bought of William Judd the place on the southwest corner of West Main and Willow streets, where he lived in 1744, and I suppose till his death, and where his son Andrew lived after him. In his will, he speaks of having already given his oldest son Andrew, "by way of acknowledgement of him as my eldest son, a yoak of steers, with £20 old tenor money, and some other small matters." He bequeathed to the first church in Waterbury, "forty shillings, lawful money, to lye in bank for the use and benefit of the church, the interest to be improved," so long as the church continue "in the present form and method," &c. He d. July 20, 1775. The amount of his inventory was £868, 11s. 4d. He is called in deeds, "yeoman."
• 8. Sarah; b. Nov. 15, 1691, and d. 1748.
• 9. Mercy; b. Sept. 28, 1694, and m. Richard Bronson of Woodbury.

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Root) Bronson (1650-aft.1719)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Root-136 : accessed 16 June 2024). cites
   1. Us, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (transcribed); viewed at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/141819:3824 .
   2. Charles W. Manwaring, Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), (Hartford, 1902). Vol 1, p 356.
   3. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/211/426915960
   4. Woodbury Dist. Probate, Isaac Bronson, #66 IN: Ullmlann, L. 1996. Isaac and Mary (Root) Bronson of Waterbury, CT. The American Genealogist 71:206-214
   5. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56621118 See Also
   6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA
   7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MW58-4NX : accessed 2017-12-26), entry for Mary ROOTE.
   8. Bronson, Henry. The History of Waterbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Waterbury, 1858) Page 141 < GoogleBooks >

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