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Mary Royce (Spinning)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1658 (19-20)
Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Humphrey Spinning, Sr. and Elizabeth Spinning
Wife of Jonathan Royce
Mother of Mary Atwater
Sister of Humphrey Spinning, Jr.

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About Mary Royce

Mary Spinning is the ancestor of Emma Hale, wife of the Prophit Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church(1).

Descendant Register, Generation No. 4

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Mary ROYCE (Mary (SPINNAGE) SPINNING3, Abigail HUBBARD2, George HUBBARD1) was born 1658 in New London, New London, CT, and died ca. 1768 in Wallingford?, New Haven, CT.

She married John BEACH (1) 01 DEC 1678 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, son of Thomas BEACH and Sarah PLATT. He was born 19 OCT 1655 in Milford, New Haven, CT, and died JAN/ FEB 1709 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT. She married John ATWATER SR 27 NOV 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT.

Children of Mary ROYCE and John BEACH (1) are:+ 5:  

1. John BEACH (2) was born 15 OCT 1690 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, and died 09 MAY 1773 in Goshen, Litchfield, CT.

2. Lettice BEACH was born 24 DEC 1679 in Wallingford, CT, and died in CT. 

3. Mary BEACH was born 11 JAN 1681 in Wallingford, CT, and died 1 SEP 1688 in Wallingford, CT.
4. Hannah BEACH was born 17 MAR 1684 in Wallingford, CT, and died 21 DEC 1749 in CT.
5. Thomas BEACH was born 14 FEB 1686 in Wallingford, CT, and died in CT.
6. Samuel BEACH was born 29 NOV 1696 in Wallingford, CT, and died in CT.
7. Caleb BEACH was born 1699 in Wallingford, CT, and died 13 JAN 1733 in Goshen, CT.
Sources:

1. The Joseph Smith Family Association web pages.



2018. Jonathan Royce. Born ca 1637. Jonathan died in Jul 1690 in Norwich, CT.

Johnathan was made freeman Oct 1663.

In Jun 1656 Jonathan first married Mary Spinning, daughter of Humphrey Spinning (-29 Sep 1656) & Elizabeth [Spinning], in Norwich, CT. Mary died ca 1658.30

Child:

7246 i. Mary Royce (ca 1658-)

On 4 Jun 1660 Jonathan second married Deborah Calkins (938) , daughter of Dea. Hugh Calkins (374) (ca 1600-Jun 1690) & Ann [Calkins] (ca 1605-Jun 1688), in Norwich, CT. Born on 18 Mar 1645 in Gloucester, MA.30 Deborah died in New London, CT, on 25 Nov 1717; she was 72.

Deborah, or Decorah.

Their children include:

3355 i. Elizabeth Royce (Jan 1662-28 Mar 1687/8)

3356 ii. John Royce (9 Nov 1663-29 Mar 1724)

3357 iii. Sarah Royce (Oct 1665-)

3358 iv. Abigail Royce (Died soon) (Sep 1667-Aug 1668)

3359 v. Ruth Royce (Apr 1669-Dec 1768)

3360 vi. Hannah Royce (Apr 1671-)

3361 vii. Abigail Royce (Apr 1673-11 Mar 1691/2)

3362 viii. Jonathan Royce (Aug 1678-28 Apr 1725)

3363 ix. Deborah Royce (10 Aug 1680-)

3364 x. David Royce (19 Aug 1682-bef 13 Nov 1711)

“In the printed ‘New Haven Town Records,’ vol. 1, p. 287, is the following entry: ‘An Inventory of the estate of Humphrey Spinage, Senior, late of Newhauen deceased, was presented to ye Court, prised the 29th of ye 7th mo., 1656. . . A will also of the said Humphery Spinage was presented. . . but yet the C ourt looked upon the will as defective, and not fully declaring the minds of the testator, but yet by it and by what light they have from others. . .they did, with free consent of all parties present concerned therein (viz: Mary Spinage, his owne daugher, Lettice, his former wives daughter, and Humphery Spinage, his kinsman, Edward his sonn in law being in England), dispose of the estate thus: that the whole be devided in to five equall parts, whereof Mary his owne daugher to have two, and the other three, viz: Lettie, Edwa, & Humphery, to have each an equall share. . .Richard Myles, Senior, saith that he hath heard Mr Spinage that ye he would deale with his kinsman Humphery as with a child and old Goodman Rice of Stratford (whose sonn is now to marrie Mary Spinage) said that he had heard Mr. Spinage say so also.’ The above statement was made in Court on 7 Oct. 1656, and the marriage of Mary Spinage (or Spinning, to adopt the modern spelling) to a son of Robert Royce of Stratford probably took place not long thereafter. There are reasons for believeing that Jonathan Royce was the bridegroom. With the exception of Nehemiah, whose age at death would place his birth about 1635, it is unlikely that the brothers of Jonathan were old enough to contract marriage in 1656. Furthermore, the marriages of his brothers are known, and no evidence has been found to indicate that any one of them had an unlocated former wife. In the case of Jonathan, as will be proved below, there is positive evidence that prior to his recorded marriage in 1660 he had a former wife of unestablished identity, and that by his first wife he had a daughter Mary, who in 1678 married John Beach of Wallingford. This daughter Mary gave her eldest child the unusual name of Lettice, and it will be noted that Mary Spinning had a stepsister or half sister of this name. We are therefore justified in concluding that it was Jonathan Royce who married Mary Spinning. The marriage probably took place late in 1656, while he was still resident in Stratford, and the birth of the child and death of his wife probably occurred shortly after the removal of the family to New London. Neither the Stratford nor the New London records contain entries of these events. Jonathan Royce’s second marriage and the births of the children were recorded, apparently all at the same time, in Norwich, Conn., whither he removed from New London.” (Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol I, Parentage of Mary, Wife of John Beach of Wallingford, Conn., p 109-111, article written by Donald Liones Jacobus, Gary Boyd Roberts, On-Line Library database)

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Mary Royce's Timeline

1638
December 4, 1638
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1657
1657
Stratford, New Haven Colony
1658
1658
Age 19
Norwich, Connecticut Colony
1933
March 10, 1933
Age 20
March 21, 1933
Age 20
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