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Mary Seavey (Wallis)

Also Known As: "Widow of William Bates"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Death: July 09, 1724 (52-61)
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Wallis, Jr. and Ann Wallis
Wife of Benjamin Seavey, II; William Bates and Benjamin Seavey
Mother of Judith Marden
Sister of Esther Berry; Ann Barnes; Hannah Randall; Caleb Wallis and Deborah Sheggel

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About Mary Seavey

Biography

According to probate records Mary (Wallis) Seavey was the daughter of George Wallis 1650 – 1726 and Ann Shortridge 1665 – 1726 and the granddaughter of George Wallace "of Newfoundland" and Eleanor. She is mentioned with her second husband Bejamin Seavey in her father's probate records (New Hampshire Probate Records, vol. vii., page 312).

On 10 Sep 1702 in Rye she married first to William Bates 1675 – 1731. They had one child:

Judith Bates 1703 – 1796 who married James Marden 1697 – 1777

(History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, by Joseph Dow, Vol. II, Salem, Mass., 1898, p. 1047: Marriages, from the Town Records)

On 23 Oct 1712 in Rye she married second to Benjamin Seavey 1663 – as his *second wife*.

Note Benjamin had several children with an unknown first wife all born before their marriage in 1712. After Mary died he married a third wife and had one more child. Mary Wallis is not the mother of any of his children (see Bartlett).

Death also seen as 07/09/1724

References

  • George Wallis of Little Harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and His Descendants for Several Generations New Hampshire Genealogical Record 33 (2021):3-20, 39-74, 34 (2022): 3-20.
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wallis-188
  • History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, by Joseph Dow, Vol. II, Salem, Mass., 1898, p. 1047: Marriages, from the Town Records (New Hampshire Probate Records, vol. vii., page 312)
  • WALLACE FAMILIES OF EPSOM, GENEALOGY BOSTON TRANSCRIPT JUNE 10, 1907 WALLACE, Note #992: link
    • George (2) Wallace (not Ralph, as stated in the "History of Rye") married, Nov. 18, 1686, Ann Shortridge. George and Ann deeded June 5 1719, New Hampshire Deeds, vol. ii, page 8. He died before Sept. 12, 1726, when his estate was divided (New Hampshire Probate Records, vol. vii., page 312) among his children, who were Ann, wife of Benjamin Barnes; Mary, wife of ____ Seavey; Esther wife of Nathaniel Berry; Deborah, wife of Christopher Scheggel; Hannah wife of Edward Randall, and Caleb an idiot, for whose support during life a part of the estate was reserved, to be divided among the others after his death. The daughter's husbands signed, receipting for their shares, are among them Yedyard Webber, who perhaps had been husband of a deceased daughter.
  • slovakyankee 5-of-portsmouth-new-hampshire.html link
  • New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter link
  • History of the Town of Rye, New Hampshire: From Its Discovery and Settlement ... By Langdon Brown Parsons link
  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey link
  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A ..., Volume 4 By Lewis Publishing Company link
  • Provincial and State Papers By New Hampshire link
  • Ancestors of Gregory Kelton Caswell. - pdf on web Caswell, Gregory K. Record Type: Library No Image Available < PDF > # 542 on page 31-32 (extract attached)

Noted as a wife of Benjamin Seavey II on

https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/person/E0CF3B77-DF09-4510-B...

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Mary Seavey's Timeline

1667
1667
Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
1703
June 13, 1703
New Castle, Rockingham, NH, United States
1724
July 9, 1724
Age 57
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
????
Maine, USA