Mary Sheffield

From Some Descendants of Edmund SHEFFIELD

Ichabod married Mary PARKER, daughter of George PARKER and Frances DARBYE, on 1660 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Mary was born 1639 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died 1733.

Dau. of George and Frances (Darbye) Parker of Portsmouth RI

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., pages 158.

    1. "Mr." Ichabod Scheffield, ... He married in Portsmouth, in 1660, Mary Parker, daughter of George Parker of that town (cf, The Register, op.cit.; Austin's Gen. Dic. of RI, p. 175; Arnold's Vital Rec. of Rhode Island, vol. 4, p. 39).

They had the following children:

• + 30 M i Capt. Joseph SHEFFIELD was born 22 Aug 1661 and died Feb 1705/1706.
•   31 F ii Mary SHEFFIELD was born 30 Apr 1664 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died 1718 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., pages 159.    Mary, b. 30 April 1664. Mary married (1) Jonathan MILLS on Jun 1686 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Mary also married (2) John MARSHALL.
•   32 M iii Major Nathaniel SHEFFIELD was born 18 Apr 1667 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 12 Nov 1729 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., pages 159. Nathaniel, b. 18 April 1667. Nathaniel married Mary CHAMBERLAIN about 1689 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Mary was born 1672 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died 3 Oct 1707 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island.
• + 33 M iv Lieut. Ichabod SHEFFIELD was born 6 Mar 1669/1670 and died before 4 Jun 1736.
•   34 M v Capt. Amos SHEFFIELD was born 25 Jun 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 1710 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada. GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., pages 159.    Amos, of Triverton, RI (then part of Mass.), b. 25 June 1673; d. in 1710; m. (1) 5 March 1696 Anne Pierce, d. 27 Nov. 1706, daughter of John Pierce of Portsmouth; m. (2) 22 Dec. 1708 Sarah Davis, daughter of Aaron Davis of Newport, RI, and Dartmouth, Mass., who was pastor of the First Baptist Church in  Darthmouth.    Amos Sheffield was an inhabitant of Tiverton at the organization of that town 2 March 1691/2. In 1705-1707 he was a Selectman of Tiverton and in 1709 Town Treasurer. He was also Town Clerk and captain of the Tiverton Company and was Deputy from Tiverton to the Mass. General Court (cf. Austin, op.cit.). He was a Captain in the Mass. forces in the expedition against the French at Cape Breton and he did on the expedition. His will , dated 17 April 1707, was proved 7 June 1710.    Children by first wife: Susanna, John, Mary, Ruth    Child by second wife: Aaron (Some account of his descendants was compiled by Gen. Ebenezer W. Peirce of Freetown, Mass.) Amos married (1) Anne PIERCE, daughter of John PIERCE, on 5 Mar 1696 in Tiverton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Anne died 27 Nov 1706 in Tiverton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Amos also married (2) Sarah DAVIS, daughter of Aaron DAVIS and Miss, on 22 Dec 1708.

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References

1. Ichabod Sheffield in the U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 < AncestrySharing >
2. Parker in America, 1630-1910. Page 20. < AncestrySharing >