Mary Smith

Not the same as Mary Goodale, daughter of Robert Goodale, of Dennington & Joan Goodale.

Biography

Updated 28 May 2024

Mary Goodall was born about 1590 in England. Her parents have not been identified in Anderson’s Great Migration Begins, or in other published journals.

She married 1st, Richard Masterson in Leyden, Holland on 23 Nov. 1619. He was the son of Edmund Masterson and Joane Beching.

Richard Masterson married Mary Goodall “of Leeston” (perhaps Leiston in Suffolk) in Leiden, Holland on 23 November 1619 [NS]. William Talbert, John Ellis (brother-in-law), Elizabeth Kibble, and Mary Vink were witnesses to the marriage.

They had two children, Nathaniel and Sarah, who came with them to Plymouth Colony on 24 Apr 1629 aboard the (second) Mayflower under ships Master Wm. Pierce, arriving in mid July.

Mary (Gooddall) Masterson, widow of Richard Masterson, married by July 1, 1633, at Plymouth, to Rev. Ralph Smith. His second marriage; the name of his first wife is not known. No children are recorded. She died in 1659 [NEHGR 144:24.]

The Smith's moved to Manchester by 1645 where he preached to the people prior to a church being formed. They were in Ipswich by 1652 and finally lived in Boston by 1660.[1] Ralph Smith died at Boston on March 1, 1660/1; "Mr. Ralph Smith Pastor of the Church of Plymouth died the first of March."[1]

Children of Richard and Mary Masterson:

1. Nathaniel was born about 1620. He married Elizabeth Cogswell on July 31, 1657, in Ipswich and had three children. She died in 1691–2. He died before July 1, 1708.
2. Sarah was born about 1625. She married John Wood/Atwood by 1645 and had nine children. He died between November 22, 1675, and March 7, 1675/6. She died probably early in 1701.

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Notes

Richard Masterson was in Leiden by October 7, 1611 where he was a member of Robinson’s church. There, he was a wool comber by occupation and bought a house on the Uiterstegracht on January 2, 1614, the sale of which was the subject of years of negotiation by his wife’s second husband. From Michael Paulick’s research, it would seem that Masterson traveled between Leiden and Sandwich.[3]

Source: 3. Michael R. Paulick, “Richard Masterson, John Ellis, Christopher Verrall, and The Sandwich Separatists, 1603–1620,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 154 (2000): 353–69.

On 22 Jul 1634, "Mary the late wife of the said Richard and William Brewster (both of Plymouth)... being the guardians of Nathaniell & Sarah the children of the said Richard deceased" made a power of attorney to three Leiden residents to sell a house owned by "Richard Masterson late of the City of Leien deceased."[11]

Source: 11. ”Two Documents in the Goodyear Collection at Leyden, Holland, Dated 1634 and 1659 with the Plymouth Colony Seal,” The Mayflower Descendant 29 (July, 1909) 19-20.

On 22 Oct 1650, "Mr Ralph Smith of Ipswich in N[ew] Eng[land]," for "Mary his wife (sometimes formerly wife of Rich[ard] Masterson of Leidon)," ade "Mr. Hugh Goodyeare of Leidon in Holland" his attorney to collect "all rents [and] arrearages due unto the aforesaid Mary for a certain house or tenement situate upon the uppermost graft near the quackle brigg in Leiden aforesaid."[12]

Source: 12. ”A Volume Relating to the Early History of Boston Containing the Aspinwall Notarial Records from 1644 to 1651,” Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston 32 (Boston: Municipal Printing Office, 1903) 331-332.

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Records

Marriage record date-Trouwen Aktedatum: 23-11-1619 Plaats: Leiden

https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/d...

Groom-Bruidegom Rietsaerdt Meestersoon (wolkammer) geboren te Santwijck (Engelant)

Bride-Bruid Mary Goedael geboren te Leessen (Engelant) Bijzonderheden:

Witnesses: groom-Getuigen bruidegom: Willem Talbert - Jan Ellisz, zwager-brother-in-law -

Witnesses Bride- Getuigen bruid: Lysbeth Kibbel bekende - Mary Vinck bekende -Tammel: maiden name meisjesnaam witnes bride- getuige bruid: Arces

Note: Witness John ‘the Puritan’ Ellis Brother in law married to Richard Masterson’s sister, Anna Blandina Ellis

Note: Witness Willem Talbert was the husband of a Sara, she later married Samuel Lee, very likely brother of Bridget Lee wife of Samuel Fuller.

References

1. Sherman, Ruth Wilder. The Mary Atwood Sampler: more about Mary (Wood) (Holmes) Bradford of Duxbury and Plymouth, Massachusetts. (1990) The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Volume Name 144, Page 24. < AmericanAncestors > NEHGR 144:24. (document attached) “Mary Goodall, a spinster from “Leessen,” England [perhaps Leiston in Suffolk ?] citing D. Plooij, The Pilgrim Fathers from the Dutch Point of View (New York: 1932) 116.
2. Leiden, Netherlands, Marriage Notice and Marriage Book for Alderman of Leiden, July 1611 to April 1633, record of marriage of Rietsaerdt Meestersoon and Mary Goedael. https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/p...
3. “John Wood Alias Atwood of Plymouth, Massachusetts,” by Alicia Crane Williams. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) volume 44, Page 137-140.< AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
4. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2378.htm...
5. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTW7-98D/mary-goodale-1591-1650
6. https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I144400
7. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic & Genealogical Society, 1994) 1236-1238. “Richard Masterson.” Page 1237-1248. AmericanAncestors (subscription) < link > (document attached)
8. “John Wood Alias Atwood of Plymouth, Massachusetts,” by Alicia Crane Williams. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) volume 44, Page 137-140.< AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
9. NEHGR 144:24
10. Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton
11. WikiTree contributors, "Ralph Smith (abt.1590-1660)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-29847 : accessed 29 May 2024). Cites
    1. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Featured Sketch: Ralph Smith.Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III Pages 1694 to 1697 < AmericanAncestors >
12. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Goodale-20 Asserts parents were Robert Goodale and Joane (Artys).
13. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Masterson-25