Mary Spaulding

2 FMary Stowe Birth1 Aug 1642, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA

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Mary was the second wife of Lt. John Spaulding, Sr. They were married in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts on November 18th, 1700.

Mary had been married at least twice before. First to John Cotton (abt 1665) and second to Samuel Fletcher (in 1684).. The "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records" indicates that John Spauldyng married Widow Mary Fletcher. Mary's parents were Thomas Stow and Mary Griggs.

References

• http://www.bankert.org/genreport/p79.htm#i1956 Mary Stow married John Cotton, son of Sergt. William Cotton and Ann (__?__), in 1664.
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~amorrow/genealogy/fg05/fg05_440.html
• Savage's: STOWE, THOMAS, Braintree, eldest s. of the first John, b. in Eng. ar. co. 1638, m. 4 Dec. 1639, at Roxbury, Mary Gragg, or Griggs, had John, b. 3 Feb. 1641; and Mary, 6 Feb. 1643; by 1648, or earlier, rem. to Concord, there freem. 1653, thence a. 1654, to Middletown, had, also, Thankful, Elizabeth[,] Nathaniel, Samuel, and Thomas. His w. d. 21 Aug. 1680, and he d. prob. early in 1684, as inv. is of 23 Feb. in his will names only John, Nathaniel, and Thomas as his s. and Samuel Bidwell, h. of his dec. d. Elizabeth Perhaps his est. was too small to give any pt. to two otber m. ds. or they may have had full shares on m. A d. says Hinman, 243, m. Samuel Bidwell; Mary m. Spaulding; and Thankful m. a Hill, perhaps John, the sec. of Guilford.