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Mary Stoddard (Downing)

Also Known As: "dowling/"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England
Death: June 16, 1647 (31)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Boston, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Emanuel Downing and Anne Downing
Wife of Anthony Stoddard
Mother of Benjamin Stoddard, did young; Solomon Stoddard and Samson Stoddard
Sister of James Downing and Susan Downing
Half sister of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet; Lucy Norton; Joshua Downing; Robert Downing; Henry Downing and 4 others

Occupation: niece of the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop
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About Mary Stoddard

  • 'Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the ..., Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=kmujIJi3_FkC&printsec=frontcover&s...
  • Pg. 340
  • ' (IX) Anthony (3), son of William (2) Stoddard, was the immigrant ancestor, and came to Boston about 1639. He was admitted a freeman in 1640 and was a leading citizen. He was deputy to the general court in 1650-59-60, and during twenty successive years from 1665 to 1684. He died March 16, 1686-87. He married (first) Mary Downing, daughter of Hon. Emanuel and Lucy Downing, and sister of Sir George, afterward Lord George Downing. He married (second) Barbara, widow of Captain Joseph Weld, of Roxbury. She died April 15, 1654, and he married (third) about 1655, Christian ___. Children of first wife: 1. Solomon, born October 4, 1643; mentioned below. 2. Samson, December 3, 1645, died November 4, 1698. 3. Simeon, 1650, died October 15, 1730. Children of second wife: 4. Sarah, October 21, 1652. 5. Stephen, January 6, 1654. *Children
  • Pg. 341
  • of third wife: 6. Anthony, June 16, 1656. 7. Christian, March 22, 1657; married Nathaniel Pierce. 8. Lydia, May 27, 1660; married Captain Samuel Turell. 9. Joseph, December 1, 1661. 10. John, April 22, 1663. 11. Ebenezer, July 1, 1664. 12. Dorothy, November 23, 1665. 13. Mary, March 25, 1668. 14. Jane (twin), July 29, 1669. 15 Grace (twin), July 29, 1669.
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  • 'The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of many of the husbands and wives, also a bibliography of the Cleveland family and a genealogical account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of other Winn families (1899)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/genealogyofcleve01clev
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofcleve01clev#page/264/mode/1up
  • Downing ancestry : (Poles, Belcham co., Essex).— Barry of ten ar. and vert, over all a griffin segreant or. Crest — An arm embowed in armour, tied round the wrist with a bow ar. holding in the hand ppr. a broad arrow or, feathered and headed of the first. ..... Sir Jeffery1 of Poles Belcham and Norwich, Eng., m. Elizabeth Wingfield5 ; George2 Ipswich, Eng. and Sand Crosse, schoolmaster, m. Dorcas Blois, da. of William of Grundsberg; Rev. Emanuel3 of Dublin, Ireland; Hon. Emanuel4 of St. Michael Parish, Cornhill Ward, lawyer Inner Temple, London, came to America 1638, of Salem, Mass., rep. m.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogyofcleve01clev#page/265/mode/1up
  • Lucy Winthrop4, bap. Groton, co. Suffolk, Eng. Jan. 27, 1601 ; 'Mary5 Downing. m. Anthony Stoddard1.'
  • Wingfield ancestry: 5 arms (Letheringham). Ar. on a bend gu. cotised sa , 3 pairs of wings conjoined in lure of the field. Crest — A cap per pale ermines and ar. charged with a fesse gu. betw. 2 wings expanded. . . . Sir John, a renowned warrior temp. Edward III, 1327. Sir John1 of Letheringham, Suffolk co., Eng., 1461, m. Elizabeth Gousell2 ; Sir John2 of L. m. Elizabeth Fitz Lewis2; Sir John3 of Durham, Magna, Norfolk co., Eng., m. Margaret Dorward3 ; Thomas4 m. Elizabeth Woodhouse, da. Sir Thomas of Kimberly, Norfolk co. ; Elizabeth5 Wingfield m. Sir Jeffry Downing.1
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  • 'Mary Downing1
  • 'F, #473593, b. circa 1618, d. 16 June 1747
  • Last Edited=8 Jul 2011
  • ' Mary Downing was born circa 1618.1 She was the daughter of Emanuel Downing and Anne Ware.1 She married Anthony Stoddard circa 1639.1 She died on 16 June 1747 at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A..1
  • ' From circa 1639, her married name became Stoddard.1
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5430] Ryan Englund, "re: Downing Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 3 July 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Downing Family."
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p47360.htm#i473593
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  • 'Clarke's kindred genealogies. A genealogical history of certain descendants of Joseph Clarke, Dorchester, 1630; Denice Darling, Braintree, 1662; Edward Gray, Plymouth, 1643; and William Horne, Dover, 1659; and sketches of the Orne (Horne), Pynchon, and Downing families (1896)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/clarkeskindredge00clar
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/clarkeskindredge00clar#page/143/mode/1up
    • DOWNING GENEALOGY.
  • "Downing, Benjamin, Hatfield 1679, took the o. of alleg. that yr. and m. the second yr. Sarah, d, perhaps eldest, of William Hunter ; may have been, but prob. not, s. of Emanuel. Dennis, Kittery 1650, in Nov. 1652 sw. alleg. to Mass., and was k. by the Ind. 4 July, 1697, unless the sufferer were s. of the first. Emanuel, Salem, from London, where he was a lawyer of the Inner Temple, inhab. of the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill Ward, came in 1638 with his wife Lucy, d. of Adam Winthrop, Esqr. of Groton, in co. Suff. where she was baptized 27 Jan. 1601, sis. of our first Gov. of Mass., m. 10 Apr. 1622. They were adm. of the ch. 4 Nov., 1638, and he was sw. a freeman Mar., 1639, rep. the same yr. 40, 1, 4 and 8 ; was propos. for an Assist, in 1641, but not chos. His ch. were George, b. prob. in 1623, or 4, and was perhaps, kept in sch. at home until his f. came ; 'Mary, who came May, 1633 with Gov., Coddington in the "Mary and Jane," and in Nov., of that yr. was adm. of the ch. in Boston' ; James, wh. was brot. by his uncle, the Gov. in the Arbella 1630; Susan, wh. came at the same time with 'Mary' ; Ann ; Lucy ; and these foll. b. on our side of the ocean, John, bap. 1 Mar., 1640 ; and Dorcas, 7 Feb., 1641. He went home early in 1642, back next yr. and went again in 1644, on business, but came back next yr. The date of his d. is not found, nor that of his w. tho. we see proof of his req. to the Gen. Ct. Sept., 1653 for his 600 acres to be laid out, and of her liv. 4 Aug., 1656, when she gave to Capt. Joseph Gardner dowry on his m. with her d. and the same shows that her h. Emanuel was d. The s. James, I think, liv. at Ipswich ; 'Mary m. Anthony Stoddard of Boston' ; Ann was w. of the intrepid Capt. Gardner, k. at the gr. Narraganset swamp fight in Philip's war, and after m. Gov. Bradstreet. There was a John D. wh. d. at Boston, 29 April, 1694, but he was a merch. from Nevis, where was his fam. ......
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  • 'Genealogical guide to the early settlers of America: with a brief history of ... By Henry Whittemore
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=cSrlHHj2AFcC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq...
  • Pg. 156
  • EMANUEL DOWNING, of Salem, from London, where he was a lawyer of the Inner Temple, inhabitant of the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill Ward, was probably son of Emanuel, a clergyman In Ireland, came in 1638, with his wife Lucy, daughter of Adam Withrop, Esq., of Groton, in County Suffolk, where she was baptized 1601, sister of our first Governor of Massachusetts, married 1622. The were admitted of the church 1638, and he was sworn a freeman 1539, representative the same year 1640, 1641, 1644 and 1648, was proposed for an Assistant in 1641, but not chosen. His children were George, 1623 or 4; 'Mary, who came over in 1633'; James who came over with his uncle, the Governor, 1630; Susan, who 'came with Mary', Ann, Lucy, and these following born on this side of the ocean, John, 1640, and Dorcas,1641. He went home in 1642, back next year, and went again 1644, but came back next year. The date of his death is not found, nor that of his wife, thought we see proof of his request to the General Court, September 1653, for his 600 acres to be laid out, and of her living 1656, when she gave to Capt. Joseph Gardner dowry on his marriage with her daughter, and the same shows that her husband Emanuel was dead.
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THERE ARE SOME CONTRADICTIONS IN THIS BOOK ABOUT THE PARENTAGE OF THOMAS NATHANIEL'S WIFE ISABELLA / ELIZABETH WHETHER SHE IS THE DAU. OF SIR GEORGE DOWNING OR EMMANUEL DOWNING. SINCE IT LISTS SIR GEORGE AS BEING BORN 1623, EMMANUEL WAS GEORGE'S FATHER, I SUSPECT THEY WERE IN ERROR AND IT MAYBE GEORGE, GRANDSON OF EMMANUAL AND SON OF GEORGE WHO IS ISABELLA'S FATHER

  • 'Cipher/Code of Dishonor; Aaron Burr, an American Enigma By Alan J. Clark M. D., Alan J. Clark
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=huV6qTlRgEcC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq...
  • Pg. 36
  • Senator Timothy Pickering was descended from Sir Henry Pickering (born 1634) whose wife was Philadelphia Downing. Her father, Sir George Downing's (b. 1623) sister, 'Mary Downing (husband Anthony Stoddard' was ancestor of Aaron Burr's mother Esther Edwards.
  • Pg. 42
  • Both the Robert Edwards and Timothy Edwards families came from Hartford, Connecticut and were related back in England through 'Mary Downing Stoddard (husband Anthony'), half sister of Sir George Downing of 10 Downing Street.
  • Pg. 141
  • These Edwards were from Edwards Hall in Glamorganshire, Wales. Thomas Edward's grandson, Sir Thomas Nathaniel Edwards, son of Robert, married Elizabeth Downing whose father was Sir George Thomas Downing, born 1623, M.P. (Member of Parliament), who was keeper of ..... Pages 142 to 143 are not shown in this preview.
  • Pg. 210
    • Robert Edwards Family
  • WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR (1066-1087)+Matilda of Flanders
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  • Henry I+(Edith) Matilda of Scotland
  • Geoffrey Downing+Elizabeth Wingfield 1st Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen (Edwards)
  • Geo. Downing+Dorcas Blois I Thomas Hall+Elizabeth Drury, m2 Anna Metford-Quick+m1 Wm. Quick
  • George Downing+Bellamy Thomas Edwards+Elizabeth Hall
  • Emmanuel Downing+Lucy Winthrop Robert Edwards+Margaret Cruelin
  • Sir George Downing, 'Mary Downing', Isabella Downing+Thomas Edwards
  • +Francis Howard '+Anthony Stoddard' Robert Edwards, Joshua E., Thomas E.,
  • Philadelphia Downing+Sir Henry Pickering I William E., Leonard E., Jacob E., Martha (Frankie) E.
  • John Pickering+Elizabeth Prudden I
  • I Rev. Solomon Stoddard b. 1640 William Edwards+Agnes+Mary Eure
  • I +Esther Warren Richard Edwards+Elizabeth Tuttle John Pierpont+Thankful Stowe
  • Timothy Pickering Esther Stoddard+Timothy Edwards Rev. James Pierpont + Mary Hooker+Abigail Davenport+Sarah Haynes
  • Rev. Jonathan Edwards+Sarah Pierpont
  • Esther Edwards+Rev. Aaron Burr
  • Tapping Reeves+Sally Burr, Aaron Burr+Theodosia Bartow Prevost+Elizabeth Jumel Bowne
  • Theodosia Burr+Joseph Alston
  • Aaron Burr Alston
  • Theodosia Burr dau. of Aaron Burr+Theodosia Bartow Prevost+Elizabeth Jumel Bowne
    • Aaron Burr son of Esther Edwards+Rev. Aaron Burr
      • Esther Edwards dau. of Rev. Jonathan Edwards+Sarah Pierpont
        • Rev. Jonathan Edwards son of Esther Stoddard+Timothy Edwards
          • Timothy Edwards son of Richard Edwards+Elizabeth Tuttle
            • Richard Edwards son of William Edwards+Agnes+Mary Eure
              • William Edwards son of Thomas Edwards+Isabella Downing
                • Thomas Edwards son of Robert Edwards+Margaret Cruelin
          • Esther Stoddard dau. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard b. 1640 + Esther Warren
            • Rev. Solomon Stoddard b. 1640 son of 'Mary Downing + Anthony Stoddard'
              • ' Mary Downing dau. of Emmanuel Downing+Lucy Winthrop
              • Isabella Downing dau. of Emmanuel Downing+Lucy Winthrop
                • Emmanuel Downing son of George Downing+ Bellamy
                  • George Downing son of Geo. Downing+Dorcas Blois
                    • Geo. Downing son of Geoffrey Downing+Elizabeth Wingfield
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Anthony STODDARD

Parents: Anthony STODDARD & Alice MARTIN

Birth: 1600

Of, Midlothian, , Scotland

Death: 16 Mar 1686

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary DOWNING

Parents: Emanuel DOWNING & Ann WARE

Birth: 1618

London, London, , England

Death: 16 Jun 1647

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Marriage — Nov 1639 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Children

 	Name 	  	Sex 	Birth 	Death 	 

Benjamin STODDARD

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M 23 Aug 1640

Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA 26 Aug 1640

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Soloman STODDARD

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M 26 Sep 1643

Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA 11 Feb 1729

Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Samson STODDARD

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M 3 Dec 1645

Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA 4 Nov 1698

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Marriage Nov 1639 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA


Mary was actually born somewhere between 1615 and 1620. However, this program doesn't allow for that.



One website theorized that she died from complications from the birth of her third son, Simeon. He was born in May of 1647 and she died in June of that same year. Just a month or so after the birth.

She was also the niece of John Winthrop who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Mary Stoddard's Timeline

1615
July 15, 1615
London, Middlesex, England
1640
August 23, 1640
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts ColonialAmerica
1643
September 27, 1643
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
1645
December 3, 1645
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1647
June 16, 1647
Age 31
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1880
January 6, 1880
Age 31
1885
September 3, 1885
Age 31
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Boston, MA, United States