Mary Weeks

Mary Lynde
22 March 1628 – 3 October 1693

Notes

Ensign Thomas Lynde was born in Dunstable, England circa 1615 to Deacon Thomas Lynde and Mary Lynde. Emigrated to Charlestown, Massachusetts aboard the Griffin in 1634 with his father and step mother Margret (Martin) Jordan and brother Henry and sister Mary. ...

In 1655 he was granted land "near the pines in the middle of the island."(7) It is known that he was married at that time because of a deposition by Goodwife Weeks, dated Dec. 25, 1655, but the given name of his wife is unknown.(8) It may be that he brought his children with, or they may have been born after his move to Martha's Vineyard. Some time before 1658 his wife died.

William Weeks was serving in the position of constable in 1660, as he was notified by Gov. Thomas Mayhew "to levie upon the estate of John Doggett [Daggett] the elder, upon Martin's Vineyard (9) the sum of five thousand [pounds] upon the breach of order in purchasing lands." (10) Apparently Mr. Daggett had taken it upon himself to negotiate for lands rather than going through the proper channels, and as a result was given a hefty fine. He was unable to come up with such a large amount and appealed to the court at Plymouth. William's name was among those requesting part of the farm when Daggett could not afford to pay the fine. However, upon order of the Plymouth Court, Daggett maintained his title to the land.

His second marriage was thought to be to Mary Lynde, who was the widow of John Butler. She was born about 1629 in Dunstable, Bedford, England, and died after 1693 in Martha's Vineyard,Massachusetts. Her parents were Thomas and Mary Lynde.(11) However, this has not been substantiated at the present time.

Some attribute the children to this second marriage, but since the children were born prior to 1658, it is doubtful this is the case.

links

• FamilySearch AFN: 3039-KK
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYLJ-5SC

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GEDCOM Note

Mary Lynde was brought to America in 1635 by Gov. Winthrop on the "Abigail"

Mary "Polly" Butler formerly Lynde aka Weeks

Born before 24 Feb 1630 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England

Daughter of Thomas Lynde and Hannah (Unknown) Lynde

Sister of Thomas Lynde, Henry Lynde [half], Joseph Lynde [half] and Sarah (Lynde) Pierpont [half]

Wife of John Butler — married 1648 in Marthas Vinyard, Dukes, Massachusetts

Wife of William Weeks — married after 1658 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts

Mother of John Butler, Mary (Butler) Athearn, Thomas Butler, Joseph Butler and Hannah (Butler) Chadwick

Died about 1693 in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 10 Apr 2019 | Created 6 Jun 2011

Biography

She was baptised at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, on 24 Feb 1629/30, the daughter of Thomas Line.[1]

From Family Search:

Mary Lynde https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYLJ-5SC 22 March 1628 – 3 October 1693 • LYLJ-5SC GENDER Female BIRTH about 1629 Charlestown, Massachusetts CHRISTENING 24 February 1630 Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England DEATH 1693 Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts PARENTS FATHER Deacon Thomas LYNDS MOTHER Mary MARRIAGES (1) SPOUSE John Butler MARRIAGE 1648 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Mary Lynde was the daughter of Thomas Lynde. She married (2) about 1658, William Weeks. Research Notes

There are sources that give the place of Mary Lynde birth as Bedfordshire, Dunstable, England, however, roughly one-third of her records indicate her birthplace as Charlestown, Massachusetts, British colonial America. The data that I copied above states that she was born in Massachusetts but baptized in England. Would she travelled back to England at such a young age and for what reason taking into consideration the cost of the travel at that time?

Birth

1628 Charlestown, Middlesex, MA [2] 1629 Dunstable [3] abt 1629, Arrival date: 1635 in Massachusetts [4] 1629 England [5] 1628 Charlestown, Middlesex, MA [6] Event

Arrival 1635 Massachusetts [7] Marriage

BET 1648 AND 1649 Ashford, Kent, England[8] Husband: John Butler Child: John Butler Child: Mary Butler Child: Thomas Butler Child: Joseph Butler Child: Hannah Butler Other Spouses: William Weeks Death

aft 1693 Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Sources

Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004) Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/20194044/family https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/20194044/family The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33D7-1VS : accessed 2015-08-17), entry for Mary Polly /Lynde/. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9H49-YTT : accessed 2016-06-14), entry for Mary Lynde, submitted by ckdarling2748967. Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File Number: 4MT2-61J Footnotes

↑ The Parish Register of Dunstable 1553-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1951. https://archive.org/stream/bedfordshirepari42bedf#page/12 ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=2835265&t... ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=2835269&t... ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1443348&ti=... ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=765569... ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=2835265&t... ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1443348&ti=... ↑ #S503: Married: 1648 at: Dorchester, Massachusetts Mary Lynde married William Weeks as her second husband. after the death of her first husband, John Butler about 1658. See New England Marriages after 1700. page 792 The Puritan Great Migration. Mary (Lynde) Butler migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: PGM

References

• http://kristinhall.org/fambly/Lynde/ThomasLynde1.html
• ”Thomas Lynde” in “Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L”. Page 369 - 378. AncestryImage