Mary Morris

 

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Mary Morris
  see FAMILY TREE
Born: 09 Sep 1673 New Haven, New Haven, CT    
Married: 1699    
     
Died: 07 Sep 1743 East Haven, CT    

FATHER

John Morris

MOTHER

Hannah Bishop

HUSBAND

John Hemingway

CHILDREN

1. Samuel Hemingway
    b. 15 May 1700
    d. Bef. 1713

2. Mehitable Hemingway
    b. 30 May 1702
    m. Daniel Bradley
    d. 30 Jun 1773

3. Mary Hemingway
    b. 28Aug 1704
    m. Samuel Russell
    m. Samuel Smith
    d. 5 Sep 1767

4. Desire Hemingway
    b. 2 Mar 1707
    m. Moses Thompson
    d. 30 Dec 1765

5. Hannah Hemingway
    b. 11 Dec 1709
    m. Samuel Thompson

6. Samuel Hemingway
    b. 12 Mar 1713
    m. Mehitable Denison
    d. 25 Oct 1777

7. John Hemingway
    b. 03 Oct 1715
    d. 17 Apr 1752

Mary Morris
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2022

Mary Morris was born 09 Sep 1643 in New Haven, CT. (1) She married John Hemingway as is confirmed when "John Hemingway in right of my wife Mary" was one of the administrators of the estate of John Morris in 1711. (2) They probably married about 1699 as she was baptized as an adult on 5 Nov 1699 and their first child was born in May of 1700. (3) When they married she was 27 and her husband, John Hemingway, 25.  They had seven children in 15 years with the last child, John Hemingway, being born on 03 Oct 1715.  Her husband died in 1737, but she lived another few years, dying on 7 Sep 1743. (4) She was buried in the Old Cemetery in East Haven. (5)

Sources

(1)Connecticut Births and Christenings
Mary Morris, daughter of John, 9 Sep 1643

(2) Connecticut U.S. Wills & Probate Records, Hartford, Monson-M Moss
Available at ancestry.com
18 Dec 1711
Joseph Smith in right of his wife Hannah, John Hemingway in right of my wife Mary, Elizabeth Maltbir, James Peck in right of my wife Abigail, Stephen Howell in right of my wife Desire give bond as administrators of the estate of John Morris.
  Estate of John Morris

(3) Families of Ancient New Haven Vol III page 731 by Donald Jacobus

Families of Ancient New Haven Vol III page 731 

 

(4) East Haven Vital Records
Hemingway, Mary, wid. John d. (Sept) 7, 1743 ae 71

(5) Buried Old Cemetery, East Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA Plot: Row 1 Grave #53 on hill

Tombstone

Inscription

Here lies Ye
Body of Mrs
Mary ye Wife of
Mr John Hemaway
Who died Septr ye 8th 1743 Aged 70 Years