1Eden Putnam, Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, p. 88 (Jan.-Dec. 1896).
" Capt. Samuel Adams died at Charlestown, 24. Jan., 1688-89, aged 72 years (g. s.) Admistration on his estate was granted to widow Esther, 17 Dec., 1689, whose bond is witnessed by Joseph Adams and Mary Symmes. . . .
Children:
Mary: married 16 Dec., 1686, Samuel Webb, of Braintree.
Samuel, born 8 July, 1647.
Thomas, born 1651; married 28 April, 1680, Mary, daughter of Henry Blackmore. He died s. p. in Barbadoes. Will dated 28 Feb., 1683-4; proved 3 June, 1686.
John.
Katherine, born 29 Oct., 1657.
Katherine, born 11-4-1658; married John Rayner.
Susanna, married Daniel Waldo.
Nathaniel, born in Chelmsford, 28 Feb., 1662.
Martha, born 8 Sept., 1664.
By Esther:
Samuel, born 7 Mar, 1671.
Joseph, born 27-11-1672; of Concord 1703, then eldest son.
Benjamin, born 29 May, 1679.
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Benjamin, son of Capt. Samuel, married 18 Dec., 1707, Mary Parker of Chelmsford. 11 Dec., 1708, he and wife Mary deed to brother Joseph two parts of his father's house, "and one part my sister Rebecca Waldo's."
Children, born at Chelmsford:
Catherine, born 20 April, 1710.
John, born 16 April, 1711.
Micah, born 27 Dec., 1715.".
1Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.
Another Mary Parker, daughter of Benjamin Parker and Mary Trull, born in nearby Billerica on 26 Jan 1685/6, married Philip Priest. That other Mary died 26 May 1748.
"1684 PARKER Mary, d. Thomas and Mary, Nov. 26, 1684. Birth Chelmsford."
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1William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. 3, p. 56 (1908).
"(IV) Henry Spaulding, oldest child of Henry and Elizabeth (Lund) Spaulding, was born November 22, 1704, and died April 29, 1792, aged eighty-eight years. He was a member of Captain Robert Richardson's snowshoe company in 1724, and was known in his native town as Colonel Henry Spaulding. His wife Marah survived him. He married, first, February 1, 1725, Lucy Proctor, one of the first proprietors of the town. She died June 1, 1742, and he married second, April 27, 1743, Marah Adams, a descendant of Henry Adams, the ancestor of the presidents of that name. The five children by his first wife were Samuel, Lucy, Sarah, Henry and Abel; those by the second wife, Zebulon, Daniel, Mary, Thomas and Thankful.".
1Eden Putnam, Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, p. 88 (Jan.-Dec. 1896).
" Capt. Samuel Adams died at Charlestown, 24. Jan., 1688-89, aged 72 years (g. s.) Admistration on his estate was granted to widow Esther, 17 Dec., 1689, whose bond is witnessed by Joseph Adams and Mary Symmes. . . .
Children:
Mary: married 16 Dec., 1686, Samuel Webb, of Braintree.
Samuel, born 8 July, 1647.
Thomas, born 1651; married 28 April, 1680, Mary, daughter of Henry Blackmore. He died s. p. in Barbadoes. Will dated 28 Feb., 1683-4; proved 3 June, 1686.
John.
Katherine, born 29 Oct., 1657.
Katherine, born 11-4-1658; married John Rayner.
Susanna, married Daniel Waldo.
Nathaniel, born in Chelmsford, 28 Feb., 1662.
Martha, born 8 Sept., 1664.
By Esther:
Samuel, born 7 Mar, 1671.
Joseph, born 27-11-1672; of Concord 1703, then eldest son.
Benjamin, born 29 May, 1679.
. . .
Benjamin, son of Capt. Samuel, married 18 Dec., 1707, Mary Parker of Chelmsford. 11 Dec., 1708, he and wife Mary deed to brother Joseph two parts of his father's house, "and one part my sister Rebecca Waldo's."
Children, born at Chelmsford:
Catherine, born 20 April, 1710.
John, born 16 April, 1711.
Micah, born 27 Dec., 1715.".
1Lindsay S. Reeks, Mary (Parker) (Priest) Sweeney of Killingly and Simsbury, Conn., The American Genealogist, Vol. 40, pp. 31-32 (1964).
"The will of Mary Sweeney, widow, of Simsbury, who died 26 May 1748, provided for son Benjamin Sweeney, daughter Sarah Sweeney, daughter Patience Alderman, granddaughters Patience Alderman and Amey Johnson, daughter Mary Lilly, son John Priest, and son Aaron Priest. Son Benjamin Sweeney was named executor. [Manwaring's Digest, Early Conn. Probate Records, 3:667.] It would appear from her will that Mary Sweeney was married at least twice, first to a man named Priest, and second to a man named Sweeney.
On 17 Feb. 1745/6, Mary Sweeney was living in Killingly, for on that date Mary Sweeney of Killingly, widow, gave land of husband, Philip Priest, late of Killingly, deceased, to John Priest of Killingly and Aaron Priest of Simsbury [Killingly Deeds, 5:32].
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Barbour's Church Records for Killingly indicate that Philip Prist was deceased in 1717, in which year his "widow Mary" owned the covenant. Killingly Probate Records show that an inventory of Philip Priest's estate was taken 17 Mar. 1718, the ages of his children being then stated as John, 12, Mary, 9, and Aaron, 3. These three were baptized at Killingly 31 May 1719, when Mary was shown as a widow.
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Who is this Miles Sweeney? No other Killingly deed mentions him, so far as is known. There is no record of baptism of any of the Sweeney children, nor is any death record of Miles Sweeney found, as yet, in Killingly. There is no record of Mary Priest's marriage to a Sweeney, although perhaps it can be approximated. It is known that Mary Sweeney's daughter Patience married William Alderman on 3 July 1739 at Simsbury. William Alderman was born in Simsbury 17 Apr. 1719, and we may guess that his wife, Patience Sweeney, was born 1720-22. It would thus appear that Mary Priest married a Sweeney, most probably Miles Sweeney, between 31 May 1719, when she was last referred to as a widow, and circa 1721, the suggested birth year of her daughter Patience Sweeney. Since Mary Sweeney's husband is not mentioned in her will of 1748, we are safe in assuming that he was then deceased.
But what of Mary Sweeney's ancestry? The Concord, Mass., Vital Records supply the answer, for they show that on 3 Dec. 1705 Philip Priest married Mary Parker of Billerica. Further investigation, in the Billerica Vital Records, reveals that she was born 26 Jan. 1685/6, the daughter of Benjamin Parker and Mary Trull, who were married at Billerica on 11 Oct. 1684.".
1J. Crawford Hartman, Joseph Blanchard of Boston, Mass., and Some of his Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 93 pp. 168-169 (Apr. 1939)
"4. THOMAS3 BLANCHARD (John,2 Joseph1), born at Chelmsford about 1668, died at Dunstable 9 Mar. 1727. He married first, at Woburn, 13 Feb. 1689, TABITHA LEPINGWELL, born there 8 May 1661, died at Dunstable 29 Nov. 1696, daughter of Michael and Isabel Lepingwell; and secondly, at Dunstable, 4 Oct. 1698, RUTH ADAMS, born at Chelmsford 8 Mar. 1673, daughter of Peletiah and Ruth Adams.
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