This maternal eighth great grandmother was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1642 and that's where she married Joseph White.
[Births, Marriages and Death. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).]
[Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.]
There's a conflict here with the date of John Roger's will being brought to court (April 30, 1660) and Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 listing for Lydia and Joseph White's marriage in September of that same year. The will clearly identifies her as "Liddia white" and refers to his "sonne in law Joseph white" so it must have been made after their marriage. There is an error somewhere because at this time the civil year began on March 25th.*
[Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1628-1667. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.]
Five of their seven children, including their only daughter and my direct ancestor Lydia White (1662-1696), were born in Weymouth. Their two youngest boys, Samuel and Ebenezer, were born in Mendon so the family had moved there by 1667.
Joseph** died in Mendon in 1706, and Lydia survived him by 21 years, dying on May 8, 1727.***
["Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-31535-13836-85?cc=2061550 : accessed 2 November 2015), Worcester > Mendon > Births, marriages, deaths, property records 1677-1826 > image 109 of 328; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.]
Their granddaughter Lydia Cook (1686-?) married Daniel Darling (1682-1746) and their great great granddaughter Mercy Ann Darling's (1835-1915) son Jesse David Webb (1860-1935) is my great grandfather.
[Wills. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.]
**The death record refers to him as Captain Joseph White. I haven't found any probate records for him (yet).
["Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-31535-13911-79?cc=2061550 : accessed 2 November 2015), Worcester > Mendon > Births, marriages, deaths, property records 1677-1826 > image 107 of 328; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.]
***Presumably both are buried in Mendon, but there's no record of where their graves are.
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Hi Pat,
ReplyDeleteI also have this couple, so we are cousins again.
The way I read 8: 12 : 1660 is as the 8th day of the 12th month of 1660 - which would be 8 February 1660/1. The inventory was taken on 20 February 1660/1. The published proving date of 30 April 1661 fits.
There is no problem with Lydia Rogers marrying Joseph White on 19 September 1660.
I transcribed this from the Suffolk County Book of Probates many years ago. The original is in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, Packet #264. That is not yet available online.
Hi Cousin Randy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for clearing this up! I thought that the hand-written 19th century transcription (no matter how beautifully clear the handwriting was) was most likely the source of the error as I was loath to disbelieve Torry. Just another reminder of the limits of online databases.