Family:Mathew Gannett and Mary Bacon (1)

Parents: Matthew Gannett and Unknown Matthew Gannett b. Apr 1685 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Jul 1736 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Mary Bacon b. Abt 1678 d. 9 Apr 1713 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Marriage^[1]^[2]

20 Sep 1708

Children

		Birth	Death

References

↑ Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
Vol. 2, p. 13.

BACON, Mary and Matthew Gannett, Sept. 20, 1708.
↑ Various Internet websites may be found that give the above date, or else 1702 (those that want to include Matthew's eldest daughter Hannah (Gannett) Parris in this marriage), or else 1718 (those that want to match Mary with a different Matthew Gannett who is too young to marry in 1708). Mary's death record in 1713 indicates she was 38, so born about 1675, so if the above date is incorrect, she is old enough to be the mother of Hannah in 1702. However, if the above date was correct, she was probably the second of three wives. The third was Mary Neal in 1714. The first is unknown, only suggested to exist because of the daughter Hannah who was b. 1702 and who m. 1724. However, since Hannah's birth in 1702 also implies that Matthew's birth in 1685 is incorrect, i.e., requires assuming two errors, further explanation is needed...