Person:Hopestill Wensley (1)

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Hopestill Wensley
d.Aft 5 Sep 1753
m. Bef 1664
  1. Richard Wensley1664 - Bef 1698
  2. Elizabeth Wensley1665/66 -
  3. Mercy Wensley1667/68 - 1746
  4. John Wensley1669 -
  5. Ann Wensley1670 - 1738
  6. Sarah Wensley1673 - 1753
  7. John Wensley1674/75 -
  8. Hopestill WensleyAbt 1676 - Aft 1753
  • HPeter OliverAbt 1682 - 1712
  • WHopestill WensleyAbt 1676 - Aft 1753
m. 1 Mar 1711/12
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Name Hopestill Wensley
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1676 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 1 Mar 1711/12 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Peter Oliver
Death[2] Aft 5 Sep 1753
References
  1. "Admissions and Baptisms at the Second Church [Boston]", in The Essex Genealogist (Massachusetts). (Lynnfield, Massachusetts: Essex Society of Genealogists)
    14:195.

    Winsley, Hopestill [admitted] 10 Feb 1694/5.
    [If of legal age, 18, birth about 1676. Father died in 1681, husband b. 1682, so is admitted, say at 16, could be a couple of years later?]

  2. "Will of Hon. Isaac3 Winslow and His Widow Sarah", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    24:31.

    Will of Sarah Winslow, dated 5 Sep 1753, mentions her sister Hopestill Oliver.

  3.   "Marriages Noted by Cotton Mather", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    160:63.

    Hopestil Winsley ["Oliver" interlined] 10.d 12.m [1694]
    [This is Mather's admission record for Hopestill at the church, the notation "Oliver" being her married name. The accompanying text says: Hopestill Wensley, d/o John Wensley and Elizabeth (Paddy?), b. abt. 1676, m. Boston 1 Mar 1711/2 Peter Oliver, alive in 1732 when named in will of Dorothy Saltonstall.]