Person:Mary Blaisdell (2)

Land Transactions

Received land from her mother Elizabeth

"Elizabeth Blasdale (her P mark) of Salisbury, widow, for love, conveyed to her daughter Mary Blasdale, now wife of Joseph Stowers, the right of commonage Ralf Blasdale, my husband, did in his life time bought of Jno Harizon in Salisbury, and 4 acres of marsh in cow common, bounded by Mr. Georg Carr, Robert Fitts, being No. 3 on town record, July 14, 1667. Wit: Wm Allin (his A mark) and Andrew Grele. Ack. July 17, 1667, by Robert Pike, commissioner. Henry Blasdale, son of Ralfe and Elizabeth Blasdale, consents to this grant by his 'deare mother' Feb. 24, 1667. Wit: Jno Gill (his II mark) and Dorithie Pike. Ack. Feb. 27, 1667, before Robert Pike, commissioner."^[5]

This land is sold a year later by Joseph Stowers to Henry True

"Joseph Stowers of Salisbury, feltmaker, for L21. conveyed to Henry True of Salisbury, house carpenter, the right of commonage in Salisbury belonging to Jno Harison, formerly of Salisbury, rope maker, being 4 cow commons; 4 acres of meadow between lots fo Georg Car, sr, and a creek butting on Hampton and meadow of Robert ffitts; 30 acres of upland above ye mill; said rights being conveyed to me by widow Elizabeth Blasdale of Salisbury, deceased, Nov. 25, 1668. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and William Bradbury. His wife Mary Stowers signed, and both ack. 22: 10: 1668, before Robert Pike, commissioner."^[6]

1. ↑ Ralph Blaisdell, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   1:322.

   "Mary (Blaisdell), b. Salisbury 5 March 1641[/2?] (daughter of 'Ralph and Elisabeth'); m. (1) by about 1661 Joseph Stowers, son of Nicholas Stowers [GMB 3:1782]; m. (2) Haverhill 19 December 1676 William Sterling."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ralph Blaisdell, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
   1:183, Apr 1905.

   "Mary (Blaisdell), b. in Salisbury March 5, 1641/2; m. (1) Joseph Stowers who d. in Charlestown Nov. 16, 1672; m. (2) Dec. 19, 1676, William Sterling; she d. May 29, 1681, in Haverhill."

3. ↑ Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915)
   22.

   "Blasdale, Mary, d. Ralph and Elisabeth, [born] 5: 1 m: 1641 [March 5, 1641(/2?)]."

4. ↑ Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910)
   2:477.

   "Sterling, Mary, w. William, [died] May 29, 1681." NOTE Her twins, born 21 May 1681, died the same day as their mother, strongly indicating that "childbed" was her cause of death.

5. ↑ "Old Norfolk County Records", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
   6:174.

   See text.

6. ↑ "Old Norfolk County Records", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
   7:30.

   See text.