MARY LORD, b. 29 July 1691, d. prob. Berwick, after 4 Oct. 1779 when she was
mentioned in the administration of her 2nd husband’s estate; m. (1) Kittery, 1 Dec.
1709, THOMAS HODSDON,156 son of Benoni and Abigail (Curtis) Hodsdon,157 d.
before 28 Jan. 1716/7 when his wife was called a widow;158 m. (2) Kittery, 16 June
1720, DANIEL EMERY,159 b. 25 June 1697, son of Daniel and Margaret (Gowen)
Emery,160 d. Kittery, before 4 Oct. 1779 when his will was probated.161
Mary Hodsdon was granted administration of Thomas Hodsdon’s estate 27 May
1717.162 Daniel Emery’s will of 10 Oct. 1778 mentions his wife Mary; daughters
Elizabeth Hooper and Sarah Hubbard; granddaughters Mary and Lavis [sic: Lois],
daughters of his daughter Martha Shackley, deceased; brother Caleb Emery; and
only son Daniel Emery, his executor.163
Children of Thomas and Mary3 (Lord) Hodsdon, bp. Berwick:164 1. John Hodsdon,
bp. 26 July 1713; m. by 3 July 1743, Elizabeth —.165 2. Anna Hodsdon, bp. 26 July
1713. 3. Thomas Hodsdon, bp. 20 March 1714/5; m. by 10 June 1739, Mary —.166
4. Mary Hodsdon, bp. 28 Jan. 1716/7; m. by 13 Sept. 1739, William Keays.167
Children of Daniel and Mary3 (Lord) Emery, bp. Berwick:168 5. Martha Emery,
bp. 13 Aug. 1721; m. Richard Shackley Jr.169 6. Margaret Emery, bp. 2 Sept. 1722, d.
young. 7. Margaret Emery [again], bp. 31 March 1724; not in father’s will. 8. Elizabeth
Emery, bp. 17 Oct. 1725; m. (int.) Kittery, 29 Oct. 1743, William Hooper.170
9. Sarah Emery, bp. 8 Oct. 1727; m. Joseph Hubbard.171 10. Daniel Emery, bp. 29
Aug. 1731; m. (int.) Kittery, 25 May 1751, Sarah Shackley.172
156 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 37. This name is sometimes given as “Hodgdon.”
157 Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 342.
158 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 11.
159 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 49.
160 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 11.
161 Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts, 13/303, citing York Co. Probate Records, 13:160.
162 Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts, 2/178, citing York Co. Probate Records, 2:Part 2:135.
163 Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts, 13/303, citing York Co. Probate Records, 13:160.
164 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 8, 9, 11.
165 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 59.
166 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 49.
167 Janie W. H. Lane, Key and Allied Families (Stateboro, Ga., 1931), 309. Mary, wife of William
Kye, was received into the church (Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 50).
168 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 32.
169 On 23 Aug. 1759, Mary, daughter of Richard and Martha Shackley, was baptized; on 7 June
1760, Lois, daughter of Richard and Martha Shackley, was baptized (Anderson, Berwick Church
Records, 92, 93). Mary and Lavis [Lois] Shackley, daughters of Daniel Emery’s deceased daughter
Martha, were mentioned in his will.
170 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 216.
171 Mercy and James, children of Joseph and Sarah Hubbard, were bp. 8 Nov. 1747 (Anderson,
Berwick Church Records, 69). Daniel Emery named his daughter Sarah Hubbard in his will.
172 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 220.
