Person:Mary Watkins (70)

Watchers
Mary Watkins
b.Bef Dec 1688 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d.Aft 12 Aug 1752
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1688
  1. Mary WatkinsBef 1688 - Aft 1752
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel Welles1686 - 1751
  • W.  Mary WatkinsBef 1688 - Aft 1752
m. Bef 1712
  1. Sarah Welles1712 -
  2. Abigail Welles1712 -
  3. Mary Welles1714 - Aft 1777
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Mary Watkins
Married Name Mary Welles
Gender Female
Birth[2] Bef Dec 1688 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Marriage Bef 1712 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known children (Sarah and Abigail).
to Samuel Welles
Living[2] 12 Aug 1752 Dower thirds set off on this date.
Death[2] Aft 12 Aug 1752
References
  1. ↑ Watkins, David, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:649.

    "Mary (Watkins), prob. m. Samuel Welles, Jr."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 138. Samuel4 Welles, Jr., in Mathews, Barbara Jean; Donna Holt Siemiatkoski; Kathryn Smith Black; and Nancy Pexa. The Descendants of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes. (Wethersfield, Conn.: Welles Family Association, 2015)
    1:426-29.

    "Mary Watkins was a granddaughter of Mr. Jeremiah Judson of Stratford. He named his daughter Sarah Sturges and granddaughter Mary Watkins in his will, dated 21 February 1698 (Fairfield Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 3517). No birth was registered for a child of David and Sarah (Judson) Watkins prior to David's death at about the age of 22, but the probate court noted on the second Monday of December 1788 [error for 1688] that 'Sarah Watkins the relict of Decesed David watkins sd Administrator … to take the said estate into her hands & therewith to bing up [torn] Daughter & when her Daughter comes to the Age of eighteene years or marry [torn] shee is to have the one halfe of the above Estate & which is to be paid to the said Daughter in money or moveables' (Fairfield Probate District Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 6704). … The widow's dower thirds were set off on 12 August 1752 (Fairfield Probate District, Connecticut Estate Files, docket no. 6761)."

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