Person:Mary Unknown (5539)

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Mary Unknown
b.Bef 1596
d.Bet 29 Oct 1667 and 1 Jan 1668/69 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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  • H.  John WilcoxBef 1591 - 1651
  • W.  Mary UnknownBef 1596 - Bet 1667 & 1668/69
m. Bef 1616
  1. Ann WilcoxCal 1616 - 1673
  2. Sarah WilcoxEst 1618 - 1689/90
  3. John WilcoxEst 1620 - 1676
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Mary Unknown
Married Name Mary Wilcox
Gender Female
Birth[1] Bef 1596 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1616 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to John Wilcox
Will[2] 4 Oct 1666 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Living[2] 29 Oct 1667
Death[1][2] Bet 29 Oct 1667 and 1 Jan 1668/69 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Estate Inventory[2] 1 Jan 1668/69 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States£40-00-04. Taken by James Ensign and Paul Peck.
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Identity

There are two Mary Willcox (Wilcox) in Connecticut that die within a few years of each. Their relationships and information have been confused over time. This Mary Willcox made her will in 1666 and is of Hartford. The other Mary Wilcox is of Middletown, and the wife of John Wilcox. This woman was the mother of John Wilcox of Middletown and mother-in-law of the other Mary Wilcox, John's third wife.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Wilcox, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    803.

    "… Mary _____, who died at Hartford (probably in Dec.) 1668."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mary Willcox, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:255.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 61.

    Willcox, Mary, Hartford. Invt. £40-00-04. Taken 1st January, 1668-9, by James Ensign and Paul Peck.

    Will : October the ffoureth, in the year of our Lord on thousand six hundred sixty and six, I Mary Wilcock of Hartford, in new England, widdow, Doe mak & Ordain this my last Will and Testament In manner & fform as ffolloweth: Imprimis. I give unto my Cosin Sara Long two pewter platters. Alsoe I give unto my Daughter An Haul forty shillings and my best feather pillow. All other of my Estat that shall remain due to mee by Bill, moovable goods, Cattell, or other houshold goods, Apparell, or any otherwis, my iust debts being paid & all necessary charges about my comly buriall being discharged, I give unto my son-in-Law John Bidwell, whom I make & Ordayn my soal Executor, & intreat my ffriends Deacon Butler & James Ensign to be Overseers unto this my Last will & Testament. In witness whereof I have heer unto sett my mark the day and yeare above written

    MARY X WILCOCKS.

    That this was distinctly read unto & owned to be understood by the Testator to be her last will & Testament is testified by us.

    Richard Butler, James Ensign.

    Court Record, Page 69—29 October, 1667: On Motion of Deacon Butler, in behalf of Widow Wilcox, This Court order John to pay to his Mother £6 a year, as on account of weakness she cannot occupy the Old House, Orchards, etc. Will Proven."

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