Person:Peter Mallory (1)

"Peter Mallory signed the planters' covenant at New Haven Conn., 5 Aug 1644. The name is variously spelled in the early records there as Mallery, Malery, Mallary, Malary, Mallorye, Malorie, Mallory and Malory, but in later years it most frequently appears as 'Mallory.' The wife of Peter Malary united with the first church of New Haven in 1663. On Jan. 2, 1687, Peter Mallery of New Haven, planter, gives land to his son Peter, 'whereof I the said Pater Mallary with Mary my wife have hereunto put our hands and seal,' both signing by mark, his mark consisting of his initials, P. M., a step higher than signing with a simple cross [New Haven land records, vol. 1, p. 370.] This Mary was probably the only wife he ever had. His home lot and most of his land was near the Milford town line at a place commonly called West Side Farms, now West Haven, in the town of Orange. The deed to his son John, dated March 25, 1687, was of 'land lieing within New Haven township on the west river at the West farms, containing one acre and half, bounded by the highway that runneth from the Oyster point on the north, on the East by land of John Clark, on the south by land belonging to my son Thomas Mallery, on the west by a path that runneth between it and my other land whereon I dwell.' [New Haven land records, vol. 1, p. 339.] That he was a large land owner is evidenced by numerous deeds on record in vol. 1. He repeatedly gave land to his sons John, Peter and Thomas. He also gave land 'by way of portion in part with my loving daughter Rebecca Bunnell, to my loving son-in-law Benjamin Bunnell,' dated July 2, 1684, and to his 'daughter-in-law Mary Mallery widow, relict of Thomas Mallery my son lately deceased, … during the nonage of her son Thomas' with the proviso that if he die before he is twenty-one, then it shall go to her son Daniel at lawful age, and if he died then to her son Aaron, and if they all three die then 'it be and remain unto my said daughter, … Signed with consent of my son Peter Jr.' April 28, 1691.

On Aug. 30, 1697, he deeded all his 'estate undisposed of … moveable, real or personal, to his son Peter Husbandman and son John Cordwainer' in consideration of life support. [Vol. 1, p. 729.] This deed and one or two others about the same date are signed by a simple P instead of P. M., his usual mark. He was undoubtedly in feeble health and perhaps had been feeble for many years. In the County Court Records, vol. 1, p. 45, Nov. 8, 1671, we find 'This Court upon ye allegations presented on behalf of Peter Mallory Senr for freedom from training doth free him of ye sd service.' He died after Aug. 30, 1697, when he disposed of the balance of his property, and before Nov. 24, 1701, when John Malary conveys to John Smith 'land belonging to ye heirs of Thomas Mallary … leading down to ye dwelling house formerly belonging to Peter Malary my deceased father.' [New Haven Land Records, vol. 2, p. 53.]"^[3]

Notes on the Ancestry of Peter Mallory

The record shows no theory and less proof of the ancestry of the progenator of an estimated 70,000 plus children and grandchildren of Peter Mallory of New Haven and his assumed wife, Marie Preston. Many genealogies state various ancestries, but none show proof nor proffer any theory as the just how and when our Peter came to the New World. It has been repeated numerous times that our Peter was a descendant of Anthony Mallory, he was born 1607 and married Susan Weedon. Ian Wallace's research shows that Susan was bp 14 Jan 1629 (another Susan bp 26 Aug 1604) Chesham, Bucks, England (d of James and Margaret Weedon) and that she married Peter Mallory 19 Apr 1636. Subsequent baptismal records show Susan d of Peter and Susan Mallory bp 25 Jan 1637/38 and William Mallory bp 1 Jul 1639/40, s of Peter and Susan Mallory. The burial of Peter Mallory, gent. is shown 27 Sep 1688 in the same Shelton Parish Registers recording the bp of the children. The baptism of Susan Weedon and marriage to Peter Mallory are from the Chesham Parish Registers. (Work of Ian Wallace). As several records indicate Peter Mallory was in Masschusetts in 1635 and several genealogies refer to his arrival at New Haven 1638, it would appear Peter Mallory b 1607 who married Susan Weeden is not the Peter Mallory of New Haven. Primary immigrant: Peter Mallory Massachusetts 1635 Permanent entry number: 874882 page number 186 Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants for Europe 1607-1657 Meredith B Colket Jr; General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975, p 366. Passengers and Immigration Lists index.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Mallory, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
   5:1122.

   Peter Mallory of NH, d 1698/9.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Peter Mallory, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
   400.

   Mallory, Peter. He took the oath of allegiance at New Haven, 5 Aug. 1644. He and his wife, recently married, were before the Court, 6 Feb. 1648/9, and the record mentions that he was "subject to distraction, haueing sometime bine distempered that way." He bought a house, orchard and land from Nathaniel Seeley, 5 Aug. 1651. He d. in 1698 or 1699; his wife Mary d. Dec. 1690. He prob. m. Mary Preston, dau. of William, bapt. at Chesham, co. Bucks, Eng., 13 Dec. 1629. She was about 19 yrs. old when Peter married, and no other marriage has been found for her. Peter named his youngest son William, and some of the Mallorys followed the migrations of the Prestons to Stratford and Woodbury. John Hunter signed the oath of allegiance immediately under Peter; his will 15 May 1648 gave his small estate to Sarah wife of William Meeker [she was dau. of William Preston], to Peter Mallory, and to Mary widow of William Preston. Hunter and Mallory perhaps lived with the Preston family until the death of Hunter and marriage of Mallory.

3. ↑ Shepard, James. Peter Mallory, New Haven, Conn., 1644, and Some of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1900)
   54:320.