"Samuel Scarlett … m. by 1654 Mary Ellis (on 2 March 1645[/6?], 'Edward Gibbons' deeded land at Boston to 'Mary Ellis,' and, on 16 December 1654, this deed was presented to the
administrators of Edward Gibbons by 'Mrs. Mary Skarlet' [SLR 2:172]; on 8 June 1655, 'Dorrathy Blythe' deposed 'that she was in Major Gibons her uncle's house and heard him acknowledge that the house & land mentioned in this deed he had given to my cousin Mary Ellis now Skarlet' [SLR 2:173]; on 24 June 1657, 'Sumuell Scarlett & Mary his wife' sold to Thomas Dexter the land which 'Major Edward Gibons assigned unto Mary Ellis now the wife of me the said Samuel Scarlett' [SLR 3:132-33]; …"
