Person:Mary Brooks (101)

Name	Mary Brooks
Married Name	Mrs. Mary Ball
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[2]	3 Apr 1666	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	19 Apr 1688	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Nathaniel Ball (add)
Death^[3]	23 Aug 1726	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
Vol 1, p 55.

... 3. Mary, born April 3, 1666, married April 19, 1688, Nathaniel Ball, of Concord.
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↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 12.

mary daughter of Calib Brooks & susan his wife borne. 3. aprill : [16]66.
↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 110.

Mary Ball Relict widow of Nathaniel Ball died August 22: 1726 [in her 63d yr. g.s.]
[Note: in 63d year, so age 62, born about 1664. This age at death is exactly what would be expected for the 1st daughter Mary Brooks b. Nov 1663, who presumably died young. Since no source is perfect, this raises possibility that 1666 birth is not for Mary but was misrecorded with her name? No death record for the child b. 1663 has been found. Further, it may be significant that sister Rebecca's birth in 1667 follows fairly closely to the 1666 birth, short intervals often indicating the previous child died soon after birth.]