Person:Mary Doughty (6)

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Mary Doughty
b.Abt 1628 Gloucestershire, England
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1628
  1. Mary DoughtyAbt 1628 -
  2. Francis DoughtyAbt 1630 -
  3. Elias Doughty1632/33 - Abt 1690
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Oct 1645
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Hugh O'Neal (add)
  • W.  Mary DoughtyAbt 1628 -
m. Bef 22 Apr 1662
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Facts and Events
Name[1][4] Mary Doughty
Alt Name[2] Maria Doutheij
Married Name Mrs. Mary Van der Donck
Married Name Mrs. Mary O'Neal
Gender Female
Birth[4] Abt 1628 Gloucestershire, England
Other[1] 16 May 1634 Gloucestershire, Englandnamed in Will of Francis Doughty, her paternal grandfather
Marriage 22 Oct 1645 New Amsterdam, New York, New York, United StatesReformed Dutch Church
to Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck
Other[5] 28 Aug 1656 Mary Van der Donck is sued by Jores Van der Vorst, but she does not appear in court because she has "departed beyond arrest"
Other[6] 1 Mar 1657/58 Northampton, Virginia, United Statesappears in records as "Mrs. Mary Van der Donck", daughter of Rev. Francis Doughty
Other[7] 26 Mar 1661 Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United Stateswitness to Will of ???
Other[3] 24 Oct 1661 Charles, Maryland, United Stateswidowed, signs a debt
Marriage Bef 22 Apr 1662 to Hugh O'Neal (add)
Other[8] 22 Apr 1662 Charles, Maryland, United Statesappears in court as "Mrs. Van der Donck (alias) O'Neale
Other[3] 10 Feb 1662/63 Charles, Maryland, United StatesRobert Sly sues her husband Hugh O'Neal for the 1661 debt
Other[9] 8 Oct 1666 Mary and husband Hugh O'Neale receive a patent for Nepperhaem, the estate of her first husband Adriaen Van der Donck
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Did Mary and Adrian Van der Donck have any children?

On 10 Jun 1664, Peter Stuyvesant wrote [CDNY 14:550] a letter in which he stated "we had given out by the usual patents and which in virtue thereof had been occupied and settled by people of our nation, for instance the land of Jonas Bronck, also the land which old Van der Donck, his children and partners divided into several boweries and plantations, but which were deserted at the time of the massacre in '55," which has led many to speculate that the Van der Doncks did have children.

However, William Hoffman wrote [NYG&BR 67:339]: "In the letter written by Stuyvesant in 1664 from which we quoted a paragraph, is an allusion to van der Donck's children. Yet there is no supporting evidence that Adriaen van der Donck left any children or for that matter ever had any children. In his petition to the States General quoted above [CDNY I:476] he mentions his wife and other members of the family as ready to sail for New Netherland in May 1652 but does not mention any children. He left his patroonship Colendonck to his wife and the property, after it had been patented anew to her and her second husband in their joint names in 1666, was immediately sold by them. These facts give strong evidence that van der Donck left no descendants."

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will Transcript of Francis Doughtie, in Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert, A.M.. Genealogical Gleanings in England. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1901)
    1:820.

    [... pending]

  2. ↑ Maria Doutheij, in Dutch Reformed Church (New York City), and Samuel S. Purple (original ed.). Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church [in] New Amsterdam and New York City. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1940).

    [page number needed]
    ... "October 22, 1645 Mr. Adriaen Vanderdock, j.m. Van Breda, en Maria Doutheij, j.d. Van Heemstede"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mary Van der Donck, in Charles, Maryland, United States. Record Book B
    36-37.

    ... Whereas the now wife of Hugh O'Neale did in time of her widowhood contract a debt, etc. 'Exhibit' "This bindeth me, Mary Van der Donck, in the Province of Maryland etc." dated Oct. 24, 1661. Defendant confessed judgement.
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    [as reported in NYG&BR 67:341; needs more complete transcript]

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mary Doughty, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    43:277, Jul 1912.

    [Children of Francis Doughty and Bridget (?Stone):]
    + 2 i. Mary, b. about 1628.
    ...

  5. ↑ .

    http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Dutch-Colonies/2005-11/1132249972

    "Following the death of her husband (After 7 Jun 1655 [RNA 1:323], but
    before 10 Jan 1656 [RNA 2:8]), Mary Van der Donck was sued by Jores Van
    der Vorst (28 Aug 1656), but she was in default for she had "departed
    beyond arrest" [RNA 2:157]."

  6. ↑ Northampton County Records Volume VII:10.

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  7. ↑ Annapolis, Book S, p 1102.

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  8. ↑ Mrs. Van der Donck (alias) O'Neale, in Charles, Maryland, United States. Record Book A.

    p 208 - Mary's court case

    p 213 - same date but in another case, Enoch Doughty, son of Rev. Francis Doughty, appears in behalf of his brother-in-law, Hugh O'Neale
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  9. ↑ Article by William Hoffman, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    67:342.

    "On October 8, of that same year (1666) Mary and her husband received a patent confirming their ownership to a tract of land called Nepperhaem, that is the estate of her first husband Adriaen van der Donck. But a few days later they assigned the patent to her brother Elias Doughty who in course of time disposed of the property in several lots." (He refers his readers to a series of authorities quoted at the end of the article.)
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