Person:Mary Gaines (9)

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Mary Gaines
b.11 Jun 1660 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
d.20 Oct 1723 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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m. 1659
  1. Hester GainesBet 1660 & 1662 - 1689
  2. Mary Gaines1660 - 1723
  3. Martha Gaines1661 - 1723
  4. Sarah Gaines1665 - 1751
  5. Abigail Gaines1667 - 1668
  6. Elizabeth Gaines1668 - 1670
  7. Abiel Gaines1672 - 1754
  8. John Gaines1677 - 1748
  9. Jane Gaines1680 - 1712
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Name Mary Gaines
Gender Female
Birth[1] 11 Jun 1660 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Death? 20 Oct 1723 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

All of Benjamin's children in Wenham are recorded as children of Benjamin and Mary. "John Gaines of Ipswich and his wife Mary (Treadwell) had daughters, Mary, b. 1660, and Martha, b. 1661. Benjamin may have married Mary Gaines as a second wife, though there is no proof that he did not marry some other Mary."S1

It is also possible, since only one marriage is recorded for Benjamin Edwards, that the name on the record is in error and that he married Mary Gaines to begin with. Because Wenham records are notoriously incomplete during this time period, the actual situation may never be clear.

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  1. ↑ Mills, William Stowell, "The Edwards Family of Wenham prior to 1715, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol 56 p. 61.
  2.   Gaynes, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
    Vol 1 p. 156.

    "Mary, d. John, June 11, 1660 (Essex County Quarterly Court record)"

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