Person:Mary Unknown (6320)

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Mary Stanford
 
m. Bef 1696
  1. John Wallis1696 -
  2. Susanna Wallis1699 -
Facts and Events
Name[2] Mary Stanford
Gender Female
Marriage Bef 1696 to Josiah Wallis
Death[1] Aug 1703 Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesKilled in an Indian attack during the Northeast Coast Campaign of Queen Anne's War.
References
  1. Babson, John J. History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: including the town of Rockport. (Gloucester Mass.: Procter Bros., 1860)
    p. 175-176.

    "The French and Indians, in August, 1703, attacked all the settlements from Wells to Casco; and, in the destruction of the latter, the Wallis families were severe sufferers. The wives of Josiah and Benjamin Wallis were killed, and Joseph Wallis's wife was carried into captivity."

  2. Chamberlain, George Walter. Descendants of Michael Webber of Falmouth, Maine and of Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts: Webber Foundation, c1935)
    p. 12-13.

    In a deposition given in 1749, Rebecca (Stanford) Sawyer said the she was the sister of Josiah Wallis's wife who was killed by Indians during Queen Anne's War.