Person:Mary Willis (41)

Mary Willis married Thomas Jackson, son of Samuel, John & Robert in 1748. Their daughter, Mary, was born in 1749. Then Thomas died in 1750 and the widow Mary married a second time; to another Thomas Jackson (Thomas, James, John & Robert)^[2].

1. ↑ Rootsweb chart of Adienne Schoverling: Schoverling Mortensen. (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2893127).
2. ↑ Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
   129, 221, 225.

   p. 129: ‘Mary [daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fry) Willis] b. 1731, m. 1st 1748, Thomas Jackson, son of Samuel of Jerusalem, m. 2d, Thomas Jackson of Jericho.’
   p. 221: ‘Thomas [son of Samuel Jackson] m. 1748, Mary Willis, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Fry), he d. 1750.’
   p. 225: ‘Thomas [son of Thomas and Mary (Townsend) Jackson] m. Mary (Willis), widow of Thomas Jackson, …’

3.   Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
   9.

   Thomas Jackson, s/o Samuel Jackson, d. 1750 m. 1748 Mary Willis.

4.   Cornell, Thomas Clapp. Adam and Anne Mott, their ancestors and their descendants. (unknown: unknown, 1890)
   282.

   Children of Samuel Willis and Mary Fry: Mary b. "7th of 3d month, 1731" m. (1) Thomas Jackson of Jerusalem who d. 1750, m. (2) Thomas Jackson of Jericho.
   [This passage is made confusing because the author calls Mary's daughter "Mary (Willis) Seaman" instead of the correct name "Mary (Jackson) Seaman" .]

5. ↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of Westbury, L.I.", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
   Vol. 16, p. 172.

   The age of the children of Samuel Willis and his wife Mary, d. of John and Mary Fry.
   ...
   Mary born 7th of 3d mo 1731.
   [Note: In old-styles dates, the third month is May. More info may be found here.]