Person:Mehitable Safford (1)
Mehitable Safford
b.Est 1683
d.Bef 23 Mar 1754 Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  John Hovey1675 - 1720
  • W.  Mehitable SaffordEst 1683 - Bef 1754
m. 25 May 1702
  1. Mehitable Hovey1703 - 1794
  2. John Hovey1704 - 1705
  3. Sarah Hovey1706 - 1736
  4. John Hovey1708 - 1708
  5. Samuel Hovey1711 -
  6. Mary Hovey1714 -
  7. John Hovey1718 -
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  • H.  Ebenezer Brown (add)
  • W.  Mehitable SaffordEst 1683 - Bef 1754
m. Aft 7 Apr 1722
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  • H.  Jacob PerleyAbt 1670 - Bef 1751
  • W.  Mehitable SaffordEst 1683 - Bef 1754
m. Aft 24 Jun 1733
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Facts and Events
Name Mehitable Safford
Gender Female
Birth[3] Est 1683
Marriage 25 May 1702 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto John Hovey
Marriage Aft 7 Apr 1722 probably Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Ebenezer Brown (add)
Marriage Aft 24 Jun 1733 probably Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Jacob Perley
Death[1][2] Bef 23 Mar 1754 Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Her parentage appears to be unknown. Trees usually place her in the family of Joseph Safford and Mary Baker or John Safford and Sarah Low, with the majority favouring the former, but there does not appear to be any firm evidence for either.

References
  1. ↑ Daniel Hovey Association; Sidney Perley; and Horace Carter Hovey. The Hovey Book: Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel Hovey of Ipswich, Massachusetts. (Haverhill, Massachusetts: L.R. Hovey, 1913)
    p. 39.

    'Mr. Hovey's widow [Mehitable Safford] married, secondly, Ebenezer Browne of Rowley (published April 7, 1722). ... She married, thirdly, Lt. Jacob Perley of Boxford (published June 24, 1733). She died in Bradford in 1754, being the widow of Mr. Perley, who had died in the spring of 1751, in Bradford, where they then dwelt.'

  2. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County), and Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County). Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2000, 2001)
    Case 21495: Perley Mehitable 1754, Mch. 23.

    23 Mar 1754: Inventory of widow Mehitable Perley Late of Bradford Dec'd.
    23 Mar 1754: Bond of Samuel Hovey Housewright of Rowley as Adm'r of Mehitable Perley late of Bradford widow Dec'd Intestate.
    17 Oct 1754: Power of attorney by Sarah Pearson and Mary Pearson of "Shrusebury" spinsters to their brother John Pearson of same to act as attorney to Pecure [procure?] unto us our Part of an Estate that was our honoured Grandmother Mehitabel Pearley of Bradford Lately Deceased.
    21 Nov 1754: Account of Samuel Hovey Adm'r of the Estate of his mother Mehitable Perley late of Bradford dec'd Intestate, allowed.
    23 Nov 1754: Division of real estate into five shares. No. 1 & 2 settled on Samuel Hovey the only son as his double part, No. 3 on Mary Hovey ye youngest daughter, No. 4 on heirs of Sarah Late Wife of Barthol'm Pearson, No. 5 on Mehitable wife of [obscured]mes [James?] Moulton.

  3. ↑ Her birth year appears to be estimated based on her marriage year and to fit into the family of Joseph Safford and Mary Baker. Her death year may have also been taken into account, as she appears to have lived into her 70's. However, she could have been born as early as 1678 and still have comfortably been the mother of her children with John Hovey.
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