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lead? [30 March 2015]
Peabody did a terrible job abstracting the will of Capt. John Peabody, not even mentioning several names given in the will, including the one name that may be a lead to discovering who Sarah Mosley is.
In the item devoted to his wife, John Peabody names a daughter Mary Hogos, or Hoges. The name is repeated when he directs that his sons say pay various legacies. It is distinct in that second occurrence from Mary Hazen, his natural daughter. Mary Hoges appears to be a daughter of his wife.
The receipt is signed by John and Mary Pitts. In Boston there is a marriage 26 Sep 1721 between John Pitts and Mary Hodges. This falls between the will of 1719 and the receipt of 1728. This couple appears to have had at least two children in Boston (John and James), possibly more.
I have not been able to locate anything based on this yet. George and Sarah (Phippen) Hodges had a daughter Mary, but her birth in 1673 is not a good fit, and Raymon Myers (Tingley Ancestry) says she was still single in 1761. I don't know how the two names came to be associated. Whether a daughter Mary Mosley m. Mr. Hodges, and when he died, married John Pitts; or whether the mother Sarah (---) Hodges married for her second husband an older Mr. Mosley, and when he died, married John Peabody, or some more remote possibility, is unknown to me. But it would seem the juxtaposition of the names Mosley and Hodges could be a useful clue. Unfortunatly the many spelling of Mosley, Mosly, Modsly, Maudsley, etc. hamper searching.
The will is available on americanancestors.org if somebody wants to try their hand at deciphering it. The receipt is image 14. --Jrich 15:32, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
- By the way, William Trescott named a daughter Sarah Modesly in his 1699 will, see, e.g., Pioneers of Massachusetts (and other sources). Additionally, regarding comment on Mrs.,, it was not in particular use at this time. In mid-1700's it was more commonly used for an unmarried lady, and by late 1700's it took on the modern meaning. It would be dangerous to read too much into its absence in the marriage record. --Jrich 17:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
- The Moseley Gen does not say Sarah Trescott m. Increase Moseley. It gives no marriage at all for Increase. It says she married Ebenezer Moseley, who married Hannah Weeks. But Dorchester records show Ebenezer's first wife was Elizabeth. They had children, Eliz. 15 Jan 1697/98, Samuel 7 Jun 1700, Sarah 23 Jul 1702. Ebenezer and 2nd wife Hannah's first child, Mary, is born 14 Jul 1707.
- What secondary sources say doesn't matter if they don't give evidence. You can't prove something by counting how many people make this mistake or that. You can only prove something by finding the underlying basis of the assertions and assessing their validity.
- Increase Mosley is found in Dorchester Church records, baptized 26 (2) 1663. He is listed as age 12 in 1676, as is Sarah Trescott. Sarah Trescott is admitted to full commun. 16 (6) 1685. Increase and whoever his wife is, baptize Sarah 5 Dec 1689, Samuel 12 Jan 1689[/90?] and Increase 29 Mar 1691. I believe the son Increase is named in the will of his grandfather Mosley, and he married Mary Hazen and moved to Connecticut.
- In 1693, there is a "widow Maudesly" listed in the church's seating arrangement. In 1698, there is "Wid. Sarah Mosely" listed in the seating arrangement. Of course, Increase is known to have gone on the 1690 expedition to Canada, and is thought to have died because he never returned, which would have made his wife a widow, perhaps not knowing if her husband was dead (the index to Suffolk Probate does not seem to list a file for him). In 1699, William Trescott's will names his daughter as Sarah Modesly.
- I have found no actual evidence for any of the alternatives other than their mention in secondary sources that easily be simple editing errors (John Peabody gets changed to William Peabody; Elizabeth Trescott gets changed to Sarah Trescott), or be confused.
- Personally, I think it is probable that Sarah Trescott married Increase Mosley, became a widow, then married Capt. John Peabody.
- The "daughter Mary Hoges" mentioned in John Peabody's will is intriguing. I have not found anything further to explain her. In many ways, the easiest explanation would be that Sarah died and John married a third time to a different Sarah, but there is absolutely nothing to indicate any of that happened. --Jrich 05:22, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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