Mary Hitchcock1

#18687, (21 October 1688 - 18 September 1774)
Relationship1st cousin 8 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Luke Hitchcock Jr1 (1655 - 1726/27)
Mother*Sarah Burt1 ( - 1746)

Family

Capt. George Colton b. 1677, d. 1760
Children 1.Timothy Colton2 (1705/6 - 1787)
 2.George Colton Jr.2 (1707/8 - 1784)
 3.Mary Colton2 (1710 - )
 4.Sarah Colton2 (1712/13 - 1763)
 5.Rebecca Colton2 (1718 - )
 6.Isaac Cornet Colton2 (1720 - 1800)
 7.Miriam Colton2 (1722/23 - )
 8.Jonathan Colton2 (1725/26 - 1752)
Her married name was Colton.2 
In this genealogy it is Mary, born in 1699 the daughter of Ensign John Hitchcock and Mary Ball, who marries, first, Samuel Taylor (in 1718) and, second, Daniel Arms (in 1737). This follows Sheldon in History of Deerfield (II Genealogies:337) where it says Samuel married "Mary, dau. John Hitchcock of Spfd." Edward Hitchcock in his Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family has Mary, born in 1688 the daughter of Capt. Luke Hitchcock (John's uncle) and Sarah Burt, who marries Samuel, then David (p. 409). Interestingly, Hitchcock says that Mary, daughter of John, married "––– Arms" (apparently using John's will as the source) with no other information (p. 213). Then there is the memorial stone in the Old Cemetery in Charlemont which says she died in June 1781 "in the 87th Year of her age" – giving a birth year of about 1694, or in the middle of the birth dates of the two Marys (by then she was a widow for the third time, of Ebenezer Barnard). The age of her first marriage leans to the choice of Mary at age 19 rather than Mary, age 30. Adding to the confusion, Hitchcock says that another daughter of Luke and Sarah, Mercy, married George Colton. In fact it seems that it was her sister Mary (erroneously given as the wife of Samuel Taylor, then Daniel Arms) who married Colton. Mercy probably married Ebenezer Day, though she would have been only fifteen years old . Since the marriage records do not name the parents we have to speculate at times.3 
Birth*21 October 1688She was born on 21 October 1688 at Springfield, Massachusetts.4,1 
Marriage*3 February 1703/4She married Capt. George Colton on 3 February 1703/4 at Massachusetts.5,2 
Death*18 September 1774She died on 18 September 1774 at MassachusettsG at age 85.2 
Burial*She was buried at Longmeadow Cemetery, Longmeadow, Massachusetts.6 

Citations

  1. [S329] Mrs. Edward Hitchcock Sr., compiler; Rev. Dwight W. Marsh, editor Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family (Amherst, Mass.: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894), 407–409. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family.
  2. [S1689] George Woolworth Colton, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton (Lancaster, Penna.: privately published, 1912), pp. 13–14.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S1025] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Springfield 1640–1894, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, original town records, img. 363/6014. Mary, dau. of Luke and Sarah Hitchcocke, b. 21 Oct 1688. Online Ancestry.com.
  5. [S1025] Mass. Town and Vital Records: Springfield: original town records, img. 440/6014. George and Mary Hitchcocke, both of Springfield, intentions 1 Jan 1703/4, marr. 3 feb 1703/4.
  6. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, standing memorial markers, side by side. (1) Capt. George Colton, d. 5 Aug 1760, in his 84th yr; Jonathan Colton, d. of smallpox 7 May 1752 on return from England after receiving Holy Orders, in his 27th yr.; (2) Mary, wife of Capt. George Colton, d. 18 Sep 1774, in her 86th yr. Memorials 42532925 and 14629369, created by Mark Maxwell, maintained by Mary Leppla 53, photos added by Mark Maxwell and Hilltownroots.