Bridget Varney

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name
Bridget Varney
sex
female
access
public
died
date
25 Oct 1672
place
Gloucester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
note
"VARNEY, Bridgett, Oct. 25, 1672. [Oct. 26. ex. r.]" (Gloucester VR 3).
summary
Widow, probably of William Varney, and mother of Thomas Varney, who married Abigail Proctor. Her will of 1671 names "my sonne Thomas Verney."
residences
date
1663
place
Ipswich, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
note
"Of Ipswich in 1663" (Babson); by 1669 she had sold her house and land at Gloucester.

Widow of William Varney, and administratrix of his estate in 1654 (Probate Records of Essex County 1:173). Babson: "Bridget Varney was of Ipswich in 1663. In 1669, then a widow, she sold house and land, with the harbor and neck of land on the south-east, to Bartholomew Foster." He places the property near the present Mill Street in Gloucester.

Her will, dated 10 Nov 1671, "Bridget (her mark) Verney of Glocester," "being by God's providence cast upon my Bed of Sickenesse," gives "my Sonne Humfrey Verney" £20, "to be payd by my sonne Jeffrey Parsons of this Towne"; "my Daughter Rachel Vinson (the wife of William Vinson)" £20; and "my sonne Thomas Verney Seaven Sheepe." The residue goes to her son-in-law William Vinson, as sole executor (Essex Quarterly Courts 5:119). Her inventory, taken 21 Nov 1672 by Thomas Millett Sr. and John Collens Sr. of Gloucester, lists "Two Cowes and two hefer Calves, 8li.; nine sheepe ... Three Akers of marsh in Chebacco."

Her daughter Rachel married William Vinson at Gloucester on 10 June 1661 as "Rachell Cooke." A "Rachall" Vinson, probably she, died at Gloucester 15 Feb 1707 (Gloucester VR 3).

Open questions

  • A "Widow Varnie, aged about seventy-one years," deposed in a Gloucester abuse case alongside Jeffrey Parsons and William Vinson (Essex Quarterly Courts 6:116). The papers are printed with Dec 1676 business, after her death, so the deposition must be older or refer to another widow. If it is hers, she was born about 1600.
  1. ---
  2. name: Bridget Varney
  3. sex: female
  4. access: public
  5. died:
  6. date: 25 Oct 1672
  7. place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
  8. basis: documented
  9. confidence: proven
  10. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  11. note: "\"VARNEY, Bridgett, Oct. 25, 1672. [Oct. 26. ex. r.]\" (Gloucester VR 3)."
  12. summary: >-
  13. Widow, probably of William Varney, and mother of Thomas Varney, who married Abigail Proctor. Her
  14. will of 1671 names "my sonne Thomas Verney."
  15. residences:
  16. - date: "1663"
  17. place: Ipswich, Massachusetts
  18. basis: documented
  19. confidence: probable
  20. note: "\"Of Ipswich in 1663\" (Babson); by 1669 she had sold her house and land at Gloucester."
  21. ---
  23. Widow of William Varney, and administratrix of his estate in 1654 (Probate Records of
  24. Essex County 1:173). Babson: "Bridget Varney was of Ipswich in 1663. In 1669, then a
  25. widow, she sold house and land, with the harbor and neck of land on the south-east, to
  26. Bartholomew Foster." He places the property near the present Mill Street in Gloucester.
  28. Her will, dated 10 Nov 1671, "Bridget (her mark) Verney of Glocester," "being by God's
  29. providence cast upon my Bed of Sickenesse," gives "my Sonne Humfrey Verney" £20, "to be
  30. payd by my sonne Jeffrey Parsons of this Towne"; "my Daughter Rachel Vinson (the wife of
  31. William Vinson)" £20; and "my sonne Thomas Verney Seaven Sheepe." The residue goes to her
  32. son-in-law William Vinson, as sole executor (Essex Quarterly Courts 5:119). Her
  33. inventory, taken 21 Nov 1672 by Thomas Millett Sr. and John Collens Sr. of Gloucester,
  34. lists "Two Cowes and two hefer Calves, 8li.; nine sheepe ... Three Akers of marsh in
  35. Chebacco."
  37. Her daughter Rachel married William Vinson at Gloucester on 10 June 1661 as "Rachell
  38. Cooke." A "Rachall" Vinson, probably she, died at Gloucester 15 Feb 1707 (Gloucester VR
  39. 3).
  41. ## Open questions
  43. - A "Widow Varnie, aged about seventy-one years," deposed in a Gloucester abuse case
  44. alongside Jeffrey Parsons and William Vinson (Essex Quarterly Courts 6:116). The papers
  45. are printed with Dec 1676 business, after her death, so the deposition must be older
  46. or refer to another widow. If it is hers, she was born about 1600.
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