Mary Millett

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name
Mary Millett
aka
[Mary Millit, Mary Riggs]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Thomas Riggs Sr. of Gloucester, married 7 June 1658, and probably the mother of Thomas Riggs (b. 1666), who married Ann Wheeler. Born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, a daughter of Thomas Millett and probably of Mary Greenaway.
born
date
26 Aug 1639
place
Dorchester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-dorchester, article-tag-2007-rigg-hawkshead]
note
"26th. (6th.) 1639" (Record Commissioners vol. 21, p. 3); the sixth month is August. NEHGR 5 (1851): 244 prints the same record as "Mary the daughter of Thomas Millet & Mary his wife was borne 27o (6o) 1639" (quoted in TAG 82:120 n. 2).
died
date
23 Jan 1694/5
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester]
note
"Mary, w. Thomas, sr., Jan. 23, 1694-5." Mollie Pfeiffer's 1682 belongs to her mother.
residences
date
1658
place
Gloucester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-gloucester, book-babson-1860-history-gloucester]
note
Married Thomas Riggs of Gloucester on 7 June 1658 and made her life there.
father
id
thomas-millett-1605
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-dorchester, vital-records-gloucester, deed-john-greenaway-1650]
note
Her marriage record calls her "d. Thomas".
mother
id
mary-greenaway-1606
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[deed-john-greenaway-1650, vital-records-dorchester]
note
"Mary the daughter of Thomas Millet & Mary his wife" (NEHGR 5:244, printing the Dorchester record). Thomas Millett's wife Mary is on record from 1635 to 1650.

Mary was born at Dorchester on 26 Aug 1639, a daughter of Thomas Millett and his wife Mary. Her brothers and sisters were Thomas (b. c. 1633, England), John (1635), Jonathan (1638, d. the same year) and Mehetabel (1641), all born at Dorchester, and Nathaniel (1647). Mehetabel married Isaac Elwell, a shoemaker of Gloucester (Babson pp. 89, 116), and Mary too made her life there: on 7 June 1658 she married Thomas Riggs of Gloucester, "RIGES, Thomas, and Mary Millit, d. Thomas" (Gloucester VR 2:452).

King Philip's War. Her parents had moved to Brookfield, where her father was the town's preacher. He died without a will in the summer of 1675, the summer Brookfield was besieged and burned, and at Ipswich on 28 Sept 1675 the court "granted administration of the estate to Mary Millet, the relict," her mother (Essex Quarterly Courts 6:73; see Thomas Millett).

She died on 23 Jan 1694/5, "Mary, w. Thomas, sr." in the Gloucester records.

Open questions

  • Her birthday, 26 or 27 August: the original Dorchester record.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Millett
  3. aka: [Mary Millit, Mary Riggs]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Thomas Riggs Sr. of Gloucester, married 7 June 1658, and probably the mother of Thomas
  8. Riggs (b. 1666), who married Ann Wheeler. Born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, a daughter of
  9. Thomas Millett and probably of Mary Greenaway.
  10. born:
  11. date: 26 Aug 1639
  12. place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [vital-records-dorchester, article-tag-2007-rigg-hawkshead]
  16. note: '"26th. (6th.) 1639" (Record Commissioners vol. 21, p. 3); the sixth month is August. NEHGR 5 (1851): 244 prints the same record as "Mary the daughter of Thomas Millet & Mary his wife was borne 27o (6o) 1639" (quoted in TAG 82:120 n. 2).'
  17. died:
  18. date: 23 Jan 1694/5
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: proven
  21. sources: [vital-records-gloucester]
  22. note: '"Mary, w. Thomas, sr., Jan. 23, 1694-5." Mollie Pfeiffer''s 1682 belongs to her mother.'
  23. residences:
  24. - date: "1658"
  25. place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
  26. basis: documented
  27. confidence: proven
  28. sources: [vital-records-gloucester, book-babson-1860-history-gloucester]
  29. note: "Married Thomas Riggs of Gloucester on 7 June 1658 and made her life there."
  30. father:
  31. id: thomas-millett-1605
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: proven
  34. sources: [vital-records-dorchester, vital-records-gloucester, deed-john-greenaway-1650]
  35. note: Her marriage record calls her "d. Thomas".
  36. mother:
  37. id: mary-greenaway-1606
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [deed-john-greenaway-1650, vital-records-dorchester]
  41. note: '"Mary the daughter of Thomas Millet & Mary his wife" (NEHGR 5:244, printing the Dorchester record). Thomas Millett''s wife Mary is on record from 1635 to 1650.'
  42. ---
  44. Mary was born at Dorchester on 26 Aug 1639, a daughter of Thomas Millett and his wife Mary. Her
  45. brothers and sisters were Thomas (b. c. 1633, England), John (1635), Jonathan (1638, d. the same
  46. year) and Mehetabel (1641), all born at Dorchester, and Nathaniel (1647). Mehetabel married Isaac
  47. Elwell, a shoemaker of Gloucester (Babson pp. 89, 116), and Mary too made her life there: on 7 June
  48. 1658 she married Thomas Riggs of Gloucester, "RIGES, Thomas, and Mary Millit, d. Thomas"
  49. (Gloucester VR 2:452).
  51. **King Philip's War.** Her parents had moved to Brookfield, where her father was the town's
  52. preacher. He died without a will in the summer of 1675, the summer Brookfield was besieged and
  53. burned, and at Ipswich on 28 Sept 1675 the court "granted administration of the estate to Mary
  54. Millet, the relict," her mother ([Essex Quarterly Courts](/files/sources/court-records-essex-quarterly-courts/)
  55. 6:73; see [Thomas Millett](/people/thomas-millett-1605/)).
  57. She died on 23 Jan 1694/5, "Mary, w. Thomas, sr." in the Gloucester records.
  59. ## Open questions
  61. - Her birthday, 26 or 27 August: the original Dorchester record.
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