Mary Sheldon

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name
Mary Sheldon
aka
[Mary Hitchcock]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably a daughter of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield and Mary Whiting, and through her mother a great-granddaughter of John Pynchon of Springfield. She married Ebenezer Hitchcock in 1716 and bore him fourteen children, among them Rev. Gad Hitchcock and, probably, Anna (Hitchcock) Chapin. She died at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1760.
died
date
8 Jan 1760
place
Springfield, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
note
"A record in the handwriting of her son, the Rev. Gad Hitchcock, reads 'My Hond. Mother, Mary Hitchcock, died at Springfield, January ye 8th, 1760.'"
father
id
joseph-sheldon-1668
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
mother
id
mary-whiting-1672
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md

Mother of Anna (Hitchcock) Chapin and of thirteen more children. The Hitchcock genealogy gives her descent in one sentence after another: "She was the daughter of Joseph Sheldon of Sheffield [Suffield], who was a representative to the general court in 1708 ... The mother of Mary Sheldon was Mary, daughter of Capt. Joseph Whiting, treasurer of Connecticut for thirty-nine years ... The wife of Joseph Whiting was Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Pynchon of Springfield" (source). Savage lists her among the children of Joseph Sheldon and Mary Whiting, born at Northampton before the family moved to Suffield, "Mary; Ary; whose dates are unkn." (source). Her father died at Boston in 1708, when she was a child, and her mother married John Ashley of Westfield.

She married Ebenezer Hitchcock on 14 Feb 1716 and bore him fourteen children; part of her fortune came from the Pynchon estate. She died at Springfield on 8 Jan 1760, in her son Gad's words "My Hond. Mother, Mary Hitchcock."

The Chapin Book named Anna Chapin's mother "Mary (Morgan)"; that was her widower's second wife.

Research: Patricia Hatten's Browne–Chapin side: the pedigree, notable ancestors and famous kin.

Open questions

  • Her birth date. Savage gives none; she came after a brother born 13 June 1695 and before the move to Suffield, where a brother was born on 26 Dec 1700. WikiTree's 26 Dec 1699 at Westfield is probably a confusion with that brother's date.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Sheldon
  3. aka: [Mary Hitchcock]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably a daughter of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield and Mary Whiting, and through her mother a
  8. great-granddaughter of John Pynchon of Springfield. She married Ebenezer Hitchcock in 1716 and
  9. bore him fourteen children, among them Rev. Gad Hitchcock and, probably, Anna (Hitchcock) Chapin.
  10. She died at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1760.
  11. died:
  12. date: 8 Jan 1760
  13. place: Springfield, Massachusetts
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
  17. note: '"A record in the handwriting of her son, the Rev. Gad Hitchcock, reads ''My Hond. Mother, Mary Hitchcock, died at Springfield, January ye 8th, 1760.''"'
  18. father:
  19. id: joseph-sheldon-1668
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
  23. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  24. mother:
  25. id: mary-whiting-1672
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family, book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
  29. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  30. ---
  32. Mother of Anna (Hitchcock) Chapin and of thirteen more children. The Hitchcock genealogy gives her
  33. descent in one sentence after another: "She was the daughter of Joseph Sheldon of Sheffield [Suffield],
  34. who was a representative to the general court in 1708 ... The mother of Mary Sheldon was Mary, daughter
  35. of Capt. Joseph Whiting, treasurer of Connecticut for thirty-nine years ... The wife of Joseph Whiting
  36. was Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Pynchon of Springfield"
  37. ([source](/files/sources/book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family/)). Savage lists her among the children of
  38. Joseph Sheldon and Mary Whiting, born at Northampton before the family moved to Suffield, "Mary; Ary;
  39. whose dates are unkn." ([source](/files/sources/book-savage-genealogical-dictionary/)). Her father died at
  40. Boston in 1708, when she was a child, and her mother married John Ashley of Westfield.
  42. She married Ebenezer Hitchcock on 14 Feb 1716 and bore him fourteen children; part of her fortune came
  43. from the Pynchon estate. She died at Springfield on 8 Jan 1760, in her son Gad's words "My
  44. Hond. Mother, Mary Hitchcock."
  46. *The Chapin Book* named Anna Chapin's mother "Mary (Morgan)"; that was her widower's second wife.
  48. Research: `research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md`.
  50. ## Open questions
  52. - Her birth date. Savage gives none; she came after a brother born 13 June 1695 and before the move to
  53. Suffield, where a brother was born on 26 Dec 1700. WikiTree's 26 Dec 1699 at Westfield is probably a
  54. confusion with that brother's date.
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