Mary Whiting

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name
Mary Whiting
aka
[Mary Sheldon, Mary Ashley]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably the elder of the two children of Joseph Whiting, then a merchant at Westfield, Massachusetts, and his first wife, Mary Pynchon, born in 1672. She married Joseph Sheldon of Northampton, who took the family to Suffield and died at Boston in 1708, and as his widow married John Ashley of Westfield. Probably the mother of Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock, to whom her Pynchon inheritance passed.
born
date
19 Aug 1672
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
note
WikiTree has 1677, the year her half-sister Anna was born.
died
date
17 Mar 1735
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
note
WikiTree only.
residences
date
1672
place
Westfield, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[book-morse-1925-genealogiae]
note
Born in 1672 to Joseph Whiting, then a merchant at Westfield.
date
c. 1700
place
Suffield, Connecticut
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
note
Her husband Joseph Sheldon took the family from Northampton to Suffield, where their son was born in 1700.
father
id
joseph-whiting-1640
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
mother
id
mary-pynchon-1650
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
spouses
name
John Ashley
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
note
Of Westfield; her second husband, after Joseph Sheldon's death in 1708.

Mother of Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock. She was the elder of the two children of Joseph Whiting, then a merchant at Westfield, and his first wife Mary Pynchon: "Children of Joseph and Mary Pynchon Whiting — Mary born Aug. 19, 1672, married Joseph Sheldon and second John Ashley" (source). Dwight and Savage give the same birth (source). Her mother died soon after her brother's birth in 1674, and her father took a second wife, Anne Allyn, in 1676 and went back to Hartford.

She married Joseph Sheldon of Northampton, who took the family to Suffield and died at Boston in 1708 while serving in the General Court; as his widow she married John Ashley of Westfield (source). Her inheritance from the Pynchons passed in time to her daughter Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock.

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

  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Whiting
  3. aka: [Mary Sheldon, Mary Ashley]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably the elder of the two children of Joseph Whiting, then a merchant at Westfield,
  8. Massachusetts, and his first wife, Mary Pynchon, born in 1672. She married Joseph Sheldon of
  9. Northampton, who took the family to Suffield and died at Boston in 1708, and as his widow married
  10. John Ashley of Westfield. Probably the mother of Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock, to whom her Pynchon
  11. inheritance passed.
  12. born:
  13. date: 19 Aug 1672
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
  17. note: WikiTree has 1677, the year her half-sister Anna was born.
  18. died:
  19. date: 17 Mar 1735
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: possible
  22. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-browne-chapin]
  23. note: WikiTree only.
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1672"
  26. place: Westfield, Massachusetts
  27. basis: inferred
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [book-morse-1925-genealogiae]
  30. note: "Born in 1672 to Joseph Whiting, then a merchant at Westfield."
  31. - date: "c. 1700"
  32. place: Suffield, Connecticut
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
  36. note: "Her husband Joseph Sheldon took the family from Northampton to Suffield, where their son was born in 1700."
  37. father:
  38. id: joseph-whiting-1640
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
  42. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  43. mother:
  44. id: mary-pynchon-1650
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, book-hitchcock-1894-hitchcock-family]
  48. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  49. spouses:
  50. - name: John Ashley
  51. basis: compiled
  52. confidence: probable
  53. sources: [book-morse-1925-genealogiae, book-savage-genealogical-dictionary]
  54. note: Of Westfield; her second husband, after Joseph Sheldon's death in 1708.
  55. ---
  57. Mother of Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock. She was the elder of the two children of Joseph Whiting, then a
  58. merchant at Westfield, and his first wife Mary Pynchon: "Children of Joseph and Mary Pynchon Whiting —
  59. Mary born Aug. 19, 1672, married Joseph Sheldon and second John Ashley"
  60. ([source](/files/sources/book-morse-1925-genealogiae/)). Dwight and Savage give the same birth
  61. ([source](/files/sources/book-dwight-1874-dwight-descendants/)). Her mother died soon after her brother's
  62. birth in 1674, and her father took a second wife, Anne Allyn, in 1676 and went back to Hartford.
  64. She married Joseph Sheldon of Northampton, who took the family to Suffield and died at Boston in 1708
  65. while serving in the General Court; as his widow she married John Ashley of Westfield
  66. ([source](/files/sources/book-savage-genealogical-dictionary/)). Her inheritance from the Pynchons passed in
  67. time to her daughter Mary (Sheldon) Hitchcock.
  69. Research: `research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md`.
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