Mary Ferris

F, b. circa 1640
     Mary was born circa 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Jeffrey Ferris and Mary. Mary married Lieutenant Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert Lockwood and Susannah Norman, in 1664 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 Jonathan and Mary had children: Jonathan [1664-11/09/1689], Robert [ca. 1666], Still John [1674-1758], Gershom [1676-5/01/1752] [m. 1700 Hannah Priss], Abigail [1669-4/29/1744] [m. 1690 Thomas Baxter]. Mary's husband, Jonathan, died on 12 May 1683 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, leaving her a widow.2,3 Mary married 2nd Thomas Merritt on 3 February 1696 in Rye, Westchester County, New York.4 The family resided in Rye, Westchester County, New York.

Citations

  1. [S2083] New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Volume 2, page 959.
  2. [S2112] Early Riecords of Boston - Watertown, page 380.
  3. [S2113] Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850 - Family Search.
  4. [S1682] Douglas merritt, Revised Merritt Records, page 49.