Mary Curtis

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Mary married Edward Devotion about 1646 in Nazeing, Essex, England. Edward was born about 1621; died on 28 Sep 1685 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 29 Oct 1671, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Christened:
Her baptism was recorded as 25 (12) 1648.

Mary married John Davis on 5 Feb 1667/68 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John (son of William Davis and Elizabeth) was born on 1 Oct 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Mar 1705 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 2 Sep 1674; Joseph Weld, the son of John and Margaret (Brown) Weld. He was born on 13 September 1650 and was christened on 15 September 1650 both in Roxbury, Massachusetts. After Elizabeth's death, on 27 November 1679 Joseph, at age 29, married (2) Sarah Faxon, at age 20, daughter of Thomas Deborah (Thayer) Faxon. He died on Sunday 14 February 1712 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Issue: 1. Margaret Weld (1676-____) 2. Elizabeth Weld (1678-1687)

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• Married: 2 Sep 1674; John Ruggles, the son of John and Mary (Gibson) Ruggles. He was born on 19 May 1657 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. After Martha's death, n 2 September 1674 John, at age 17, married Hannah Devotion, Martha's sister, at age 19, daughter of Edward and Mary (Curtus) Devotion. He died on Thursday 16 December 1694 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abigail Ruggles (1675-____)

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• Married: say 1679; John Ruggles, the son of John and Mary (Gibson) Ruggles. He was born on 19 May 1657 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. On 2 September 1674 John, at age 17, married (1) Martha Devotion, at age 20, daughter of Edward Devotion and Mary Curtis. He died on Thursday 16 December 1694 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Ruggles (1680-____) 2. Edward Ruggles (1683-____) 3. Rebecca Ruggles (1685-____) 4. Martha Ruggles (1686-____) 5. Sarah Ruggles (1687-____) 6. Dorothy Ruggles (1688-____) 7. Edward Ruggles (1691-____)

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Christened:
Her christening date was recorded as 17 (3) 1657.

Died:
She never married.

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• Married: 1680; Hannah Pond, the daughter of Lt. Daniel and Abigail (Shepard) Pond. She was born on 27 September 1660 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Her birth date was recorded as 27 (7) 1660. She was christened on 7 October 1660 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Edward Devotion 2. Ebenezer Devotion 3. Constant Devotion 4. Thomas Devotion 5. John Devotion 6. Hannah Devotion 7. Abigail Devotion

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His christening date was recorded as 26 (4) 1659.

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• Married: say 1682; Joseph Griffin, the son of Richard and Mary Griffin. He was born on 17 May 1657 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Joseph was in the Falls Fight under Capt. Turner in 1676. Issue: 1. Sarah Griffin (1686-____) 2. Sarah Griffin (1690-____) 3. Samuel Griffin (1693-____) 4. Joseph Griffin (1695-____) 5. Benjamin Griffin (1702-____)

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• Married: say 1693; Charity _____. Issue: 1. John Davis (1701-____) 2. William Davis (1704-1775)

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• Married: say 1696; _____ Bacon.

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• Land/House: say 1698; She owned lands in Worcester County.
• Estate Admin: 27 Mar 1761, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; The estate of Elizabeth Davis was administered by Thomas Hutchinson.

Elizabeth married Thomas Mayo on 4 May 1699 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of John Mayo and Hannah Graves) was born on 13 Nov 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 16 Nov 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1750 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 23 Jun 1709, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Mary Chamberlain, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Child) Chamberlain. She was born on 1 August 1687 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 11 February 1731 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Davis (1711-____) 2. Thomas Davis (1712-1713) 3. Edward Davis (1714-____) 4. Thomas Davis (1715-____) 5. Mary Davis (1717-____) 6. Daniel Davis (1719-____) 7. Jacob Davis (1720-1740) 8. Elisha Davis (1722-____) 9. John Davis (1723-1724) 10. Elizabeth Davis (1725-1810) 11. Hannah Davis (1726-1743) 12. Sarah Davis (1728-____)
• Religion: 19 Feb 1711, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He joined the Roxbury Church.
• Moved To: 1729, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Married: 13 Oct 1731, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Mary Weld, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Faxton) Weld. She was born on 10 April 1695 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 9 August 1786 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Davis (1732-____)

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• Married: 24 Mar 1728, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Jeremiah Richards Jr., the son of Captain Jeremiah and Hannah (Fisher) Richards. He was born on 18 January 1705 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jeremiah Richards (1731-1774) 2. Hannah Richards (1734-____) 3. Thomas Richards (1740-1742)

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• Religion: 13 Sep 1730, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; She joined the Roxbury Church.
• Married: 10 Feb 1730/31, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Samuel Scarborough.

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• Married: 6 Apr 1727, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; John Bridge. He and Elizabeth Mayo filed marriage intentions on 13 June 1726 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. John was one of the founders of Harvard College and his statue stands near Harvard Square. Issue: 1. Mary Bridge (1728-____) 2. Elizabeth Bridge (1731-____) 3. Hannah Bridge (1733-____) 4. Prudence Bridge (1734-____) 5. Prudence Bridge (1735-____) 6. Edward Bridge (1737-____) 7. Sarah Bridge (1739-____) 8. John Bridge (1741-____)

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• Moved To: say 1729, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He settling on the Bernon estate, his father had purchased from the Huguenots.
• History: Feb 1732; He sued Elijah Moore for "a gun of small bore, barrel four ft. long with a varnished stock of speckled color, with a lock to it." He won the suit and the gun was returned to him.
• Married: 15 Feb 1732/33, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Mary Learned, the daughter of Isaac Learned. She died on Wednesday 26 September 1742 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Mayo (1734-1742) 2. Thomas Mayo (1735-1738) 3. Thomas Mayo (1737-1738)?? 4. Elizabeth Mayo (1738-1740) 5. John Mayo (1740-1740) 6. Thomas Mayo (1742-1742)
• Offices Held: 1738, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was a Constable.
• Land/House: 14 Apr 1740, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He deeded land in Oxford to Lt. John Mayo.
• Married: 9 Nov 1743, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Davis, the daughter of Deacon Samuel and Mary (Chamberlain) Davis. She was born on 16 January 1725 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 1 December 1752, she was given the tenth choice of a pew having subscribed £45 15/4d. She chose pew Number 14. After John's death, on 12 December 1754 Elizabeth, at age 29, married Major William Learned. She died on Monday 26 February 1810 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Mary Mayo (1744-____) 2. John Mayo (1746-1834) 3. Elizabeth Mayo (1748-1772) 4. Sarah Mayo (1750-1811) 5. Hannah Mayo (1752-1820)

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Died:
She never married.

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• Married: 25 Jul 1734, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Farley. She was born in 1713/14 possibly in Newton. She died on Saturday 27 January 1748/49 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's gravestone inscription in Central Burial Ground, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lyes y^e Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Mayo wife of Mr. Thomas Mayo Jun^r died Jan 27, 1748 in y^e 34^th year of her age Issue: 1. Elizabeth Mayo (1735-1753) 2. Hannah Mayo (1736-____) 3. Sarah Mayo (1738-1749) 4. Thomas Mayo (1741-1805) 5. John Mayo (1743-1776) 6. Mary Mayo (1744-____) 7. Rebecca Mayo (1744-1747) 8. Rebecca Mayo (1747-____) 9. Abigail Mayo (1748-____)
• Occupation: say 1740; the owner of a large tavern that was the headquarters for coaches running between Boston and Providence.
• Married: 12 Sep 1749, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Mary Heath, the daughter of William and Prudence (Bridge) Heath. She was christened on 4 February 1727/28 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 8 July 1772 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Mayo (1751-____) 2. Elizabeth Mayo (1753-1757) 3. Prudence Mayo (1755-____) 4. William Mayo (1757-1772) 5. Susanna Mayo (1759-____) 6. Lucy Mayo (1761-____) 7. Katherine Mayo (1762-1857) 8. Lemuel Mayo (1769-1791)
• Married: 27 Apr 1773, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Catharine Payson. On 15 September 1743 Catharine, married first Jeremiah Williams, in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 4 August 1803 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Catharine's gravestone inscription in Eustis Street Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: IN MEMORY OF CATHARINE MAYO WIFE OF CAPtⁿ MAYO WHO DIED AUGUST 4, 1803 Æ 81
• History: 1774; A deserter from the British troops stationed in Boston, before the out break of war, came to Thomas one evening begging protection. He was fed, and a hole made in the hay mow in the barn. The next day, soldiers came along, and while the stabbed the barn with their bayonets, the deserter was not discovered. That night, the deserter was sent with Thomas' son on two horses, with instructions to go as far as possible, allowing the son to return with the horses before daylight. It was said that a man returned many years later looking for the family how had saved him, but no one in the town knew of the incident.
• History: 1775; During the siege of Boston, Roxbury was often under fire from the British. When cannon balls started falling near by, the Thomas removed his family to a part of Roxbury beyond the range of the British guns.

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• Married: 22 Dec 1737, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; John Wilson Jr., the son of John Wilson. Issue: 1. John Wilson (1739-____) 2. William Wilson (1741-____) 3. Rebecca Wilson (1743-____) 4. Sarah Wilson (1747-____) 5. Joseph Wilson (1749-____) 6. Anna Wilson (1751-____)

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• Married: 29 Mar 1744, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; James Griggs. He was born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Griggs (1745-____) 2. James Griggs (1747-____) 3. Elizabeth Griggs (1751-____) 4. Joseph Griggs (1752-____) 5. Moses Griggs (1755-____) 6. Sarah Griggs (1758-____) 7. Abigail Griggs (1761-____)

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• Offices Held: 1754, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was a member of a committee chosen and empowered to sell the rights of delinquent proprietors of Gardner's Canada, now Warwick, Massachusetts.
• Military: 1765 to 1766; He served during the French and Indian War, first being commissioned 30 October 1765 as Captain of the Second Roxbury Company in Col. Francis Brinley's Regiment. He served through 1766.
• History: 1769, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; A well respected man in Roxbury, he was an ardent Whig and was one of the leaders of the protest over the Townsand Acts.
• Offices Held: 1769; He was the Sheriff of Suffolk County.
• History: 1770; He was appointed by Governor Hutchinson to be the foreman of the jury to try the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. The Governor later wrote to Sir Francis Bernard, "Captain Joseph Mayo was foreman of the jury at the trial of the soldiers. I am inclined to make him a major."
• Military: Jun 1771; He was appointed to be Major in the First Suffolk Regiment.
• Military: 19 Apr 1775; At the time of the Lexington Alarm, he was in with General Putnam and joined with his Connecticut troops in their march to Boston.
• Military: 1776; He was appointed a Major in the Continental Army, and had a sword made up which was engraved Joseph Mayo 1776. It was silver mounted and cost $36.00.

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He died while serving in the Revolutionary Army.

Joseph married Esther Kenrick on 14 Nov 1745 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Capt. Calib Kenrick and Abigail Bowen) was born on 26 Apr 1726 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Aug 1775 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 30 Jun 1743, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; David Holmes, the son of David and Mehitable Holmes. He and Mehitable Mayo filed marriage intentions in April 1743 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. David Holmes (1744-____)