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Maria Wyllys “Mary” Pomeroy Dana

Birth
Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
25 Nov 1861 (aged 94)
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Maria Wyllys Pomeroy, daughter of Eleazar Wheelock and Mary [née Wyllys] Pomeroy, was born in the bounds of Hebron in Tolland County, Connecticut on October 20th 1767.

In 1786, Maria married Richard Alsop, a young intellectual author who wrote for the Political Greenhouse and the Echo. This union was blessed with the following known children:
Frances Maria Alsop (1787–1866)
Richard Alsop (1790–1842)
Mary Caroline Alsop (1791–1819)

After Richard died in 1815, Mary, as she was known, moved to Middletown; where she married Connecticut's U. S. Senator Samuel Whittlesey Dana on July 13th 1821. No known children were born to this union.

Widowed for over 30 years, Maria Pomeroy Alsop Dana died on November 25th 1861 at the age of 94 years old.

Note:
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Burial per Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Maria Wyllys Pomeroy, daughter of Eleazar Wheelock and Mary [née Wyllys] Pomeroy, was born in the bounds of Hebron in Tolland County, Connecticut on October 20th 1767.

In 1786, Maria married Richard Alsop, a young intellectual author who wrote for the Political Greenhouse and the Echo. This union was blessed with the following known children:
Frances Maria Alsop (1787–1866)
Richard Alsop (1790–1842)
Mary Caroline Alsop (1791–1819)

After Richard died in 1815, Mary, as she was known, moved to Middletown; where she married Connecticut's U. S. Senator Samuel Whittlesey Dana on July 13th 1821. No known children were born to this union.

Widowed for over 30 years, Maria Pomeroy Alsop Dana died on November 25th 1861 at the age of 94 years old.

Note:
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Burial per Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155382777/maria_wyllys-dana: accessed ), memorial page for Maria Wyllys “Mary” Pomeroy Dana (20 Oct 1767–25 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155382777, citing Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by GMG (contributor 47391530).