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Mary <I>Hitchcock</I> Colton

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Mary Hitchcock Colton

Birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
18 Sep 1774 (aged 85)
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Mary Hitchcock was born on October 21, 1688 in Wethersfield, Connecticut to Luke & Sarah Burt according to a Millennium File available through Ancestry.com. This file also lists her husband: George Colton, and some of her children: Sarah, George, Rebecca and Jonathan.

Page 13 of "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton" by George Woolworth Colton records the marriage of Capt George Colton and Mary Hitchcock dau. of Luke and Sarah Hitchcock of Springfield.

George and Mary had nine children together, also listed on page 13 of the book mentioned above:
Timothy 1706-1787
George II 1708-1784
Mary 1710-1792
Sarah 1712-1763
Rebecca 1715-?
Elizabeth 1718-?
Isaac 1720-1800
Miriam 1722-1801
Jonathan 1726-1752

Page 13 of "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton" by George Woolworth Colton records Mary's death as September 18, 1774, corroborated by the Millennium File previously mentioned. Mary died in Springfield, Massachusetts and is buried next to her husband who died 14 years earlier at Longmeadow Cemetery in the town of Longmeadow (now a part of Springfield), Massachusetts.
Mary Hitchcock was born on October 21, 1688 in Wethersfield, Connecticut to Luke & Sarah Burt according to a Millennium File available through Ancestry.com. This file also lists her husband: George Colton, and some of her children: Sarah, George, Rebecca and Jonathan.

Page 13 of "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton" by George Woolworth Colton records the marriage of Capt George Colton and Mary Hitchcock dau. of Luke and Sarah Hitchcock of Springfield.

George and Mary had nine children together, also listed on page 13 of the book mentioned above:
Timothy 1706-1787
George II 1708-1784
Mary 1710-1792
Sarah 1712-1763
Rebecca 1715-?
Elizabeth 1718-?
Isaac 1720-1800
Miriam 1722-1801
Jonathan 1726-1752

Page 13 of "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton" by George Woolworth Colton records Mary's death as September 18, 1774, corroborated by the Millennium File previously mentioned. Mary died in Springfield, Massachusetts and is buried next to her husband who died 14 years earlier at Longmeadow Cemetery in the town of Longmeadow (now a part of Springfield), Massachusetts.

Inscription

"In Memory of
Mrs Mary
Wife of
Capt. George Colton
Who died
Sep. 18, 1774
In Her 86 Year.
When Death Arrives
an Heir of Heaven.
The heavenly Resurrection"?
(Last line illegible)



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  • Maintained by: Mary Web
  • Originally Created by: Mark Maxwell
  • Added: Jun 17, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14629369/mary-colton: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Hitchcock Colton (21 Oct 1688–18 Sep 1774), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14629369, citing Longmeadow Cemetery, Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mary Web (contributor 48339058).