Note: This is a cenotaph; the actual burial location for Mary is currently unknown.
Mary was the daughter of Ralph Earle and Mary (Carr) Hicks of Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass. The birth records for Mary and her siblings in the Freetown records are interesting--they are all based on their ages in 1701. Thus, Mary's birth is given thusly "she will be 8 years old on 24 Oct (1701)". She was called of Freetown, Mass. when she was married in Kingstown, RI on 27 Jan 1708 to Joseph Sheffield, the son of Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sheriff. Her age at marriage, 14, is quite young, even for that day. They had six or seven children born 1711 to 1719. This suggests that Mary may have died shortly after the birth of the last child. Her husband's death notice called him of "Narragansett" which is Washington Co., RI, and the assumption is that the family always lived there.
Mary was the daughter of Ralph Earle and Mary (Carr) Hicks of Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass. The birth records for Mary and her siblings in the Freetown records are interesting--they are all based on their ages in 1701. Thus, Mary's birth is given thusly "she will be 8 years old on 24 Oct (1701)". She was called of Freetown, Mass. when she was married in Kingstown, RI on 27 Jan 1708 to Joseph Sheffield, the son of Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sheriff. Her age at marriage, 14, is quite young, even for that day. They had six or seven children born 1711 to 1719. This suggests that Mary may have died shortly after the birth of the last child. Her husband's death notice called him of "Narragansett" which is Washington Co., RI, and the assumption is that the family always lived there.
Note: This is a cenotaph; the actual burial location for Mary is currently unknown.
Mary was the daughter of Ralph Earle and Mary (Carr) Hicks of Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass. The birth records for Mary and her siblings in the Freetown records are interesting--they are all based on their ages in 1701. Thus, Mary's birth is given thusly "she will be 8 years old on 24 Oct (1701)". She was called of Freetown, Mass. when she was married in Kingstown, RI on 27 Jan 1708 to Joseph Sheffield, the son of Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sheriff. Her age at marriage, 14, is quite young, even for that day. They had six or seven children born 1711 to 1719. This suggests that Mary may have died shortly after the birth of the last child. Her husband's death notice called him of "Narragansett" which is Washington Co., RI, and the assumption is that the family always lived there.
Mary was the daughter of Ralph Earle and Mary (Carr) Hicks of Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass. The birth records for Mary and her siblings in the Freetown records are interesting--they are all based on their ages in 1701. Thus, Mary's birth is given thusly "she will be 8 years old on 24 Oct (1701)". She was called of Freetown, Mass. when she was married in Kingstown, RI on 27 Jan 1708 to Joseph Sheffield, the son of Joseph Sheffield and Mary Sheriff. Her age at marriage, 14, is quite young, even for that day. They had six or seven children born 1711 to 1719. This suggests that Mary may have died shortly after the birth of the last child. Her husband's death notice called him of "Narragansett" which is Washington Co., RI, and the assumption is that the family always lived there.
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