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Notes for Thomas Page and Mary Hussey

1733 A newspaper anouncement in Philadelphia reported the following [1]:

Mrs. Mary Dow - 21 Jan. died at Hampton, N.H., in her 95th year; she was born at Newbury, daughter of Christopher Hussey, Esq.; she first married Thomas Page and after him Henry Dow, Esq.; her father and last 2 husbands were members of his majesty's Council; by one of her daughters, Mrs. Robie, now living, she has left 65 issue, 7 of which are of the fifth generation (15 Mar.)

Research Notes:

A biosketch of John Hussey, Mary's father, reports [2]

About 1604 or 5, with some of his children, John Hussey moved to New Castle, Del., where he died 1707, leaving a will, in which he mentions ten of his children; included in these were the names of his three sons, Christopher, Jeddediah and John; these being the same as given in the record above. Mary, b. at Newbury April 2, 1638; m. Thomas Page, Henry Green and Henry Dow, and d. Jan. 21, 1733. Their son, Christopher Page, m. Abigail Tilton; their son, Jonathan Page, m. June 24, 1724, Mary Towle; their son, Lieut Jonathan Page, m. Mary Smith; their daughter, Molly Page, m. Col. Nathan Holt; their daughter, Betsy Holt m. May 1,1796, Dr. Asa Crosby; their daughter, Sarah Crosby, m. Jan. 12, 1819, Gilman Moody Burleigh; their daughter, Grace Elizabeth Burleigh, m. Dec. 7, 1847, John Hovey Rice; their daughter, Mary Ayer Rice, m. April 11, 1877, Ebenezer Lane, of 2116 Michigan avenue, Chicago. Theodate, b. at Hampton, Aug. 23, 1640. Huldah, b. about 1643; m. Lieut John Smith: d. 1740. History of Hampton, N. H.


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[2] Frederick Clifton Pierce, Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy: Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, 87, [URL].