Mary <I>Shatswell</I> Webster Emery

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Mary Shatswell Webster Emery

Birth
Ipswich, Ipswich Borough, Suffolk, England
Death
28 Apr 1694 (aged 87–88)
Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Mary (Shatswell) Webster was sister of John Shatswell {1633, Ipswich}, of Margaret (Shatswell) Curwen, wife of Matthias Curwen {1634, Ipswich}, & Theophilus Shatswell {1839, Ipswich}
she married (1) by about 1631, John Webster.
They had 8 known children:
JOHN: b. by abt. 1631; m. Newbury 13 Jun 1653, Ann Batt, daughter of Nicholas Batt {1635, Newbury}.
MARY: b. say 1634; living 14 Oct 1651, unmarried; no further record.
STEPHEN: b. say 1636; m. (1) Haverhill, 24 Mar 1662/3, Hannah Ayer; m. (2) Haverhill, 26 May 1678, Judith (____) Broad, widow of William Broad.
HANNAH: b. say 1638; m. Haverhill, 1 Apr 1657, Michael Emerson.
ELIZABETH: b. say 1640; living 14 Oct 1651, unmarried; no further record.
ABIGAIL: b. say 1642; m. Newbury, 18 Jan 1660/1, Abraham Merrill, son of Nathaniel Merrill {1638, Newbury}.
ISRAEL: b. abt, 1644; m. (1) Newbury, 3 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth Brown; m. (2) Newbury, 9 Nov 1669, Elizabeth Lunt, daughter of Henry Lunt {1634, Ipswich}.
NATHAN: b. abt. 1646; m. by abt. 1674. Mary Haseltine, daughter of John Haseltine {1639, Rowley}.
She married (2) Newbury 29 Oct 1647 John Emery {1635, Newbury}, with whom she had 2 children. She died at Newbury on 28 Apr 1694.John Emery married (2) in Newbury MA, 29 October 1647, Mary (Shatswell) Webster, sister of JOHN SHATSWELL {1633, Ipswich}, of THEOPHILUS SHATSWELL {1639, Ipswich}, and of Margaret (Shatswell) Curwen, wife of MATTHIAS CURWEN {1634, Ipswich}, and widow of JOHN WEBSTER {1634, Ipswich}. She died at Newbury 28 April 1694.
They had two children: Ebenezer & Jonathan.
Over the years John Emery expended considerable energy on the affairs of his stepchildren. On 14 October 1651, in "answer to the petition of John Emery, of Newbery, power is hereby granted him, according to his desire, to sell a certain island which was left to three of his wife's children, & also a house & six acres of land which was bound to make good twenty pounds to other three of her children, provided he give security to the County Court at Ipswich to pay the children the full price the land shall be sold for, & make the three children's twenty nobles apiece eight pounds apiece, & pay the daughters their portions at eighteen years, & the sons at twenty-one years old." On 30 March 1669, "John Emery, bringing in acquittances of the discharge of the portions ordered by the court, was to have his deed delivered, but one being incomplete, he and his son John Emery, jr., bound themselves to bring in an acquittance from the youngest child of John Webster."
On 25 March 1662, "John Emery and wife Mary" sued James Merrick for "detaining and keeping Issraell Webster, son of the said Mary Emery, without consent of John Emery and wife Mary, or any other person who had oversight of him"; the case was withdrawn. On 25 November 1662, "Israell and Nathan Webster, sons of John Webster, deceased, presenting their desires in writing, together with their mother's consent, with John Cheny, sr., Rob[er]t Long and W[illia]m Elsly as witnesses, and said Israell Webster being present in Court and manifesting his desire also, that his father-in-law John Emory and brother-in-law John Emory, jr., might be appointed guardians, the court appointed them guardians, and also ordered that the bond given into Ipswich court for security for the children's portions remain in full force"
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study
Find A Grave contributor Joseph Fitzgerald adds, without authority:
Jonathan Emery was her son. Birth: 1652 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: 1723 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Relatives: John Emery (Father) and Mary Shatswell (Mother).
Mary (Shatswell) Webster was sister of John Shatswell {1633, Ipswich}, of Margaret (Shatswell) Curwen, wife of Matthias Curwen {1634, Ipswich}, & Theophilus Shatswell {1839, Ipswich}
she married (1) by about 1631, John Webster.
They had 8 known children:
JOHN: b. by abt. 1631; m. Newbury 13 Jun 1653, Ann Batt, daughter of Nicholas Batt {1635, Newbury}.
MARY: b. say 1634; living 14 Oct 1651, unmarried; no further record.
STEPHEN: b. say 1636; m. (1) Haverhill, 24 Mar 1662/3, Hannah Ayer; m. (2) Haverhill, 26 May 1678, Judith (____) Broad, widow of William Broad.
HANNAH: b. say 1638; m. Haverhill, 1 Apr 1657, Michael Emerson.
ELIZABETH: b. say 1640; living 14 Oct 1651, unmarried; no further record.
ABIGAIL: b. say 1642; m. Newbury, 18 Jan 1660/1, Abraham Merrill, son of Nathaniel Merrill {1638, Newbury}.
ISRAEL: b. abt, 1644; m. (1) Newbury, 3 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth Brown; m. (2) Newbury, 9 Nov 1669, Elizabeth Lunt, daughter of Henry Lunt {1634, Ipswich}.
NATHAN: b. abt. 1646; m. by abt. 1674. Mary Haseltine, daughter of John Haseltine {1639, Rowley}.
She married (2) Newbury 29 Oct 1647 John Emery {1635, Newbury}, with whom she had 2 children. She died at Newbury on 28 Apr 1694.John Emery married (2) in Newbury MA, 29 October 1647, Mary (Shatswell) Webster, sister of JOHN SHATSWELL {1633, Ipswich}, of THEOPHILUS SHATSWELL {1639, Ipswich}, and of Margaret (Shatswell) Curwen, wife of MATTHIAS CURWEN {1634, Ipswich}, and widow of JOHN WEBSTER {1634, Ipswich}. She died at Newbury 28 April 1694.
They had two children: Ebenezer & Jonathan.
Over the years John Emery expended considerable energy on the affairs of his stepchildren. On 14 October 1651, in "answer to the petition of John Emery, of Newbery, power is hereby granted him, according to his desire, to sell a certain island which was left to three of his wife's children, & also a house & six acres of land which was bound to make good twenty pounds to other three of her children, provided he give security to the County Court at Ipswich to pay the children the full price the land shall be sold for, & make the three children's twenty nobles apiece eight pounds apiece, & pay the daughters their portions at eighteen years, & the sons at twenty-one years old." On 30 March 1669, "John Emery, bringing in acquittances of the discharge of the portions ordered by the court, was to have his deed delivered, but one being incomplete, he and his son John Emery, jr., bound themselves to bring in an acquittance from the youngest child of John Webster."
On 25 March 1662, "John Emery and wife Mary" sued James Merrick for "detaining and keeping Issraell Webster, son of the said Mary Emery, without consent of John Emery and wife Mary, or any other person who had oversight of him"; the case was withdrawn. On 25 November 1662, "Israell and Nathan Webster, sons of John Webster, deceased, presenting their desires in writing, together with their mother's consent, with John Cheny, sr., Rob[er]t Long and W[illia]m Elsly as witnesses, and said Israell Webster being present in Court and manifesting his desire also, that his father-in-law John Emory and brother-in-law John Emory, jr., might be appointed guardians, the court appointed them guardians, and also ordered that the bond given into Ipswich court for security for the children's portions remain in full force"
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study
Find A Grave contributor Joseph Fitzgerald adds, without authority:
Jonathan Emery was her son. Birth: 1652 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: 1723 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Relatives: John Emery (Father) and Mary Shatswell (Mother).


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