Note: No burial record or gravestone has been found for Mary. Her birth and death dates were both published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register.
Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wentworth and Mary Benning of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to Torrey's early New England Marriages, she married (1) in Portsmouth on 1 June 1691 Samuel Rymes, a mariner of Portsmouth, with whom she had three sons. Following Samuel's death in early 1709, Mary married (2) at Hampstead, Middlesex, England (now a part of London) 14 Oct 1709 (family Bible) Dr. John Clifton.
Mary had two children with Dr. Clifton born in England, but she had likely returned to Portsmouth permanently following Clifton's death in 1731. The births of all of Mary's children, with both husbands, are recorded in a family Bible record which was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register (89:295)
Children with first husband, born in Portsmouth, surname RYMES:
* Samuel, b. 28 July 1693, bapt 30 July 1694, d. 1755, m. Mary WEYMOUTH
* William was b. 5 April 1696, bapt Portsmouth, NH 22 Feb 1696/7, and d. 1727, unmarried.
* Christopher, b. 28 Feb 1699/00, d. 3 April 1741, aged 41, m. c. 1733 Dorothy SHERBURNE.
Children with second husband, born in England, surname CLIFTON:
* Densil, b. 15 Jan 1710 [/11?]
* Wentworth, b. 24 July 1712, d. 5 Feb 1718 [/19?] "to the great Greef of his mother and buried at greenwich in Kent on the 7 and a wonderfull good Child".
Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wentworth and Mary Benning of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to Torrey's early New England Marriages, she married (1) in Portsmouth on 1 June 1691 Samuel Rymes, a mariner of Portsmouth, with whom she had three sons. Following Samuel's death in early 1709, Mary married (2) at Hampstead, Middlesex, England (now a part of London) 14 Oct 1709 (family Bible) Dr. John Clifton.
Mary had two children with Dr. Clifton born in England, but she had likely returned to Portsmouth permanently following Clifton's death in 1731. The births of all of Mary's children, with both husbands, are recorded in a family Bible record which was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register (89:295)
Children with first husband, born in Portsmouth, surname RYMES:
* Samuel, b. 28 July 1693, bapt 30 July 1694, d. 1755, m. Mary WEYMOUTH
* William was b. 5 April 1696, bapt Portsmouth, NH 22 Feb 1696/7, and d. 1727, unmarried.
* Christopher, b. 28 Feb 1699/00, d. 3 April 1741, aged 41, m. c. 1733 Dorothy SHERBURNE.
Children with second husband, born in England, surname CLIFTON:
* Densil, b. 15 Jan 1710 [/11?]
* Wentworth, b. 24 July 1712, d. 5 Feb 1718 [/19?] "to the great Greef of his mother and buried at greenwich in Kent on the 7 and a wonderfull good Child".
Note: No burial record or gravestone has been found for Mary. Her birth and death dates were both published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register.
Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wentworth and Mary Benning of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to Torrey's early New England Marriages, she married (1) in Portsmouth on 1 June 1691 Samuel Rymes, a mariner of Portsmouth, with whom she had three sons. Following Samuel's death in early 1709, Mary married (2) at Hampstead, Middlesex, England (now a part of London) 14 Oct 1709 (family Bible) Dr. John Clifton.
Mary had two children with Dr. Clifton born in England, but she had likely returned to Portsmouth permanently following Clifton's death in 1731. The births of all of Mary's children, with both husbands, are recorded in a family Bible record which was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register (89:295)
Children with first husband, born in Portsmouth, surname RYMES:
* Samuel, b. 28 July 1693, bapt 30 July 1694, d. 1755, m. Mary WEYMOUTH
* William was b. 5 April 1696, bapt Portsmouth, NH 22 Feb 1696/7, and d. 1727, unmarried.
* Christopher, b. 28 Feb 1699/00, d. 3 April 1741, aged 41, m. c. 1733 Dorothy SHERBURNE.
Children with second husband, born in England, surname CLIFTON:
* Densil, b. 15 Jan 1710 [/11?]
* Wentworth, b. 24 July 1712, d. 5 Feb 1718 [/19?] "to the great Greef of his mother and buried at greenwich in Kent on the 7 and a wonderfull good Child".
Mary was the daughter of Samuel Wentworth and Mary Benning of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. According to Torrey's early New England Marriages, she married (1) in Portsmouth on 1 June 1691 Samuel Rymes, a mariner of Portsmouth, with whom she had three sons. Following Samuel's death in early 1709, Mary married (2) at Hampstead, Middlesex, England (now a part of London) 14 Oct 1709 (family Bible) Dr. John Clifton.
Mary had two children with Dr. Clifton born in England, but she had likely returned to Portsmouth permanently following Clifton's death in 1731. The births of all of Mary's children, with both husbands, are recorded in a family Bible record which was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register (89:295)
Children with first husband, born in Portsmouth, surname RYMES:
* Samuel, b. 28 July 1693, bapt 30 July 1694, d. 1755, m. Mary WEYMOUTH
* William was b. 5 April 1696, bapt Portsmouth, NH 22 Feb 1696/7, and d. 1727, unmarried.
* Christopher, b. 28 Feb 1699/00, d. 3 April 1741, aged 41, m. c. 1733 Dorothy SHERBURNE.
Children with second husband, born in England, surname CLIFTON:
* Densil, b. 15 Jan 1710 [/11?]
* Wentworth, b. 24 July 1712, d. 5 Feb 1718 [/19?] "to the great Greef of his mother and buried at greenwich in Kent on the 7 and a wonderfull good Child".
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