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Mary Eddy Orton

Birth
Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Death
13 Sep 1693 (aged 68)
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
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Children (all born in Charlestown, Mass.):
Mary Orton b. 27 Aug. 1648
Sarah Orton b. 1650
John Orton b. 23 March 1656
William Orton b. 13 Nov. 1658
Samuel Orton b. 10 Sept. 1661
Ebenezer Orton b. 14 Jan. 1663
Thomas Orton b. 1 May 1665, d. 17 July 1665
Ann Orton b. 5 June 1666
Abigail Orton chr. 19 July 1669

Their name was sometime spelled Horton.

Sources:
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins--Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995); digital images, Ancestry.com, https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2496.
Vol. 1, entry for John Eddy, p. 610-614, says his daughter Mary Eddy was baptized in Nayland, Suffolk, England 10 March 1625/26; she married Thomas Orton by 1648; their oldest child was born in Charlestown 27 Aug. 1748. John Eddy’s will refers to his son-in-law Thomas Orton and his daughter Mary Orton.

Charles Eddy, Genealogy of the Eddy Family (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nolan Brothers, 1881); digital images, North American Family Stories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=3034528&indiv=try)
p.6 Mary Eddy, born in England, married Thomas Orton, of Charlestown. Mass.

Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, The Eddy Family in America, Boston: The Eddy Family Association, Inc., 1930, digital images, https://archive.org/details/EddyTheEddyFamilyInAmerica/mode/1up
p. 15-16, 20, 29 about Mary Eddy Orton, daughter of John Eddy

Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, Volume 1. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984); digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-1620-1850/image?pageName=c&volumeId=13924).
Vol.1 p. 154 Mary, widow of Thomas Orton, ship carpenter, d. Sept 13, 1693.

Clarence Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, digital images, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/
p. 546 Thomas Orton married Mary Eddy by 1648, Charlestown

Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Vol. 2 K-Z, Boston: David Clapp and Son, 1879, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesestat02wyma#page/n5
p. 716 lists Thomas Orton, ship carpenter, and his wife Mary Eddy and their children.
Children (all born in Charlestown, Mass.):
Mary Orton b. 27 Aug. 1648
Sarah Orton b. 1650
John Orton b. 23 March 1656
William Orton b. 13 Nov. 1658
Samuel Orton b. 10 Sept. 1661
Ebenezer Orton b. 14 Jan. 1663
Thomas Orton b. 1 May 1665, d. 17 July 1665
Ann Orton b. 5 June 1666
Abigail Orton chr. 19 July 1669

Their name was sometime spelled Horton.

Sources:
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins--Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995); digital images, Ancestry.com, https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2496.
Vol. 1, entry for John Eddy, p. 610-614, says his daughter Mary Eddy was baptized in Nayland, Suffolk, England 10 March 1625/26; she married Thomas Orton by 1648; their oldest child was born in Charlestown 27 Aug. 1748. John Eddy’s will refers to his son-in-law Thomas Orton and his daughter Mary Orton.

Charles Eddy, Genealogy of the Eddy Family (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Nolan Brothers, 1881); digital images, North American Family Stories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61157&h=3034528&indiv=try)
p.6 Mary Eddy, born in England, married Thomas Orton, of Charlestown. Mass.

Ruth Story Devereux Eddy, The Eddy Family in America, Boston: The Eddy Family Association, Inc., 1930, digital images, https://archive.org/details/EddyTheEddyFamilyInAmerica/mode/1up
p. 15-16, 20, 29 about Mary Eddy Orton, daughter of John Eddy

Roger D. Joslyn, Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, Volume 1. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984); digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-1620-1850/image?pageName=c&volumeId=13924).
Vol.1 p. 154 Mary, widow of Thomas Orton, ship carpenter, d. Sept 13, 1693.

Clarence Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, digital images, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/
p. 546 Thomas Orton married Mary Eddy by 1648, Charlestown

Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Vol. 2 K-Z, Boston: David Clapp and Son, 1879, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesestat02wyma#page/n5
p. 716 lists Thomas Orton, ship carpenter, and his wife Mary Eddy and their children.


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