Notes for Mary Maplett: Married (1) Peter Greene and (2) Samuel Gorton.
THE ANCESTRY OF MARY MAPLETT, WIFE OF SAMUEL GORTON OF NEW ENGLAND Communicated by George Walter Chamberlain, M.S. of Malden, Mass.
The wills of Mary Mayplett of Lonon, widow, and Dr. John Maplett of Bath, co. Somerset, were discovered in England by the late Henry FitzGilbert Waters, Esq., and abstracts of them were published in the Register in 1890 and 1892. They proved that the wife of Samuel Gorton, whose controversies with the authorities of the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony have been often described, was not Elizabeth (_______), as Austin and others had stated, but Mary (Maplett). These wills seemed also, as a contributor to the Register (vol. 51, pp. 199-200) pointed out, to justify the assertion of Gorton that his wife "had bin as tenderly brought up as was any man's wife then in that towne (Plymouth in New England)". The same contributor suggested that Mary (Maplett) Gorton might have been the grand- daughter of Rev. John Maplet of Northall, co. Middlesex, through his son John. The wills of this Rev. John Maplet and his son, John have recently been found, and they, with certain entries in the registers of the parish of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, show that this suggested ancestry of Mary (Mayplett) Gorton is the correct ancestry. Abstracts of these wills and of the two discovered by Mr. Waters, with other English records, are given below*, and are followed by a brief pedigree showing the descent of Mary (Maplett) Gorton and her brothers and sisters from Rev. John Maplet of Northall.
* Wills are quoted in the notes of the individuals named as part of the family tree. Information source: "English Origins of New England Families, 1500s - 1800s", Broderbund Software, CD #181
complete list of children & spouses: Samuel Gorton's children by Mary Maplett are: Samuel, b. 1630, m. Susanna Burton (sic) Mary m. (1) Peter Greene (2) John Sanford Maher, m. Daniel Cole John, m. Margaret Weeden Benjamin, m. Sarah Carder Sarah, m. William Mace Ann, m. John Warner Elizabeth, m. John Crandall Susanna, m. Benjamin Barton
More About Mary Maplett: Date born 2: 1609 Fact 1: March 12, 1607/08, Baptised, parish of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, England.
More About Mary Maplett and Samuell Gorton: Marriage: May 20, 1628, England.
Children of Mary Maplett and Samuell Gorton are:
+Susanna Gorton, b. 1646, Warwick, Kent, RI, d. May 28, 1734, Prob. Warwick, RI.
Mary Maplett (b. March 12, 1608/09, d. Abt. 1646)
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