Mary MOORE

1600 - 1674  (74 years)

• Name	Mary MOORE
  Birth	1600	Southwold, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	More, Henfield, Howfield
  Reference Number	1960552
  Reference Number	1988124
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Moore-4343
  Death	Nov 1674	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
  Person ID	I536	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas MOORE, Sr.,   b. Abt 1573, England d. 11 Jul 1636, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Ann UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1570, England d. 28 Feb 1639, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1598	England
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edmund HENFIELD,   b. Abt 1595, England d. Bef 12 Jan 1626, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (Age < 31 years)
  Marriage	1620	England
  Children	1. Elizabeth GRAFTON,   b. Bef 25 Sep 1622, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. Aft 3 Mar 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 57 years)
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph GRAFTON, Sr,   b. Bef 23 Sep 1604, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 24 Jun 1682, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1631	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Children	+ 1. Priscilla GRAFTON,   b. Abt 1634, England d. Bef 24 Apr 1717, Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay (Age < 83 years)   2. Joseph GRAFTON, Jr,   b. Abt 24 Jan 1636, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Abt 11 Feb 1670, Barbados (Age 34 years)   3. John GRAFTON,   b. Abt 1638, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 24 Nov 1715, Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 77 years)   4. Nathaniel GRAFTON,   b. Bef 24 Apr 1642, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 11 Feb 1671, Barbados Island, West Indies (Age > 28 years)
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos		North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for John Sanders S Sanders
  		Which Joseph Grafton did she marry? Senior or Junior?

  
  

• Notes

  {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography ==Mary Moore might or might not be the daughter of [[Moore-806|Thomas Moore]] and his wife Ann Unknown as asserted in the "Grafton Family" book by Henry Belknap. This book is extremely well sourced as to New England records and analysis but the author cited no sources for his assertsion of facts in England. He went into great detail on land transactions between Ann (Unknown) Moore, her son Thomas and Joseph Grafton and his son Nathaniel in and around Salem to help establish this relationship. ''The Grafton Family of Salem''], by Belknap, Henry Wyckoff, database online at Internet Archive, (Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1928) [https://archive.org/stream/graftonfamilyofs00belk#page/n7/mode/2up pages 1 - 12] Whatever her origin, she married Joseph Grafton at Great Yarmouth in 1631 and emigrated to Salem, Massachusetts as will be described here. === Early Life === Mary is given two different narratives by two different sources:#Henry Belknap asserts she was daughter of Thomas & Anne Moore of Southwold, Suffolk about 25 miles from Great Yarmouth and that she married Joseph Grafton there before the emigrated. Belnkap, using no English primary sources asserts (with no support or analysis) that Joseph had an un-named first wife, mother of Joseph's daughter Elizabeth and that Mary was the wife of his subsequent children (Prisiclla onwards). There is reason to think (described on the profile of Ann, Mary's supposed mother) that Belknap was mistaken about Southwold of Suffolk, England as Ann's origin vs Southold, Suffolk, New York where Thomas Moore Junior, son of Thomas & Anne Moore moved to. In any case, Elizabeth herself married by about 1638 and deposed in 1675 that she was 53 years old giving her a birth date of about 1622 in England.#Barbara MacAllan in her NEHGR 154:216Barbara MacAllan, "The Great Yarmouth Company of Migrant Families," in ''NEHGR,'' 154 (2000):[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?volumeId=11634&pageName=216&rId=143498391 215-216 $subscription required] article identifies Joseph Grafton's wife as widow Mary "Howfield" based on a Great Yarmouth St. Nicholas parish register. Ms. MacAllan made no claim at all as to Mary's original surname, her Howfield husband or the Moore family at all. So which of these accounts are true? It seems that each tell part of the story. === Mary's First Marriage ===Mary (Moore or not) seems to have first been the wife of Edmund "Henfield", likely married in mid-late 1620 or early 1621. The original parish register image for her marriage to Joseph Grafton, and images for the children of Edmund Henfield show that the name can be just as easily read as "Henfield" as "Howfield". This would also help solve the mystery of why Joseph Grafton, in his will bequeathed to a William and Edmund Henfield without specifying his relationship to them. (Belknap p. 10 citing Essex County Probate Records, vol. 302, p. 26). They may have been cousins or close relatives of Mary's daughter Elizabeth. Her marriage to Edmund has not yet been found in a visual review of the St. Nicholas parish register back to December 1616, likely it was outside of Great Yarmouth. However, baptisms of several children of Edmund and Mary (the wife's name is listed in baptisms in this section of the register) appeared at Great Yarmouth transcribed as "Henfeild":#[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FBAP%2F001921566 Robert baptized 25 July 1621] Was this the Robert Henfield found in the Great Migration Directory from a 30 March 1641 court appearance in Salem where he was a [https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol1/images/essex026.html witness in a defamation suit] and a [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21072/60/45633746 1650 appearance as a creditor] of the estate of [[Button-787|Robert Button]]? The 1641 appearance seems unlikely as he would have been only 19 years old, but it is a possibility. A Robert Henfield [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FMAR%2F000632932%2F1 married an Alice Wranham] at Great Yarmouth in 1617, perhaps he emigrated to New England from there along with the Graftons. He may have been the "Goodman Henfield" of Milford listed as a creditor in another [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21073/135/1427079289 1654 probate].#Elizabeth baptized 25 September 1622Elizabeth Henfeild in 1622 Norfolk Baptisms Great Yarmouth, St Nicholas with St Peter, St John, St Andrew, St James, St Paul & St Luke, Norfolk, England [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FBAP%2F001921943 $subscription required] This was the Elizabeth known as "Grafton" in a footnote to the Salem Church records who married John Saunders and John Kitchin and was excommunicated apparently for converting to the Quaker religion.#[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FBAP%2F001921566 Mary baptized 6 Feb 1624/25]#[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=R_874742151 Edmund "Junior" baptized 23 April 1626], 3 months after his father was buried. Possibly he was buried one week later on [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FBUR%2F001733327 30 April 1626] although there is no supplemental text in the register. Edmund the father was likely the one buried under that name at St. Nicholas on 12 Jan 1625/26Edmund Henfeild in 1625 Norfolk Burials Great Yarmouth, St Nicholas with St Peter, St John, St Andrew, St James, St Paul & St Luke, Norfolk, England [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FBUR%2F001732239 $subscription required]. The transcription on findmypast.co.uk simply says 1625 but the orignal image linked to the record clearly shows 1625/26 about 3 months before his last child was born. Unfortunately burials in this register have no supplemental text such as "son of" or "husband of". === Elizabeth Henfield alias Grafton ===The key takeaway here is their daughter Elizabeth Henfield born in 1622. This young woman is almost certain to be the one married in Salem and in fact, no vital record or other primary source has been found yet to determine exactly what name she married under. The only source presented so far is a footnote to a Salem church record when she was married to her second husband (Kitchen) stating that she was Elizabeth (Grafton) Saunders, widow of John Saunders. Joseph Grafton was not born until 1604 so it is implausible to think he had a daughter baptized in church in 1622. More importantly, his 1631 marriage record (described and cited below) listed him as a singleman so it was his first marriage. He was not the father of Elizabeth "Grafton" born in 1622 who came to New England. A manual review of the St. Nicholas parish register (it is not fully indexed for searching) found no "Elizabeth Grafton" or "Garton" (some Grafton names were written this way including Joseph's at his baptism) between 1619 and 1625. The obvious explanation is that when Joseph married widow Mary Henfield in 1631, she brought (at least) daughter Elizabeth from her first marriage with her who then emigrated to New England and was likely known there as "Elizabeth Grafton". The fate of Robert and Mary Henfiel, children of Edmond & Mary has not been determined. A manual search of St. Nicholas burial records may find them or perhaps they were raised in England by members of the Henfield or "Moore" family. They may have died on the journey, or in New England with no record as was not uncommon. === Mary's Second Marriage ===This record is found in the St. Nicholas parish register on 30 August 1631 (Joseph transcribed as "Graston") again giving equal credence to "Henfield" and "Howfield".Mary Henfeild in 1631 Norfolk Banns And Marriages Great Yarmouth, St Nicholas with St Peter, St John, St Andrew, St James, St Paul & St Luke, Norfolk, England [https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FNORFOLK%2FMAR%2F000637285%2F2 $subscription required] The register shows "Y S" by his name and "Y W" by hers meaning that he was a singleman (first marriage) and she was a widow. This proves that Belknap was incorrect in asserting that Joseph Grafton had a prior wife but to be fair, Belknap probably based this on the 12 year gap between birth of Elizabeth and birth of Priscilla and he had no access to the actual parish registers of St. Nicholas. === Children with Joseph Grafton=== With Joseph" (p. 11, 12 of the source) :# Priscilla Grafton by about 1634 – 1717 (Belknap asserts no birth date and says she died by 1683 based on the language of her father Joseph Grafton's probate. This bequeathed as follows:"John Gardner shall have for his children by Priscilla his wife who now is"; her profile says without source that she died about 1717 (apparently based on a publication about Tristram Coffin, see John Gardner's profile for details and sources). This language about "wife who now is" would seem more to imply that Priscilla was not the first wife of John Gardner but no other source seems to claim a prior wife for him. # Joseph Grafton bap. 24 Jan 1636/37 at Salem, Essex Institute, ''Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849'' (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1916-1925), [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsa01sale/page/377/mode/1up Vol. 1, p. 377] died Feb 1670 at Barbados# John Grafton bap. 28 Apr 1639 at Salem, died 24 Nov 1715 age 77# Nathaniel Grafton bap. 24 April or 1 May at Salem,[https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsa01sale/page/378/mode/1up''VRs of Salem,'' Vol. 1, p. 378] died 11 Feb 1670/71 at Barbados. Some internet trees show a son Joshua. However, no such son of Joseph and Mary appears in Salem Vital Records. An 1832 copy of town records of Hingham (Plymouth colony, about 45 miles from Salem) lists a son Joshua Grafton born to Joseph and Hannah Grafton on August 30th.Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1637-1845. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2709/i/43968/1/63515236 $subscription required] But of what year? The image looks like '1643' but obviously impossible if this was a son of Joseph Junior and wife Hannah Hobart who married in Hingham in 1657. The record appears in searches on familysearch.org as '1663', also impossible since Hannah died on 17 May 1660 according to the "History of Hingham".History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts by Hingham (Mass .), Thomas Tracy Bouvé , Edward Tracy Bouvé , John Davis Long , Walter Lincoln Bouvé , Francis Henry Lincoln , George Lincoln , Edmund Hersey , Fearing Burr , Charles Winfield Scott Seymour Publication date 1893 Publisher Pub. by the town [https://archive.org/details/historytownhing00seymgoog/page/n289/mode/2up Vol. 2 p. 278] This book gives the date of birth of Joshua as 9 April 1660 while familysearch searches also give 30 August 1660 as his birth date. Whenever this Joshua was born, he was clearly not a son of the Joseph and Mary of Salem. Further, the will and probate of Joseph the immigrant, fully given in Belknap, lists no son Joshua. === Death & Estate ===After Mary died in November 1674[https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu05sale/page/292/mode/2up ''VRs of Salem,'' Vol. 5, p. 292] and before 1680 Joseph married Bethia Rea/Ray, widow of Thomas Lathrop.New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/644/426887828 Vol. 1 p. 644 $subscription required] == Sources == :See Also:* {{FindAGrave|126492739|sameas=no}} Mary Moore Grafton (1600-1674) unsourced memorial, no gravestone photo, burial unknown.