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JONATHAN MOREY (c. 1632–1708), son of Roger Mowry and Mary Johnson
MARY BARTLETT (say 1633–1692), daughter of Robert Bartlett and Mary Warren
Lieutenant Jonathan Morey was the son of Roger Mowry of Rhode Island and his wife Mary, the daughter of John and Mary Johnson of Roxbury. [1] He was born about 1632. He was baptized on 2 April 1637 in Salem. [1] He died on 19 May 1708, age 75. [2] He married, as her second husband, Mary Bartlett on 8 July 1659 in Plymouth. [2][3][4] He married second Hannah (Pincon) (Young) Wetherell. [1] Hannah, the daughter of Thomas Pincon, was born on 4 December 1642 in Scituate. [1] She married first George Young on 15 January 1661 in Scituate. [1] She married second John Wetherell.
Mary, the daughter of Robert and Mary (Warren) Bartlett and granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower, was born say 1633. [4] She died on 26 September 1692 in Plymouth. [5] She married first Richard Foster of Plymouth on 10 September 1651 in Plymouth. [1][2][4]
On 27 June/7 July 1659, Robert Bartlett took a ten-year lease on the lands of his late son-in-law Richard Foster, agreeing to pay Richard's son Benjamin, aged about four, eight pounds when he came of age. [6] The same day, the widow Mary Foster and Jonathan Morey entered into a prenuptial agreement for bringing up Benjamin. [6][7, 27 June] On Friday, 8/18 July Mary and Jonathan were married in Plymouth. [6]
Jonathan Morey of Plymouth made his will on 24 February 1699/1700; it was proved on 16 June 1708. He left "all that part of my estate which I added under my hand, he has already the promise of it" to his eldest son. He left a bequest to his wife Hannah, the remainder of his estate was left in equal thirds to his wife Hannah, his son John, and his daughter Hannah Bumpus. However, if his son Jonathan would pay 25 dollars in equal shares to his wife Hannah, son John, and daughter Hannah, Jonathan could have his remaining land. [8]
It is sometimes claimed that Jonathan and Mary had a daughter Mary, but there is no record of this. [1]
Children of Jonathan Morey and Mary Bartlett:
i. Jonathan Morey was born abut 1661 in Plymouth. He died between 1 September 1732 and 26 April 1733. He married Hannah Bourne.
ii. John Morey was born say 1666. He was living on 24 February 1699, but there is no further record of him. [1]
iii. Hannah Morey was born about 1673/5. [1] She married John Bumpus. [1] John, the son of John Bumpus, was baptized on 28 September 1673 in Scituate. [1] He married second Jean Claghorn of Barnstable after 12 July 1729, when they made their intention in Rochester. [1]
Children of Mary Bartlett and Richard Foster:
i. Mary Foster was born on 8 March 1652 in Plymouth. [1] There is no further record of her; she probably died young. [1]
ii. Sergeant Benjamin Foster was born about 1655 in Plymouth. He died before 16 October 1690.
Inventory of the estate of Sergeant Benjamin Foster was taken on 16 October 1690 by Thomas Tupper and Thomas Tobey. Jonathan Morey, Jr. made oath to it on 22 October 1690. [9]
References:
1. Mrs. John E. Barclay, "Mary Bartlett (Foster) Morey: Her Husbands and Children," The American Genealogist 32 (1956): 193–6.
2. Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, "Richard Warren of the Mayflower, and Some of His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55 (1901): 70–78, specifically 72.
3. "Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant 17 (1915): 182.
4. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 115.
5. "Plymouth, Massachusetts, Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant 16 (1914): 63.
6. George Ernest Bowman, "Richard Warren and His Descendants," Mayflower Descendant 3 (1901): 45–51, 105–117, specifically 111.
7. "Plymouth Colony Deeds," Mayflower Descendant 14 (1912): 16.
8. "Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686–1881," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 14162. Source of the signature.
9. "Barnstable County, Mass., Probate Records," Mayflower Descendant 11 (1909): 28.
Last revised: 26-Feb-2024