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JONATHAN MOREY (d. 1732/3), son of JONATHAN MOREY and MARY BARTLETT
HANNAH BOURNE (1667–aft. 1732), daughter of JOB BOURNE and RUHAMAH HALLETT
Jonathan Morey died between 1 September 1732 and 26 April 1733. Jonathan, the son of Jonathan Morey and Mary Bartlett, married Hannah Bourne on 24 January 1689 in Plymouth. [RRB]
Hannah Bourne, the daughter of Job Bourne and Ruhamah Hallet, was born on 18 November 1667 in Sandwich. [MVRS][RRB] She died after 1 September 1732.
Jonathan Morey of Plymouth and "Hannah [his] wife, daughter of Mr. Job Bourne, late of Sandwich" signed a receipt for 50 pounds received from his "mother-in-law Ruhamah Hersey and brethren Timothy Bourne, Eleazer Bourne and Hezekiah Bourne" in final settlement on 13 September 1714. [RRB]
Jonathan wrote his will on 1 September 1732 and it was proved on 26 April 1733. He mentions his wife Hannah, sons Benjamin and Jonathan and daughters Maria Swift, Thankful Swift and Reliance Morey. [RRB]
Children of Jonathan Morey and Hannah Bourne: Births recorded in Plymouth as the children of Jonathan Morey, Jr. and his Hannah. [VRMP]
i. Benjamin Morey was born on 10 November 1690. He died before 3 April 1744. [MF5] He married Thankful, the daughter of William Swift, on 3 November 1715. [RRB][MVRS]
On 3 April 1744 Josiah Swift administered the estate of Benjamin Morey of Plymouth. [MF5]
ii. Maria Morey was born on 22 September 1692. She married Seth Swift after 17 March 1721 (intention) in Plymouth. [MF5] Seth, the son of Samuel and Mary Swift, was born on 17 March 1692 in Sandwich and was living on 26 January 1753. [MF5]
On 26 January 1753 Seth Swift, yeoman of Plymouth, deeded all his housing and land in Sandwich to his son-in-law Zacheus Mendall of Rochester. [MF5]
iii. Mary Morey was born on 18 September 1694. Mary, the daughter of Jonathan, Jr. and Hannah, died on 23 November 1715 in Plymouth. [VRMP]
iv. Thankful Morey, was born "the last week in March" 1695/6 in Plymouth. She married Thomas Swift.
v. Jonathan Morey was born in August 1699. He married Elizabeth Swift on 13 October 1728. [RRB] Elizabeth is the daughter of Samuel Swift. [RRB] She is the granddaughter of William Swift.
vi. Reliance Morey was born on 6 June 1702 in Plymouth. She died after 1775. She married Zacheus Bumpas on 19 October 1738 in Rochester. [MF5] Zacheus, the son of James and Mary (Savory) Bumpas, was born on 5 May 1710 and died before 24 November 17151. [MF5]
Israel Fearing's account book, dated 24 November 1751, mentions widow Reliance Bump. [MF5] On 24 September 1754 Reliance Bump asked the selectman for help and for 20 years she was cared for by the town. [MF5]
vii. Cornelius Morey was born on 2 May 1706.
viii. Joseph Morey was born on 19 January 1710 at "7 clock afternone." He died after 1754. [MF5] He married Mary Swift after 25 April 1733 (intention) in Sandwich. [MF5] Mary was perhaps the daughter of Samuel and Abigail Swift who was born on 28 April 1715 in Sandwich. [MF5]
References:
MVRS. Caroline Lewis Cardell and Russell A. Lovell, Vital Records of Sandwich, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996), vol. 1: 9 (birth of Hannah), 100 (marariage of Benjamin).
RRB. Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "The Rev. Richard Bourne of Sandwich, Mass. (c. 1610–1682)," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 118 (1964): 197–8.
GMB. "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1630," database with images, AmericanAncestors (2010): 115.
MF5. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700–1880," online database, AmericanAncestors, vol. 18, part 2: 31–35, citing Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975–2015).
VRMP. "Plymouth Births, Marriages and Deaths," Mayflower Descendants 2 (1900): 18.
Last revised: 10-Jun-2021