Margaret Wells

1590 - 1660  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Margaret Wells
  Birth	Father: Richard Wells [3]
  Christening	31 May 1590	Boxted, Essex, England   [3]
  History	say 1645 to death (~ 54 years)	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  On 8 April 1647, she made her will: I being at this time capable in regard of memory & understanding; unto my Sister Mary Rogers Widow her children (in old England at Boxstead in the Coun of Essex or else where) one Sixt p[ar]t of my whole estate. of houseing, land, chattels, debts, & all moveable goods reall & personall, to be divided among them as followcth, vizt to my Sister aforesaid if liveing at my decease two fift parts of the aforesaid Sixt & her Heyres & I will & bequeath the other 3 fifts the aforesaid sixt to her Sonne Jno Rogers, & Eliz: Rogers to be equally divided between em to them & their Heyres, if my Sister be not liveing at my decease, then my Will is that t aforesaid Sixt should be divided between John & Elizabeth aforesaid, vizt three fifth to Jn & two fifts to Elizbt & the Heyres of their bodys borne; to Jno Stone of Sudbury in New Engl: two sixth pts of my whole estate; to Nathaniel Tredaway the other three sixts of my 'hole estate; if my kindred in old England, or their Heyres intended by this my Will, be not r 'eing at my death, then my will is that the sixt pf ar]t bequeathed to them sli.a!I return to Nath. Tredaway & Jno Stone, to be divided three fifts of it to Nath. & two fifts p[ar]ts to Jno. Also my Will is that the sixt p[ar]t of my estate bequeathed to my kindred in Engla shall be payd by my Executor one halfe of it, one year after my decease, & the other half two year after my decease; mr Brian pendlton & Nathaniel Tredaway Executors of this y Will & Jno Shcrrm::m. overseer to sec it p[er]forrned Sealed & Subscribed in the pr[e]sence of us Jno Coolidge Jno Knowles Also my Will is that the sixt part of my estate bequeathed to my Kindred in England shall be payd in that p[ar]t of my estate that is best to be transported. Proved 18 December 1660 [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] On 18 July 1658, she was admitted to the Charlestown Church. On 18 December 1660, he will was proved. Her inventory, house and lot, in the occupancy of Nathaniel Treadway, and 10 other lots amounted to £216. [2, 4, 5]
  Death	1660	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3]
  Person ID, Branch	I23700
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2020

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Elder Edward Howe,   c. 1 Jan 1587/88, Boxted, Essex, England d. 24 Jun 1644, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1610	Boxted, Essex, England   [1, 3, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 3 months - He : 22 years and 7 months.
  Children	1611  [3, 6]
  1. Edward Howe (1611-1611)
  Family ID	F8260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	George Bunker  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7]  Other Partners: Judith
  Marriage	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Family ID	F8261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2020

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Christening - 31 May 1590 - Boxted, Essex, England Marriage - 16 Aug 1610 - Boxted, Essex, England History - say 1645 to death - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1660 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1561] Davis, George Arthur. Davis and Fifty Allied Colonial Families of New England, (Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal, 1956). [S1780] Elliot, Ella F. "Treadway, Haynes, Howe", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXV, 1911). [S576] Smith, Dean Crawford and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. "The English Origins of the Howe and Treadway Families of Watertown, Massachusetts" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LXX, 1995). [S1027] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume II , (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S1145] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, volume II (G-O), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 1995). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900).