Mary (2) Shearman
1645 - Aft 1691 (~ 46 years)-
Name Mary (2) Shearman Born May 1645 Portsmouth, RI 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died Aft 9 Oct 1691 [2] Person ID I03358 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Philip SHEARMAN, b. 5 Feb 1610/11, Dedham, Essex County, England , d. Mar 1686/87, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI (Age 76 years) Mother Sarah ODDING, b. 5 Feb 1609/10, d. Aft 31 Jul 1681 (Age > 71 years) Married Between 1628 and 1634 England or MA [1] Notes - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 167 p 152 says that Philip and Sarah were married in Roxbury, MA, c 1633.
Family ID F00654 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Samuel Shadrack Wilbur, b. 1 Apr 1648, d. Bef 1696 (Age < 47 years) Married 1 Apr 1668 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01276 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr., b. Apr 1600, Netherbury, Dorset, England , d. Abt May 1677, Portsmouth, RI (Age ~ 77 years) Married Aft 1670 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01929 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Jeremiah Brown, b. Abt 1634, d. Between 16 Sep and 30 Oct 1690 Married Abt 1679 [3] Children 1. Samuel Brown, b. Mar 1679/80 2. Hannah Brown, b. Between 1688 and 1889 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01930 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Mary probably married Thomas Cook(e) as his second wife (he had a first wife Mary living 14 May 1660). See RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 9 No. 1, p. 2. This book also questions whether she ever was the wife of Samuel Wilbur, as shown in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of RI.
The identity of Mary second wife of Jeremiah is discussed in New England Historical and Genealogal Register Vol 128 p 152ff, by Jane Fletcher Fiske. In 1678 Mary was still the widow of Thomas when she took receipt from her stepson John Cooke for his legacy (see the above-noted source). She probably married Jeremiah Brown sometime in 1679, as their first child Samuel was born March 1680. She could not have been Mary Havens, as suggested by some, because William Havens mentions his daughter Mary Cook in his will dated 13 (or 30) March 1680. Also, on 31 March 1680 Jeremiah Brown and his wife Mary took receipt from Oliver and Phebe Arnold for Phebe's legacy from her grandfather Thomas Cooke; Phebe was son of Thomas Jr. (designated as III on my tree). so it is apparent that Mary Cook(e) who married Jeremiah Brown was the widow of Thomas, and that she could not have been the daughter of William Havens mentioned in his will.
- Mary probably married Thomas Cook(e) as his second wife (he had a first wife Mary living 14 May 1660). See RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 9 No. 1, p. 2. This book also questions whether she ever was the wife of Samuel Wilbur, as shown in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of RI.
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