Mary (Mainwaring) Gill (abt. 1590)

Born about 1590 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Gill — married before 1626 in England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Maryland

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Biography

Mary (Mainwaring) Gill migrated from England to Colonial America.

Mary (Mainwaring) Gill was a Maryland colonist.

Mary (or Ann Maria) was the daughter of Oliver Mainwaring and Margaret Torbock.^[1][2] Her birth date is uncertain but her brother Oliver was said to be 79 in 1666, pointing to his birth date being about 1587, she was one of at least nine children of her parents, and her mother was born in about 1558: against that background, it has been estimated as about 1590. Her parents had property in both Devon and Lancashire, and her birth county is not known. Records name her as both Anne and Mary,^[3] and she may, like her daughter, have had the forenames Ann Mary/Anna Maria.

Mary married Benjamin Gill, probably a tailor of London.^[1][2][3] The marriage date is likely to have been before 1626 as they are probably the Benjamin and Ann/Mary Gill indicted for recusancy (being Roman Catholics) and not attending church between 1626 and 1635.^[1][2][3] This indicates that they were Catholics. They had at least one child:

• Anna Maria, who married James Neale:^[1][2] she is named as her father's "daughter and heir" in a letter of Cecil Calvert dated 16 November 1642,^[4] implying there were then no other children

An indenture of 16 July 1641 includes a mention of Mary, wife of Benjamin Gill and daughter of "'Margrett Mainwaringe of Wyndleshaw in the County of Lancaster, Widdow".^[1][2]

Benjamin Gill immigrated to Maryland in 1642, settling in Charles County.^[4] It is assumed Mary went with him. He died at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland on 22 November 1655.^[1][2][4] It is not known when Mary died. She is not named in records relating to the estate of her husband,^[4][5][6] so it is possible she predeceased him.

Research Notes

Formerly-shown Children

The following have been shown in the past as children of Mary and her husband, and have been detached in the absence of evidence:

• Rebecca Gill
• Stephen Gill

Death Date

Mary has previously been shown as having died at Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland on 26 November 1663. No sourcing has been found for this.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. III, p. 128, MANWARING 15.ii
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 27, MANWARING 19.ii
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 'Middlesex Sessions Rolls: 1626', in Middlesex County Records: Volume 3, 1625-67, ed. John Cordy Jeaffreson (London, 1888), British History Online, pp. 6-13, 17-25, 25-30 and 128-159, accessed 3 February 2024
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Eva Lee Turner Clark (compiler). Gill; Abstracts from Records in Southern States and Genealogical Notes, pp. 26-27, Internet Archive
5. ↑ Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1658-1662, 41, p. 91.Archives of Maryland Online
6. ↑ Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1658-1662, 41, pp. 178.Archives of Maryland Online

• Christopher Johnston. Neale Family of Charles County, Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 7, 1912, pp. 217-218, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 3 February 2024.

Mary (Mainwaring) Gill is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. III, pages 126-129 MANWARING) that was badged in February 2015 by the Magna Carta Project. The Project later identified Mary as a Gateway in other badged trails to Roger le Bigod, Hugh le Bigod, Henry de Bohun, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy (2nd trail) and Robert de Vere. Another trail to surety William Malet was also badged by the Project in July 2022. The trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Oliver Manwaring's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".