Mary (Clark) Whitten (1766 - 1861)

Born 30 Jun 1766 in York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Mark Whidden — married about 8 Oct 1785 in Pittston, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1861 at age 95 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Mary (Clark) Whitten performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Mary (Clark) Whitten is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A022556.

Mary's service claim during the American Revolution is based on tradition. Mary helped to carry cartridges for the Army in Maine. ^[1][2]

Mary was born in 1766, in an area which is now part of the State of Maine. However, when she was born the area was part of York County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which after her birth became the District of Maine of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1780. Then in 1820, Maine was granted Statehood as part of the Missouri Compromise. The area where the town of Avon sits was first knows as Township 2 of Abbott's Purchase, or Upper Town, and was settled in 1781. The town of Avon was not created until 1802, and Franklin County was not created until 1838. So it appears she was born in an unsettled area of York County, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Marriage: 8 Oct 1785 Pittston, Maine, to Mark "Wheten." ^[3]

She passed away 28 Dec 1861, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, and was buried in Maineville, Warren County, Ohio..

Burial: Maineville Cemetery Maineville, Warren County, Ohio... for more information see the following site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Maineville/w.htm ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Mary Clark Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 147 : 1919
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 12 Aug 2024), "Record of Mary Clark Whitten", Ancestor # A022556.
3. ↑ Maine marriage Index on Film 000009878
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84909933/mary-whitten: accessed August 12, 2024), memorial page for Mary Whitten (30 Jun 1766–28 Dec 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84909933, citing Maineville Cemetery, Maineville, Warren County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Karen Hay (contributor 47591954).

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• Wikipedia: State of Maine; District of Maine; Province of Massachusetts Bay; Avon, Maine; Franklin County, Maine.