Mary (Foote) Tracy (bef. 1623 - 1685)

Born before 1623 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Tracy — married about 1683 (to before 7 Nov 1685) in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1685 after age 62 in Connecticut

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Biography

Mary (Foote) Tracy immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary was born probably about 1622/23 based on her approximated marriage by 1643. She was definitely born in England, but no baptismal record was found in Shalford, as was the case for her older siblings.

Mary’s mother, Elizabeth Welles, named her daughter Goodrich and her children, as beneficiaries in her 1678 will. She also made a bequest to Mary’s son John Studder.^[1]

Mary married three times.^[2]

• (1) by 1643 John Stoddard.^[2] Their oldest known child was born in Wethersfield 12 March 1643/4.^[2][3] John died in 1664.^[4]
• (2) shortly after 4 April 1675 John Goodrich. On that day he and Mary Stoddard, both of Wethersfield, made an agreement regarding their estates, stating they were to be married shortly.^[2][5] He died April 1680^[4]
• (3) by 1683 Thomas Tracy, when he received his wife's portion of Elizabeth Welles's estate.^[1]

Mary (Foote) Stoddard was alive 2 Sept., 1685, when she received an accounting concerning the estate of her husband "Goodrich"^[4] Thomas Tracy died Nov. 7, 1685. When his estate was distributed, no mention of his widow was made. It can be implied that she died before then.^[6]

The death date of 31 July 1721, belongs to Mary (Winslow) Tracy wife of John. ^[7]

Children by 1st husband John Stoddard.

1. Mary Stoddard b. 12 May 1643; died 23 Aug 1683; m. Joseph Wright of Wethersfield 1663.^[4]
2. John Stoddard b. 12 April 1646; died 4 Dec 1703; m. Elizabeth Curtis 26 May 1674.^[4]
3. Caleb Stoddard (twin) b. 12 Sept 1648; died in childhood
4. Joshua Stoddard (twin) b. 12 Sept 1648; died without issue about 1725; m. Bethia Smith 15 Aug 1684.^[4]
5. Mercy Stoddard b. Nov 1652; married her sister's husband Joseph Wright 10 March 1685.^[4]
6. Elizabeth Stoddard b. July 1656; married a Wright^[4]
7. Nathaniel Stoddard was b. March 1661; died 9 Feb 1714; m. (1) Mary ____; m. (2) Eunice Standish

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Manwaring, Charles William (compiler), at Internet Archive.org, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Vol I Hartford District, 1635-1700, (pp 379-381). Hartford: RS Peck & Co., Printers, 1904
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. p.542
3. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. "Wethersfield" p. 253. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849. pp 269, 270 and footnote 269.
5. ↑ Anderson cites [WetLR 3:53-54] [Hale House 552; see TAG 43:43 (note TAG 43:43 has nothing to do with this marriage.)], which could be checked
6. ↑ Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut, From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866. By Friends of the Author, 1874. (p 201)
7. ↑ Norwich Vital Records

See also:

• Patterson, D. Williams, John Stoddard of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants, 1642-1872 a genealogy, Published by Rev, E. W. Stoddard, 1873. Pgs. 13-14. (Online at: https://archive.org/details/johnstoddardofwe00patt)
• Find A Grave, Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. No stone, no stone found in this cemetery.

Several sources list the Foote Family and additional facts may be found in these sources.

• Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849. At Google Books.
• Anderson, Robert Charles Great Migration Article on Nathaniel, listing information on the children. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
• Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904.At HathiTrust
• Foote, Abram William. Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. Rutland, Vt. : Marble City Press-Tuttle, 1907 (v. 1) ; Burlington, Vt. : Free Press Printing, 1932 (v. 2) at archive.org
• Adams, Charles Collard. “Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family.” (The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York) 1908. p. 536. https://archive.org/stream/middletownupperh00adam#page/536/mode/1up
• The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

• LAND & COURT RECORDS

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1635 to 1700. P. C. No 50; Vol. III Name: John Goodrich Location: You are hereby in his magesties named required to attach 2 peeces or pa rcels of Meadow Land, containing about 8 acres, in Wethersfield meadow, s uch as you shall be directed unto, which belonged to the estate of John G oodrich Sen., late of Wethersfield, deceased, and secure the same to be r esponsible at the County Court to be held at Hartford on the first Thur sday in September next to the complaint of Wm. Pitkin as Attorney to Th omas Tracy, of Norwich, and Mary his wife, in an action of the case for t hat fower pounds by the year since the decease of the sd. John Goodrich h ath not been paid unto the said Mary Tracy, according to a Covenant mad e to that intent by the said Goodrich, dated April 4th, 1674, and for p ayment of which said Land was bound, whereof remains unpaid thirteen po unds two shillings, besides part of a years due unto the payment of the s aid summe, and you are to give notice hereof to Lt. Samuel Steele, Dani ell Rose and Joseph Goodrich, Administrators to the said John Goodrich h is estate, and warn them to, or so many of them as you can warn, to app ear at said Court to answer the action and defend the estate, and make r eturn of serveing hereof to the Court or to the clerk thereof before th e Court, the Plaintiff having given Security according to Law to prosec ute his action to effect and answer all damages in case he make not his p lea good. Hereof fail not. To the Marshall George Grave to serve. John Allyn, Secrtry. - - - - - - - - - - No 51--Mr. Pitkin: That which my wife have reseved of her legesy that h er husband Goodrich gave her during life, the 1st year she reseved £4, t he 2nd year she reseved £2-18, and that is all that have been reseved. Thomas Tracy. £ s d Dyed April, 1680--5 years, 20-00-00 Paid 6-18-00 Due 13-02-00 - - - - - - - - - - No. 52--There is a description of Land that John Goodrich made over to h is wife Mary, which now is the wife of Lt. Thomas Tracy, by way of Joyn ture. John Goodrich.

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1677 to 1687. Page 35-6 Name: John Goodrich Location: Wethersfield (Will on File.) Invt. £651-10-00. Taken 6 April, 1680, by Samuel Steele , John Wolcott & Nathaniel Boreman. Will dated 9 June, 1672. I John Goodrich of Wethersfield do make this my last Will & Testam ent: Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Rose 16 Shill ings over & above what I have bestowed upon her already. Item. I give & bequeath unto my son John Goodrich 12 Pence over & a bove those Lands I have seized in him already. Item. I give unto my daughter Mary Goodrich £50, & to be paid her o ut of my Household Stuffe and Moveable Goods as they shall then be pris ed. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah £50, and to be p aid her out of my Moveable Goods & Catle as they shall then be prised. Item. I give & bequeath to my two youngest sons, Joseph & Jonathan G oodrich, my Dwelling house, Barn, Homelott, & also all my Land, Meadow & U pland, to be equally improved between them and the profits thereof to b e equally divided between them so long as they can or do agree together

but if they difere and do not agree to improve together, then my Will i

s that my son Joseph shall have my 3 acre Lott in the Meadow and half m y Lott in the Great Swamp, the south side, and also my whole Lott in Be aver Meadow, & also that peice of Swamp and Meadow at the rear of the M eadow Gate which Mr. Chester had of me, and also that 4½ acres in the s outh field, and that acre & 1/2 in beauer Brook which was sometime John ( Tinker's?) Lott, & also half of that 17-acre Lott in the West field & t he west side of that Lott. These peices of land I give and bequeath un to my son Joseph. Item. I give unto my son Jonathan all the rest or remainder of my E state, viz., my Dwelling house, Barn, homelott & whatsoever thereto app urtains, and my Pastar Lott at the West End of the Towne, & also that 5 a cres of Meadow I had of Mr. Chester, and also all that 4 acres at the l ower Meadow Gate, that I had of Mr. Chester, & also half my Lott in the G reat Swamp, the north side, and also half that 17-acre Lott in the litt le West field. And if it shall happen that my catle & Moveable Estate w ill not reach to pay my daughters so much as I have bequeathed unto the m, my Will is that my two sons, Joseph & Jonathan Goodrich, shall make u p the sums in convenient time so as they do not straighten themselves t oo much. And I do make, ordain & appoint Mr. Gershom Bulkeley and Mr. Samue l Talcott Executors to this my last Will & Testament. [signed] John Goodrich sen. Witness: Hugh Welles, Mary Goodrich. The Executors refuse to act. - - - - - - - - - - Court Record, Page 26--21 April, 1680: There was presented to this Cour t a Will of the sd. Goodrich which had been objected against by the sd. G oodrich his relations, and the Executors refusing to accept of the Exec utorship laid upon them in the sd. Will, this Court doth now by Proclam ation order all those concerned in the Estate of John Goodrich to appea r at the Court in September next to make out their respective claims to t he Estate, and the Court doth appoint Daniel Rose and Joseph Goodrich t o take Care of the Estate that it be reserved and improved. - - - - - - - - - - Page 35 (Pro. Side) 21 April, 1680: Mary, the Relict, Widow of John Goo drich, appeared in Court with the Inventory: £ s d Out of the Estate is paid to the Widow, 50-19-09 In Debts paid and lost Estate, 8-12-00 To Jonathan, 3-16-06 63-08-03 - - - - - - - - - - Page 29--7 September, 1680: Jonathan Goodrich appeared in Court and mad e choice of Lt. Samuel Steele to be his Guardian. The Court approved of t his choice. This Court having considered the Estate of John Goodrich De cd, the Will exhibited in Court being made many years before the deceas e of sd. Goodrich, & sundry Transactions have passed since the Will was m ade which hath varied the Estate very much, & the Executors wholly reno uncing of the same, this Court do grant Adms. of the Estate unto Lt. Sa muel Steele, Daniel Rose and Joseph Goodrich, & order the Distribution t o be as followeth: £ s d To Joseph, the Eldest son now living (the eldest son being dead and com pounded with for his portion), 190-00-00 To Jonathan, the next son, 190-00-00 To the three daughters, to each of them, 100-00-00 And the sons are to have their portions in Houseing & Lands, and they t o make up the £4 per annum by proportion to their Mother during her nat ural life out of the Revenue of the Land. Mr. Samuel Talcott, Lt. Samue l Steele and Mr. Eli Kimberly are desired to divide the Estate to the L egatees. Mr. Read is to receive £50 out of the Estate, Mr. Rose £15, an d Mr. Maynard £8. - - - - - - - - - - Page 35--(Vol. VII) 11 November, 1702: This Court, upon Application of S ergt. Crafts in behalf of Jonathan Goodrich, son of John Goodrich, form erly of Wethersfield Decd, do order that the Clerk grant a Writ or Cita tion requireing Mr. Daniel Rose, one of the Adms. on the sd. John Goodr ich his Estate, to appear at the Court to be holden the 1st Tuesday in M arch next, to render an Account of his Adms. on the sd. Estate, the for esd. John (Jonathan) Goodrich complaining that he hath not received his f ull part of the Estate according to the Distribution of Court, 2 Septem ber, 1680. - - - - - - - - - - Page 40--2 March, 1702-3: Adms. granted further time to finish his Adms . - - - - - - - - - - Page 43--7 April, 1703: Mr. Daniel Rose appeared in Court according to C itation and gave an Account thereof to the Court's Satisfaction. - - - - - - - - - - Page 60--8 November, 1704: Whereas Moses Crafts, Atty. to Jonathan Good rich, cited Daniel Rose to appear and render an Account of his Adms. on t he Estate of John Goodrich Decd, the sd. Rose now appeared in Court and m ade it appear by Record that he had already rendered an Account to the S atisfaction of the Court, and that therefore he is not requireable to r ender further Account.