Tryphosa (Lee) Tracy (1597 - bef. 1655)

Born 1597 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Stephen Tracy — married 3 Jan 1621 in Leiden, Holland

Descendants

Died before 5 May 1655 before age 58 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

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Tryphosa (Lee) Tracy migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Early Life and Marriage

Tryphosa Lee was born about 1597 (she was age 27 on 1 May 1624),^[1] presumably at England.^[2] Her parents and early family are unknown. She first appears on the records of Leiden (Holland) in the notations about her marriage to Stephen Tracy.

There were several Lees or Lee families of Leiden during the time Tryphosa was there. Dr. Henry Martyn Dexter^[3] and/or his son, Rev. Morton Dexter, twice addressed details in the records about the pilgrims at Leiden, including the Lees--first in 1903^[4] and again in 1906,^[5] Of note, Bridget (Lee) Fuller married Samuel Fuller at Leiden in 1617; her brother Samuel Lee also resided Leiden, as did their mother, Josephine Lee. The relationships between Bridget, Samuel and Josephine are clear from the Leiden records. The Leiden records do not show a further relationship with Tryphosa.

Stephen and Tryphosa married at Leiden on 2 January 1621.^[6]

Marriage, Steven Traes and Tryfoce Le, 2 January 1621, Leiden

From the Dutch record, as indexed by the Regionaal Archief Leiden (RAL),^[7][8] "Steven Traes, saeywerker" (bachelor born in England), [accompanied by] "acquaintance Anthony Clements [sic],"^[9] [was married to] 'Tryfoce Le^[10] (spinster born in England), [accompanied by] "acquaintance [Rose] [Lisle] Jenning."^[11] (See also Rose (Lisle) Jennings, wife of John Jennings.) Notice reports banns published 1st, December 19, 1620; 2nd, December 2, 1620; 3rd, January 1, 1621; couple married … “this IInd of January 1621.” The marriage was before Jan Orlers and Cornelis Henricxz van Goten, bailiffs.

In the Leiden census of 1622, as indexed by the Regionaal Archief Leiden (RAL),^[12] "Steven Truer" [Stephen Tracy] and his wife "Truy Voosta" [Thryphosa Lee] were enumerated at Pieterskerkhof district of Zevenhuizen in a large, multifamily household of Thomas Brouwer [Thomas Brewer], Enges edelman [English nobleman], and his wife, Machieu Brouwer [Machieu Brewer], together with "brother" Tomas Willigs [Thomas Willett] and "sister" Hester Willigs [Hester Willett]. As indexed by RAL, four "Tracy" children were also reported--Daniel Tracy, son; Rebecca Tracy, daughter; John Tracy, son; Daniel Tracy, son, but these are surely otherwise Daniel Fairfield, his wife, Rebecca (Willet) Fairfield, and their sons, Daniel and John Fairfield.

WIP ... more to come.

Family

Tryphosa married Stephen Tracy, 2 Jan 1620/1621 in Leyden, Holland.^[13] Five children were born to the couple, ^[14] the first presumably at Leyden; the rest, in Massachusetts.^[15]

1. Sarah Tracy b. at Leyden, Holland, about January 1623. She m. George Partridge.
2. Rebecca Tracy b. between 1624 and 1627, say 1625, She m. at Eastham, William Merrick (or Myrick).
3. Ruth Tracy b. say 1628; living, unmarried, in 1655--mentioned by name in her father's power of attorney
4. Mary Tracy b. say 1630; living in 1655, perhaps unmarried--mentioned by name her father's power of attorney. (She was not the wife of Francis Griswold or William Bradford Jr.)
5. John Tracy b say 1632. John was mentioned by name in his father's power of attorney. He m. Mary Prence, daughter of Thomas Prence.

Research Notes

• In the Leiden poll tax census of 1622 (above), Stephen and Tryphosa (Lee) Tracy lived in the home of Thomas Brewer, otherwise the eldest son of Robert Brewer of Boxley, Kent, England, and Marian/Maria Clarke (buried Boxley, 1584). Robert Brewer's second wife was Elizabeth (buried Boxley, 1589). She was probably Elizabeth Lee, the daughter of Richard Lee.

• In 2020, WikiTree user J Droessler identified a baptismal record for one Tryphosa Lee, 7 August 1595 at Lilbourne, Northamptonshire, England, reporting a father, Rycharde (Richard) Lee.

Sources

1. ↑ Referencing Mr. Alan W. Rolfe, F.S.S., of London, who “examined the original [1624 entry] in “Records of the Exchequer (E 157/13),” in Robert Wakefield, “Further on Tryphosa Tracy,” The American Genealogist 51 (1975): 242; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors.org.
2. ↑ She was described as a "spinster … from England," in a marriage entry, citing “Gemeentearchief Leiden [Archives Leyden], Raadhuisechtboek [Betrothalbook] B, fol. 112 recto.” in Leyden documents relating to the Pilgrim fathers (Leyden [Netherlands]: E. J. Brill, Ltd., 1920), p XLII; digital images, Hathi Trust.
3. ↑ "Henry Martyn Dexter," Wikipedia.
4. ↑ Morton Dexter, "The Members of the Pilgrim Company in Leyden," April 1903, Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, p. 167-184; digital images, Hathi Trust.
5. ↑ Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter, The England and Holland of the Pilgrims (London: A. Constable, 1906), p. 599-652 (Appendix); digital images, Hathi Trust.
6. ↑ Anderson gives this date as 3 January 1621 citing unidentified “[NS]” source, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633, Vol 3, P-W (1995), p 1832-1833 for Stephen Tracy; digital images by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
7. ↑ "Pilgrim Documents Online," Erfgoed Leiden En Omstreken, [Regionaal Archief Leiden (RAL)], for Stephen Tracy, marriage as "Registration of the banns," "Record group 1004, Call no. 198, Page 112," [NL-LdnRAL_PA_AR_1004_198_114]; digital images, Erfgoed Leiden En Omstreken.
8. ↑ Transcription in part from Leyden documents relating to the Pilgrim fathers (Leyden [Netherlands]: E. J. Brill, Ltd., 1920), citing “Gemeentearchief Leiden [Archives Leyden], Raadhuisechtboek [Betrothalbook] B, fol. 112 recto.” in Leyden documents relating to the Pilgrim fathers (Leyden [Netherlands]: E. J. Brill, Ltd., 1920), p. XLII, reports banns published 1st, December 19, 1620; 2nd, December 2, 1620; 3rd, January 1, 1621; couple married … “this IInd of January 1621”; digital images, Hathi Trust (image of original item appears on the prior page); brief entry published earlier, citing unnamed article by Hon. Henry C. Murphy (Minister at the Hague) in "the Historical Magazine," republished as "Items from the city records at Leyden," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15 (1861): 30, for item 14, "Stephen Tracy" and "Trifisa Le-----," married 2 Jan 1621; digital images, Hathi Trust.
9. ↑ See entry for Anthony Clement, "The Pilgrim Company in Leyden," Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter, The England and Holland of the Pilgrims (London: A. Constable, 1906), p. 610 (Appendix); digital images, Hathi Trust.
10. ↑ "The Pilgrim Company in Leyden," Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter, The England and Holland of the Pilgrims (London: A. Constable, 1906), p. 623 (Appendix) and 623n for "This is usually taken as Le---, but is quite likely to be Lee ... Sam. Lee's name is recorded so at least once"; digital images, Hathi Trust Note: Lee entries continue on p. 624.
11. ↑ See entry for Rose (Lisle) Jennings in "The Pilgrim Company in Leyden," Henry Martyn Dexter and Morton Dexter, The England and Holland of the Pilgrims (London: A. Constable, 1906), p. 618 (Appendix); digital images, Hathi Trust.
12. ↑ 1622 Leiden (Holland) census, as indexed by the Regionaal Archief Leiden (RAL), household of "Thomas Brouwer" [Thomas Brewer]," Enges edelman [English nobleman], and his wife, "Machieu Brouwer [Machieu Brewer], "Pilgrim Documents Online," Erfgoed Leiden En Omstreken, [Regionaal Archief Leiden (RAL)], "Record group 0501A, Call no. 4021, Page 37[-38]" [NL-LdnRAL_PA_AR_501A_4021_37] and [NL-LdnRAL_PA_AR_501A_4021_38]; digital images, Erfgoed Leiden En Omstreken.
13. ↑ Citing “Gemeentearchief Leiden [Archives Leyden], Raadhuisechtboek [Betrothalbook] B, fol. 112 recto.” in Leyden documents relating to the Pilgrim fathers (Leyden [Netherlands]: E. J. Brill, Ltd., 1920), p XLII; digital images, Hathi Trust.
14. ↑ Among others, Weid, Sherwin. Tracy Genealogy of Plymouth 1623 (VT : Sherwin Weid Tracy Publication, 1936), pp. 21-25, and Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633, Vol 3, P-W (1995), p 1832-1833 digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors.org.
15. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, 'The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633, Vol 3, P-W (1995), p 1832-1833; digital image by subscription, AmericanAncestors.org.

See also:

• Mayflower Descendant, 51(2002):97
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anne_and_the_Little_James
• Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, vol. 3, p 1537
• The American Genealogist, 52:90
• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 24 Oct 1923, 764. Vol. 102, p 295.
• Rootsweb, GEN-MEDIEVAL message board archives for previously cited items as (1) (Rootsweb.Ancestry.com User: Thia : accessed 12 July 2016), and (2) (Rootsweb.Ancestry.com User: Bryant Smith : accessed 12 July 2016). Note: These items could not be located in 2012 search.