Martha (Low) Story (1695 - 1779)

Born 11 Mar 1695 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Seth Story Jr. — married 30 Sep 1717 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1779 at age 84 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Martha Low was born on 11 Mar 1695/6, as part of the community of the Chebacco Parish Church. She was the daughter of Jonathan Low and Mary Thompson.^[1]

Martha recorded her intent to marry Seth Story on 30 Nov 1717, at Ipswich.^[2]

Martha and Seth had fifteen children:

• Elizabeth Story (b. 3 Mar 1719)
• Amos Story (b. 16 Nov 1720)
• Martha Story (b. 16 Dec 1721]]
• Joanna Story (b. 13 Oct 1723)
• Sarah Story (b. 28 Sep 1725)
• Lydia Story (b. 18 March 1729)
• Ebenezer Story (bp. 13 Apr 1740)

Martha Low Story died at Ipswich on 21 Jul 1779, at the age of 83, of "numb palsy."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Ipswich - Births, p. 253: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/Images/Ipswich_B253.shtml (accessed 28 Mar 2017)
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Ipswich - Marriages, p. 291: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/Images/Ipswich_M291.shtml (accessed 28 Mar 2017)
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Ipswich - Deaths, p. 688: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/Images/Ipswich_D688.shtml (accessed 28 Mar 2017)

• Steele, Edward E., Descendants of Thomas Low, the Immigrant to Ipswich, Massachusetts, for Three Generations, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 223.