Ann (Mattle) Douglas (abt. 1604 - 1685)

Born about 1604 in Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England

Wife of William Douglas Sr — married 1636 in England

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1685 at about age 81 in New London, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Anne Mattle, wife of William Douglas, immigrated to New England with her husband by 1640.

Anne Mattle (also recorded as Motley) was the daughter of Thomas Mattle of Ringstead, Northamptonshire, where she was born in 1601 or in about 1604. In a May 1670 deposition in Boston, she said she was age 66 (indicating birth in about 1604) and was the only surviving heir of Thomas Mattle of Ringstead.^[1][2] A daughter of Thomas Motley named Anne was baptized at Denford (which was served by the same vicar who served Ringstead) on 20 September 1601.^[3] This might be her baptism; or it is also possible that the child baptized in 1601 died young, and this Anne was born in about 1604, but does not have a surviving baptism record. (The is a gap in the baptism records of children of Thomas for the years between 1601 and 1606.)^[1]

Ann and William Douglas' known children were:^[1]

1. Ann, born about 1635-6, in England. She may be Anne, the daughter of William Dowglasse, who was baptized 12 June 1636 at St. Mary Bothaw, London.^[4] She married Nathaniel Geary at Roxbury, on October 14, 1658. She probably is the Anne Gary who married (as her second husband) Thomas Bishop at Roxbury, June 7, 1683.^[5][6]
2. Elizabeth, baptized 19 November 1637 at St. Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; probably the Elizabeth Dowglasse who was buried at that same parish on 12 March 1639/40.
3. Robert, baptized (probably) on 6 March 1638/9 at St. Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, England; married Mary Hempstead in New London, Connecticut, in 1665.
4. Elizabeth, born 26 6m (August) 1641 at Ipswich, Massachusetts; baptized in Boston on 8 March 1646/7; married Deacon John Chandler.
5. Sarah, born 8 2 m. (April) 1643 at Ipswich; baptized in Boston on 8 March 1646/7; married John Keeney.
6. William, born 1 2 m. (1 April) 1645 at Boston; baptized in Boston on 8 March 1646/7; married (1) Abiah Howe in New London in 1667, and (2) Mrs. Mary (Seamer) Bushnell, in 1715.

The 1670 deposition is the last known record for her. Douglas indicates that she died in New London, Connecticut, in about 1685, but does not explain the evidence for this statement.^[2] Her husband died in 1682.^[7]

Research Notes

Alternate date of death 1691-09-16.^{[citation needed]}

Sept 5, 2011 from B. H. Howes _Douglas researcher:

His wife's name was Anne Motley and she was b 1601 not 1610 (bp Denford, Northants, 1601). Her fa was Thomas Motley/Matlatt (his will spells his name 3 different ways but Motley is the first and his children are all registered at Motley/Motleye). William's parents are not known but current research points to him being born locally (Northamptonshire) to William and Anne Jenniwai Douglass in Easton Maudit, Northants, not to Robert and Jean Ross in Scotland. I'll say that the man b to Robert and Jean is not William of New London, but the William of Easton. Maudit is not yet proven to be married to Anne Motley (of Ringstead). William and Anne had 6 children.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Mahler, "The English Origins of Ann Motley/Matley/Mattle, wife of William Douglas of New London, Connecticut"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Douglas, Charles Henry James, A collection of family records, with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Douglas, or allied to families of that name, published 1879. pages 60-61
3. ↑ Northamptonshire : Denford : Holy Trinity : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581896f9e93790eca36cd786 : viewed 7 Jan 2024) baptism An Motleye 20 Sep 1601
4. ↑ Mahler, page 280.
5. ↑ Mahler, "The English Origins of Ann Motley/Matley/Mattle, wife of William Douglas of New London, Connecticut" Volume 74 (1999), pages 279-80 ($Subscription)
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Roxbury, Vol. 2, page 32: BISHOP, Thomas, and Anne Gary, June 7, 1683.
7. ↑ Mahler, "The English Origins of Anne Motley/Matley/Mattle, Wife of William Douglas of New London, Connecticut," page 279.

• Mahler, Leslie. "The English Origins of Anne Motley/Matley/Mattle, Wife of William Douglas of New London, Connecticut" in The American Genealogist, volume 74 (1999), pp 275-280. ($ subscription)

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #50191806
• Chandler, George. The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler Who Settled In Roxbury 1637, 1883
• Douglas, Charles Henry James A collection of family records, with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Douglas, or allied to families of that name, published 1879.
• Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England p. 63
• Geneastar.org, http://en.geneastar.org/genealogie/?refcelebrite=chasec&celebrite=Chevy-CHASE