Jonathan Morey Sr. (bef. 1637 - 1708)

Born before 2 Apr 1637 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bartlett) Morey — married 8 Jul 1659 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Hannah (Pinson) Morey — married before 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 19 May 1708 after age 71 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jonathan Mowry was baptised April 2, 1637 at Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] He is the son of Roger and Mary Johnson Mowry.^[2]

Records of Jonathan at Plymouth consistently spell the name "Morey" or "Mory", and not the "Mowry" spelling used in Rhode Island.^[3] The earliest record located of his presence in the Plymouth Colony is a Court order of February 1657-8 warning that he has until June to repay various debts and that he should "not frequent the house of Richard Foster in his absence, which is thought not convenient for him soe to doe..."^[4]

Family

Seventeen months after the Court order, Jonathan Morey and Richard Foster's widow Mary signed a pre-nuptial agreement that memorialized conditions for raising her deceased husband's son Benjamin.^[5] They were married on July 8, 1659 at Plymouth.^[6] Jonathan and Mary had three children who were born at Plymouth:^[7]

• Jonathan Morey b ca 1661; m Hannah Bourne
• John Morey b ca 1666;
• Hannah Morey b 1673-5; m John Bumpus

Mary Bartlett (Foster) Morey died at Plymouth on September 26, 1692.^[8]

Jonathan married second, widow Hannah Pincen Young Witherell in about 1693-4; they had no children together.^[9]

Plymouth

Jonathan Morey's name appears in records of the town of Plymouth over a period of five decades. Early Court notices reveal debt issues, but later records show him to be a frequent jury member, voting on town affairs, and receiving land grants.^[10]

For example, in October 1669, Jonathan was a defendant in a case brought by the town of Plymouth for two years non-payment of rent at Agawam. A jury decided on behalf of the Town and Jonathan was ordered to pay the rent, damages, and repay the cost of the suit.^[11]

However, by 1701 "Left: Jonathan Morey" was on a committee "to take account of the late...Moneys belonging to the Town."^[12]

Death and Estate

Lt. Jonathan Morey died on May 19th, 1708 in his 75th year, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[13] Jonathan's will, written in February of 1699/1700, mentions his wife Hannah and three children, "my eldest son" [Jonathan Jr.], "John Morey," and "Hannah Bumpas." The will was probated on June 16, 1708.^[14] His inventory was taken on 29 May 1708.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ "Salem Births, Volume 2." Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). By Subscription. Page 67.
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription. Page 1313.
3. ↑ Barclay, Mrs. John E. "Mary² Bartlett (Foster) Morey Her Husbands and Children." The American Genealogist, Volume 32, October 1956. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription. Page 194.
4. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. III 1651-1661. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. Page 127.
5. ↑ "Richard Warren and his Descendants." Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Volume 3. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1901. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription. Page 111.
6. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Records." New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 9, October 1855. Page 314.
7. ↑ The American Genealogist, Volume 32, October 1956. By Subscription. Page 193.
8. ↑ "Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records." Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, Volume 16. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1914 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription. Page 63.
9. ↑ Barclay, Mrs. John E. "Mary² Bartlett (Foster) Morey Her Husbands and Children." The American Genealogist, Volume 32, October 1956. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription. Page 195.
10. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth of New England. Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1857. Various Pages
11. ↑ Shurtleff, 1857. Page 156.
12. ↑ Records of the Town of Plymouth Vol. 1 1636 to 1705. Plymouth, MA: Published by the Town, 1889. Page 289.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYX-J2B : 17 January 2020), Jonathan Left. Mory, 1708.
14. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) By Subscription. Page 14162:1.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-6SJ1 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1702-1710 vol 2, Page 133-135 > image 81-82 of 106; State Archives, Boston.