Mary Holmes ^{1 2}

  Baptism Notes:

Name: Mary Homes
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 25 Sep 1709
Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: John Homes

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMV-Z6V : 15 January 2020), John Homes in entry for Mary Homes, 1709.
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Mary married Elijah Blaisdell, son of Jonathan Blaisdell and Hannah Jameson, on 13 March 1727/28 in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹ (Elijah Blaisdell was born on 19 November 1706 in Amesbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America and died on 14 February 1737/38 in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 13 March 1727/28, in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Elijah Blasdell
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Mar 1728
Event Place: Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Holms
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-DKKK : 2 March 2020), Elijah Blasdell and Mary Holms, 13 Mar 1728; citing Marriage, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
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All five of their first children died within a 20 day period in September 1736 due to an epidemic of "throat distemper" (diphteria). Two additional children were then born, John and Hannah Blaisdell, who survived the epidemic. The husband, Elijah Blaisdell, died about 2 years later in Feb 1738. The wife, Mary Holmes, was remarried to Shubael Walker, about 17 years later in 1754.
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Mary next married Shubael Walker, son of Nathaniel Walker and Rebekah Haseltine, on 5 December 1754 in Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. (Shubael Walker was born on 5 December 1702 in Bradford, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, died on 1 July 1781 in Bradford, MA and was buried after 1 July 1781 in Bradford, MA.)