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View Tree for Mary DurrantMary Durrant (b. Abt. 1589, d. July 1631)

Mary Durrant was born Abt. 1589 in Probably England, and died July 1631 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. She married William Ring.

 Includes NotesNotes for Mary Durrant:
Initial Source: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633"
Excerpt from the above-referenced source:
"MARY RING
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland
MIGRATION: 1629 or 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
EDUCATION: She signed her will. The inventory included "1 Bible. 1 Dod. 1 Plea for Infants. 1 Ruin of Rome. 1 Troubles of the Church of Amsterdam. 1 Garland of Virtuous Dames. 1 psalmbook. 1 Pennery. 1 pair hinges" valued at 4s.
ESTATE: In her undated will, proved 28 October 1633, "Mary Ring being sick in body" bequeathed to "Andrew my son all my brass and pewter ... my new bed & bolster ... two white blankets, one red blanket with the best coverlet ... & the curtains ... three pair of my best sheets & two pair of my best pillowbeers ... one diaper tablecloth & one diaper towel & half a dozen of napkins ... all my woollen cloth unmade except one piece of red which my will is that my daughter Susan shall have as much as will make a bearing cloth and the remainder I give unto Stephen Deane's child"; to "my son Andrew my bolster next the best ... my trunk & my box & my cupboard ... all my cattle ... half the corn which groweth in the yard where I dwell and the other half I give unto Stephen Deane"; "the rest of my corn in other places I give to Andrew my son"; to "Steph. Deane my [illegible] to make him a cloak"; "timber that I lent to Mr. Winslow that cost me a pound of beaver, besides a piece more than they had of me"; to "my son Andrew all my shares of land that is due to me or shall be ... all my tools ... the money that is due to me from the Governor 40s. as also the 40s. of commodities I am to have out of England ... I give unto him also except the green say which I give unto Stephen Deane's child to make her a coat"; "one piece of new linen I give unto my son Andrew"; to "my daughter Susan Clarke my bed I lay upon with my gray coverlet & the ticks of the two pillows, but the feathers I give unto my son Andrew"; "one ruff I had of Goodman Gyles I give to my daughter Eliz. Deane"; residue "unto my daughters" equally divided; to "my son And[rew] all my books, my two pair of pothooks & my trammel, one coarse sheet to put his bed in, & all the money that is due to me from Goodman Gyles ... the piece of black stuff"; "the goods I give my two daughters are all my wearing clothes, all my wearing linen"; to "Mrs. Warren one wooden cup with a foot as a token of my love"; "the cattle I give my son be kept ... for him by Stephen Deane, or at the discretion of my overseers to take order for them for the good of the child"; "to Andrew my son all my handkerchiefs buttoned or unbuttoned ... one silver whistle"; "my will is that Andrew my son be left with my son Stephen Deane, and do require of my son Deane to help him forward in the knowledge & fear of God, not to oppress him by any burdens but to tender him as he will answer to God"; overseers "my loving friends Samuell Fuller & Thomas Blossom"; "my overseers see that those goods which I have given unto my son Andrew be carefully preserved for him until such time as they shall judge it meet to put them into his own hands"; "if my overseers shall see it meet to dispose of my son Andrew otherwise than with his Brother Deane, that then my son Deane shall be willing to consent unto it"; "I give unto Andrew a linen cap which was his father's, buttons for his handkerchief unbuttoned I leave for him"; "Andrew my son shall pay all my debts and charges about my burial" [ MD 1:29-31, citing PCPR 1:4-5].
The inventory of the goods of "Mary Ring deceased" was "presented with the will of the said Mary by Thomas Prence whom Samuell Fuller requested to perform his charge & trust committed in behalf of the said Andrew & the said Thomas acknowledgeth to accept in public court the overseers of the will being both deceased & the child young"; the inventory was untotalled and included no real estate [MD 1:31, citing PCPR 1:5-6].
BIRTH: By about 1589 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Plymouth 15 or 19 July 1631 (preamble to her will).
MARRIAGE: By about 1609 William Ring, who died at Leiden between 1620 and 1629 [ TAG 42:196].
CHILDREN:
i ELIZABETH, b. say 1609; m. (1) say 1629 STEPHEN DEANE; m. (2) Plymouth 16 September 1635 JOSIAS COOKE [ PCR 1:35].
ii SUSANNA, b. say 1611; m. by July 1631 THOMAS CLARK
iii ANDREW, b. about 1618 (d. 22 February 1692/3 in his 75th year [ PChR 275; MD 4:193 (which explains why PVR 135 has the year of death wrong)]); m. (1) Plymouth 23 April 1646 Deborah Hopkins, daughter of STEPHEN HOPKINS [PCR 2:130]; m. (2) about 1674 Lettice (_____) Morton, widow of John Morton (son of GEORGE MORTON) [TAG 42:203]
COMMENTS: John Insley Coddington discussed this family at length in 1966 [TAG 42:193-205]. He found two potentially relevant entries in the Ufford, Suffolk, parish register: the marriage on 21 May 1601 of "Marie Durante of Ufford single woman" to Wylliam Ringe of Petistrey, singleman [TAG 42:193], and the baptism on 23 February 1602/3 of Elizabeth, their daughter [TAG 42:194]. Coddington stressed the unproven nature of the connection between the Ufford family and the Rings of Leiden. While the marriage date for Marie Durante and Wylliam Ringe is comfortable, daughter Elizabeth seems to have been as much as ten years older than usual at marriage and would have been nearly a decade older than her second husband. If the Ufford family is the one that came to New England, it is possible that the 1602/3 baptism is for a daughter Elizabeth who died young and the wife of Deane and Cooke is a subsequent daughter of the same name."



More About Mary Durrant:
Fact 1: Sources: See "Notes.".
Fact 2: See "Notes" for will contents & info..
Fact 3: Bet. 1629 - 1639, Came to Plymouth Colony from.
Fact 4: Leiden, Holland where her husband.
Fact 5: had died..

Children of Mary Durrant and William Ring are:
  1. Elizabeth Ring, b. Abt. 1609.
  2. +Susanna Ring, b. Abt. 1611, d. Bef. January 1663/64, Probably Plymouth Co, MA.
  3. Andrew Ring, b. Abt. 1618, d. February 22, 1692/93.
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