Mary Lawes1

d. 27 June 1681
Mary Lawes|d. 27 Jun 1681|p9152.htm|Francis Lawes|b. s 1595\nd. 6 Nov 1665|p9153.htm|Lydia (—?—) (Lawes)|b. s 1588|p9154.htm|John Lawes|b. 1570|p9270.htm|Elizabeth (—?—) (Lawes)||p9271.htm|||||||

7th great-grandmother of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
9th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
     Mary Lawes was the daughter of Francis Lawes and Lydia (—?—) (Lawes).2,3 She married first John Neale circa 1641. She married second Andrew Mansfield, a prominent citizen of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 She died on 27 June 1681 in Lynn.1
     
     Mary Lawes, the only child of Francis and Lydia Lawes to survive childhood, was brought to New England by her parents in 1637.3 She joined the First Church of Salem in 1647.4

Additional Data
Mary Neale was mentioned in her father Francis Lawes's will dated 6 November 1665 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.5,6,7 Click to view image

Jeremiah Neale, administrator of the estate of Mary Mansfield, executrix of the estate of her former husband John Neale, brought in an inventory on oath of about 31li., which was to be divided into six shares. Jeremiah Neale, the oldest son, was to have a double portion, the other four shares to be to Jonathan Neale and Joseph Neale, and the widow Ann Neale for the use of her children and the children of Jonathan Hart that he had by Lidea Neale. [Ipswich Quarterly Court, September 1681]8

Children of Mary Lawes and John Neale

Citations

  1. [S859] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Neale, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 26, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
  2. [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. 1I, 423, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
  3. [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 424, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
  4. [S859] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Neale, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 21, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
  5. [S862] Essex Institute, The Probate Records of Essex County Massachusetts (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1916-1917), 2 vols., 2: 49-51.
  6. [S855] George Francis Dow, ed., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1911-1973). Transcribed and Abstracted from the Original Manuscript by Harriet S. Tapley, iii: 340-342.
  7. [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 425-427, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
  8. [S855] George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, VIII: 181.
  9. [S859] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Neale, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 27, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).