SPINNEY (NORMAN), Mary
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Name SPINNEY (NORMAN), Mary [1, 2, 3] Birth 9 Feb 1651 Kittery, York, Maine, USA [2]
Gender Female Death 7 Oct 1700 Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Patriarch & Matriarch NORMAN, William, b. 1628, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USAd. 1713, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 85 years) (Father)
RANDALL, Margery, b. 7 Oct 1630, Kittery, York, Maine, USAd. 23 Mar 1693, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
(Age 62 years) (Mother)
Person ID I9698 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father NORMAN, William, b. 1628, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1713, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
(Age 85 years)
Relationship natural Mother RANDALL, Margery, b. 7 Oct 1630, Kittery, York, Maine, USA d. 23 Mar 1693, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
(Age 62 years)
Other Partners: SPINNEY, Thomas m. 14 Oct 1651Relationship natural Marriage 11 Mar 1651 Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F7145 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FERNALD, John, b. 27 Sep 1642, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 19 Apr 1687, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
(Age 44 years)
Marriage 8 Jan 1671 Kittery, York, Maine, USA [3]
Children 1. FERNALD, John, b. 4 Mar 1672, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 14 Mar 1754, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
(Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
2. FERNALD, Thomas, b. 28 Nov 1678, Kittery, York, Maine, USA d. 1747, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
(Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
3. FERNALD, Lydia, b. 6 May 1680, Kittery, York, Maine, USA d. 1750, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
(Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
▻ HARMON, John m. 16 Nov 1700; MILLER, Benjamin m. 11 Aug 1717Family ID F7142 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Birth - 9 Feb 1651 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Marriage - 8 Jan 1671 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Death - 7 Oct 1700 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Mary Spinney probably wasn't the biological daughter of Thomas Spinney. She was most likely born from a marriage between Margery Randall and William Norman, which was later found to be invalid. William Norman had married Margery by falsely claiming he was divorced from his first wife in England. This information was discovered, William was banished from the colony, and their marriage was subsequently annulled. By then, Margery had given birth to Mary, who would go on to marry John Fernald.
This account is supported by evidence cited in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR, 65: Jan 1911:85). According to the NEHGR, William Norman, under the false pretense of being divorced, entered into this marriage with Margery Randall. Once the truth about Norman's marital status was revealed, the marriage was legally annulled. However, Mary had already been born by this time.
Thomas Spinney initially arrived at Chaleur Bay near Gaspe, now part of Canada, and later moved to the Piscataqua Colony at Strawberry Banks, presently known as Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He traveled there on Captain Fernald's ship and eventually settled in old Kittery, now known as Elliot, Maine. Records in Kittery began to be kept only from 1650, the year Thomas Spinney married Margery Randall. Following her marriage to Thomas Spinney, Mary was recognized as Mary Spinney. Thomas and Margery Spinney later had five additional children: Hannah, Samuel, James, Thomas, and John. This part of the story is detailed in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (p. 512).
- Mary Spinney probably wasn't the biological daughter of Thomas Spinney. She was most likely born from a marriage between Margery Randall and William Norman, which was later found to be invalid. William Norman had married Margery by falsely claiming he was divorced from his first wife in England. This information was discovered, William was banished from the colony, and their marriage was subsequently annulled. By then, Margery had given birth to Mary, who would go on to marry John Fernald.
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Sources - [S2189] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Brown - Duncan and associated families : Kittery, Maine : Piscataqua and New Castle, New Hampshire.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - [S1706] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).
- [S1678] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- [S2189] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Brown - Duncan and associated families : Kittery, Maine : Piscataqua and New Castle, New Hampshire.