Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMary BURR?
Birthabt 1603, England363, date only,3746
Death9 Dec 1695, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts17, p 394; year only,2044 Age: 92
Spouses
Birthabt 1590, England43, p 5
Birth1 Jan 1601, England3746
Removal1637, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts43, p 7 Age: 47
Death1665, Yarmouth?, Barnstable, Massachusetts17, p 394,43, p 10 Age: 75
Will26 Sep 1665879 Age: 75
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• Thomas Howes and his wife, Mary Burr, the progenitors of the Howes family in this country came from the County of Norfolk, in England, and settled in that part of Yarmouth, now Dennis, known as Nobscussett, about the year 1639. They were in Salem, Mass., two years before, or in 1637, where they first landed.
They brought with them three sons, Joseph, Thomas and Jeremiah, the last born on the passage over, or soon after arrival.43, p 7

• Thomas Howes, and his wife, Mary Burr, came from England about the year 1637, and settled in Yarmouth, in March, 1639. He died in 1665, aged 75 years.43, p 10
Marriageabt 1630, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts17, p 394
ChildrenJoseph (~1634-1695)
 Thomas (-1676)
 Jeremiah (1637-1708)
Birthabt 1600, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England17, p 601,20, p 340,661, p 3
Memodied age 73
Removal1621, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts583, p 894 Age: 21
Memoin the Fortune
Settlement1644, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts583, p 894 Age: 44
Settlement1663, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts583, p 894 Age: 63
Death29 Mar 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts39, p 34,583, p 894 Age: 73
Burial8 Apr 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts39, p 34
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherThomas PRENCE
MotherElizabeth TOLDERBY
Individual Notes
• Prence arrived at Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune, and from the beginning seemed to have taken a leading role in Plymouth affairs. Of the eight Plymouth Undertakers, who seemed to be the most important men in the colony in 1627, Prence was the only one who had not arrived on the Mayflower. He became governor in 1634, and was elected an Assistant in 1635, and from then on he was either an Assistant or governor every year the rest of his life. With the death of Bradford in 1657, Prence became without doubt the most important and influential man in the colony.20, p 340
Marriageabt 166817, p 601,879, date only
Marriage Notes
• Gives marriage date as bef 1 Aug 1668.20, p 341
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