Martha Bourne

• Preferred Name: Martha Bourne^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Alternate Name: Martha Tracy
  
• Alternate Name: Martha Bradford
  
• Gender: F
  
• +Thomas+Tracy,+Sr.+M34Z-BC8+'s+Three+Documented+Wives:: with note: Description: Mrs. Thomas Tracy Sr. L5Y9-2JC; Martha Bourne MN3G-73B; Mary Foote MMS4-5TZ. Mary Foote was previously married to John Stoddard and John Goodrich. . She married Thomas Tracy, Sr. when she was past child-bearing age and died about a year after her marriage to Thomas Tracy, Sr. Please read all sources attached and do not change anything. We have it on the best authorities and from Dr. Martin Booth Tracy, a man who has written a scholarly document about this man. Also, there is the Tracy Book and many other sources. Please study them.
  
• Birth: ABT 1614 in England
  
• Burial: in Founders Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America at LATI: N1.5513 LONG: E72.1056 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Widow Mary Mason was NOT wife of Thomas Tracy.: with note: The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698. Martin Booth Tracy, Ph.D
  
• Death: 20 FEB 1680 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America at LATI: N1.5503 LONG: E72.0881
  
• FSID: MN3G-73B
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The origins of Thomas Bourne of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts are unknown (Robert Charles Anderson, FASG [Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists], The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640; a Concise Compendium [Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2015], 36).
  
  For the best account of Thomas-1 Bourne and his descendants, see "The Bourne Family" chapter in Volume I of the Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations, as compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus (Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists), starting at page 615:
  
  http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89067589937?urlappend=%3Bseq=629
  
  Additions and corrections to Jacobus require citations to original records discovered after he published and/or peer-reviewed scholarly publications that followed him.
  
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  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourne-39
  Biography
  Based on the date of birth of her first husband (1617), Martha Bourne was probably born sometime in 1617-1622, with about 1619 being most likely.
  
  According to the Genealogy of Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Connecticut, Martha married secondly Thomas Tracy, page 15: "Lieutenant Thomas Tracy's second wife, married at Norwich about 1678, was Martha Bourne, daughter of Thomas Bourne, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, and widow of John Bradford.”
  
  Sources
  The New England Historical and Genealogical Register For the Year 1860 Volume XIV pg.82
  Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 45
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  The Waterman Family, Volume 1 (1939), pages 616-619, 625. "MARTHA2 BOURNE (Thomas1 ), born , died at Norwich, Conn., between 1676 and 1683; married first, JOHN BRADFORD, born at Leyclen, Holland, before 1620, died at Norwich, Conn., in 1676, son of Gov. William and Dorothy (May) Bradford, q.v.; married second, LIEUT. THOMAS TRACY, who died at Norwich, Conn., 7 Nov. 1685."
  
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89067589937?urlappend=%3Bseq=630
  
  Last will of John Bradford with inventory of his estate
  The last will of Mr. John Bradford with an inventory of his estate was
  exhibited in Court, accepted, and ordered to be recorded, 21 Sept. 1676.
  [County Court Rec. New London, 3-83.]
  This is one of the
  
  === MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior t ===
  MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 751
  
  === Thomas-1 Bourne & Descendants ===
  For the best account of Thomas-1 Bourne and his descendants, see "The Bourne Family" chapter in Volume I of the Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations, as compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus (Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists), starting at page 615:
  
  http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89067589937?urlappend=%3Bseq=629
  
  Additions and corrections to Jacobus require citations to original records discovered after he published and/or peer-reviewed scholarly publications that followed him.
  
  === HISTORY OF NORWICH, Caulkins, Pub. 1845, ===
  HISTORY OF NORWICH, Caulkins, Pub. 1845, Pg. 112: In Jan 1637, Thos. Tracy, "ship-carpenter," was received as an inhabitant of Salem, MA. He is supposed to have removed to Saybrook as early as 1639. Mr. Tracy brought with him from Saybrook 6 sons and 1 dau., but as no reference has been found to his wife, it is inferred that she was then dead. In 1679 he m. Martha, the widow of John Bradford. His children were John, Jonathan, Thos., Solomon, Daniel, Sam'l, and Miriam. John, being ranked as a proprietor, and having a h omlot laid out with the others in 1659, was undoubtedly the oldest.
  
  === ! MARRIAGES: (1) John, s. Gov. William B ===
  ! MARRIAGES: (1) John, s. Gov. William Bradford, who d.s.p. Norwich, 1678; (2) bef 20 Feb 1680, Lt. Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Commissary in Kin Philip's War. ! REFERENCES: Snow-Estes Ancestry, pg. S 436.
  
  === No children ===
  The Waterman family / compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. ... v.1.
  
  === Mary Conway ===
  He NEVER married Mary Conway. Mary Conway is actually Mary Tracy Conway. She is the sister of a different Thomas Tracy who served in the British Royal Navy. They were orphans originally from Virginia. After the death of their parents, they were sent back to English relatives and Mary later married Lord Conway.

• m. 20 FEB 1678 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through seven generations : Volume 1
   Author: Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family, Volume 1, Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts through Seven Generations (New Haven, CT: Edgar F. Waterman, 1939), 616-629, 691-694.
   Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067589937;view=1up;seq=705;
   Note: This is a very meticulously, documented volume with vital statistics, family members town records, wills, property frecords, inventories, biographies, allied families. It is very user-friendly. Donald Lines Jacobus was the "Dean of Genealogy" back in his day. The theory that the widow Mary Mason was the wife of Thomas Tracy has been repudiated by several well-Known genealogists, including Donald Jacobus. See Donald Lines Jacobus, The Waterman Family: Descendants of Robert Waterman of Marshfield, Massachusetts Through Seven Generations, Vol. 1 (New Haven, CT: E. F. Waterman, 1939), 21-28, 688-698.
   Page: p. 691
   
2. Title: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/3824/records/141348;
   
3. Title: Book: Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut
   Author: Henry R. Stiles, Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut (New York: Clearfield Co., Inc., 1904, Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. in 18999), 327; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 25 Nov 2016). Rec. Date: 7 Jul 2016.
   Publication: Name: http://interactive.ancestry.com/48653/WethersfieldCT-008743-693?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d48653%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=WethersfieldCT-008364-327;
   Note: Bottom of the pages indicates that Mary Foote was born in England abt 1623, that she married (1) 1642, John Stoddard of Wethersfield, who died 1664; that she married (2) 1674 John Goodrich, Sen. of Wethersfield, who died 1680; and that she married (3) Lieut. Thos. Tracy of Norwich, CT., who died 1685. The record indicates that Mary had seven children, all by her first husband.
   
4. Title: Book: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   Author: Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004), 90, 751.
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0767?pid=70651;
   Note: Marriage to John Bradford listed on page 90. Marriage to Thomas Tracy listed on page 751.
   
5. Title: Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut"Lt. Thomas Tracy prob. m. Ann, wid. of Edward Mason (of whom nothing has been found on the rec...." Notice the abbreviation "prob.[probably]" this is not substantiated. Wid Ann Mason died she was still Mason
   Author: Ancestry.com
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48653/WethersfieldCT-008743-693?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d48653%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=WethersfieldCT-008753-700;
   Note: Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut. Stiles, Henry R. NY, 1909, p 709. All that is said of Ann Mason in this source: "Lt. Thomas Tracy prob. m. Ann, wid. of Edward Mason (of whom nothing has been found on the rec...." Notice the abbreviation "prob.[probably]" this is not substantiated. When Widow Ann Mason died she was still named "Widow Mason," so if she had married Thomas Tracy after Edward Mason died, why was she still called "widow Mason" at her death? This would indicate she never remarried.
   
6. Title: The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F No ACCESS
   Author: The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I A-F ( New England Historical Genealogical Society; 1996;), Page 542.
   
7. Title: Savage, James, A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before 1692 (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co, 1860-1862)
   Publication: Name: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/;
   
8. Title: Book: Hyde Genealogy, Volume 1 (1864) CAUTION! Contains "incorrect statements," & "Many surprising blunders."
   Author: Reuben H. Walworth, Hyde Genealogy; or the Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich, Volume 1 (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1864), 25-26.
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/hydegenealogyord01walw#page/24/mode/2up;
   Note: In 1889, Mrs. Matilda O. Abbey published at Milwaukee, Wis., a Genealogy of the Family of Lt. Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn. This was based largely on the "Hyde Genealogy," which it follows as to the English ancestry, but makes many surprising" blunders. It repeats the incorrect statement that the first wife of Thomas was widow of Edward Mason of Wethersfield. On page 8, it states the children of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman as "Thomas, John, Elizabeth, Martha, Lydia and Waterman [sic]. Thomas Waterman, her husband, was one of the original proprietors of Norwich." WHEN MRS. MARY MASON, WIDOW OF EDWARD MASON DIED, SHE WAS STILL "WIDOW MARY MASON" SHOWING THAT SHE NEVER REMARRIED.
   
9. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Author: Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Rix family of America : containing biographical sketches and genealogies of both males and females
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/3267733;
   
10. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Ancestry.com
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/45962528;
    Note: Clarifies who Mary Mason is and that she was the mother to all of Lt Thomas Tracy’s children.
    Page: Evidence for family relationships
    
11. Title: Thomas Tracy in Application of Nathaniel Brackett Tracy, "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"--Mary Conway as mother, not wife of Lt. Thomas Tracy
    Author: Source Citation Volume: 125 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
    Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2204/32596_242142-00334;
    Note: This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. See 2nd & 3rd pages [page 328, and page 329] of Nathaniel Brackett Tracy's Document, for his reported reported family links.