Mary WEED

1740 - 1826  (85 years)

• Name	Mary WEED  [2, 3]
  	Editors Note: I have moved Mary Weed as being the daughter of Gideon Weed to Jabez Weed for the following reason: American Ancestors: See Book of Corrections Vol. 4 No. 3 - WEED/BROWN - See God's Country: A History of Pound Ridge, New York, by Jay Harris (1971). An error occurs in the Brown genealogy, p. 462, and "Corrections Supplement", p 14. Sarah WEED, who married Benajah BROWN, was the dau. of Jabez (Jonathan, Jonas) WEED, & Mary BATES, not of Gideon WEED (Jonas) & Sarah WATERBURY. In "Bedford Genealogy, Descendants of the Twenty-two Original Settlers, vol. IX", complied by Ronald B. Reynolds (1978), p. 164, Sarah's sister Mary WEED is also erroneously stated to be the dau. of Gideon WEED & Sarah WATERBURY. Inasmuch as Reynolds cites, correctly, dates indicating that Sarah WATERBURY would have been but 14 years old when Mary was born in 1740, and that Sarah did not marry Gideon until 1751, it is somewhat surprising that the error was not noticed The source of confusion appears to lie in a misinterpretation of the 1790 will of Gideon WEED, Jr. (Stamford Probate Records, vol. 8, p. 46), who was the brother of Sarah and mary (and Jabez,Jr.). Gideon, Jr. was the namesake and first cousin once removed, not the son of the Gideon WEED who married Sarah Waterbury. These relationships were not recognized in SLAUSON-SLAWSON-SLOSSON Family (1948), compiled by George C. Slawson, in which, p. 26, Mary WEED is given as the daughter of Gideon. It is from this source that subsequent researchers have been led astray. The true parentage of the siblings established by the will of Gideon WEED, Jr., was revealed in the typescript "BATES, Sellack, and Allied Families of Stamford, Norwalk, and Fairfield, Connecticut," by Henry S. Gorham (1938), Vol. 1, p. 26. Gorham utilized Conn, vital records and Stamford church records to prove that Jabez WEED and Mary BATES were parents of Mary (1940-1826), Jabez (1743-1829), Sarah (b. 1748) and Gideon (ca. 1750-1791). Submitted by Neil B. Todd, 26 Walnut Place, Newtonville, MA 02160 [1]
  Birth	11 Nov 1740	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Religion	4 Aug 1765	rec., at the Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester Co., New York   [5]
  Death	03 Sep 1826	Somers, Westchester Co., New York   [3, 4, 6]
  Burial	Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahopac Falls, Putnam County, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I59978	Main Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Jabez WEED,   b. Abt 1710, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1764 (Age > 55 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary BATES,   b. 19 May 1713, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1784 (Age > 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	09 Feb 1737/8	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F13724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abraham SLASON,   b. 23 Apr 1731, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 10 May 1829, Somers, Westchester Co., New York (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1763	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3, 8]
  Children	1. Mercy SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1765, Somers or Salem, Westchester Co., New York d. 28 Nov 1860, Putnam Co., New York (Age 95 years)  [Natural]   2. Sarah SLAWSON,   b. Abt 1770, Somers, Westchester Co., New York  [Birth]   3. Samuel SLAWSON,   b. 06 Dec 1778, Somers, Westchester Co., New York d. 12 Apr 1869, Vega, Delaware Co., New York (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   4. Silas SLAWSON,   b. 31 Dec 1781, Somers, Westchester County, New York d. 01 Jan 1860, Carmel, Putnam County, New York (Age 78 years)  [Birth]   5. Mary SLAWSON,   b. Bef 1790, Salem, Westchester Co., New York  [Natural]
  Family ID	F06076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Silas SCOFIELD,   b. 10 Dec 1735, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 10 Nov 1763 (Age < 27 years)
  Marriage	05 Apr 1759	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F06077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4562] American Ancestors: See Book Corrections Vol. 4, No. 3. [S00025] "Descendants of George Slawson" Fairfield Co., Connecticut by Rootsweb. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye. [S7292] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 1900 Vol. 31 No. 2 April. [S7280] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: Four Cemeteries in Putnam County, New York. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford. [S01755] Ancestry.com: Connecticut Marriages to 1800.