Mary Pontus

Mary Pontus

Female 1612 - 1691  (78 years)

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  • Name Mary Pontus 
    Born 15 Oct 1612  Leiden, ____, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LCJP-SFX 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 34799099 
    Group Immigrant Ancestors 
    • Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
    Died 3 Feb 1690/91  Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19766  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2020 

    Family Philippe Delano,   b. 1602, Leiden, ____, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 22 Aug 1681 and 4 Mar 1681/82  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1653/54  Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Delano,   b. 19 May 1659, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1732, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F9395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Oct 1612 - Leiden, ____, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Jan 1653/54 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Feb 1690/91 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Link to Google Earth
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  • Badges
    Immigrant Ancestor
    Immigrant Ancestor of Halls of New England

  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      Mary was born @ 1612 in Leyden, Holland.

      Mary married James Glass on 31 October 1645. They had 4 children:

      Hannah born 2 June 1648; she died on 15 June 1648
      Wybra born 9 August 1649; she married Joseph Bumpas; she died 27 December 1711
      Hannah born 24 December 1651; she married Isaac Billington; she died 15 June 1698
      Mary born after her father died; she married Samuel Hunt

      Mary became a widow when her husband James died at sea on 3 Sep 1652.

      Mary (Pontus) Glass married, as her 2nd husband, by 17 January 1653[/4], Philip Delano

      "... Phillip Delanoy, who was then present, and with the consent of Mary, his wife, the other daughter of the said William Pontus" 3 May 1664, and widow of James Glass ("Phillp Delano Senr. aged 74 years or there about testifieth and sayth before he married Mary Glass ye relict of James Glass deceased that she ye sd mary gave all her Lands upto her three children Mary, Wybra, & Hannah equally alike" 3 March 1676/7.

      They had children
      Jane - about 1655
      Rebecca - about 1657; she married John Churchill
         they has John 1691-1730
      Samuel - about 1659; he married Elizabeth Standish
      unknown daughter - about 1661

      She was still living as of 5 July 1682.

      Note: The Duxbury Rural and Historical Society states that there are no records of her burial place and that it is likely that she is buried at the Myles Standish Burying Ground as she was a member of the church there, and her descendants are buried there.