 Abt 1619 - 1683 (~ 64 years)
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| Name |
Martha Ford [2] |
| Suffix |
"first white girl born in Plymouth" |
| Born |
Abt 1619 |
Plymouth, MA  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
20 Dec 1683 |
Plymouth, MA [2] |
| Person ID |
I4364 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2009 |
| Father |
William Ford, of the "Fortune", b. England , d. Aft. 11 Dec 1621 Bef. 1 Mar 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
| Mother |
Martha, of the "Fortune", b. England , d. Aft 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
| Married |
Abt 1604 |
| Family ID |
F859 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
William Nelson, b. 21 Jun 1615, Barton Up, Humber, Lancashire, England , d. 15 Dec 1679, Plymouth, MA (Age 64 years) |
| Married |
29 Oct 1640 |
Plymouth, MA [2] |
| Children |
| + | 1. William Nelson, b. 1645, Plymouth, MA , d. 22 Mar 1718, Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years) |
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| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2009 |
| Family ID |
F1744 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- From "The Nelsons of Lakeville, MA"
This year, 1640, also marked the event of his marriage on 29 October to Martha Ford, the first white girl born in Plymouth. Martha was the daughter of widow Martha Ford who is listed as a passenger on the Fortune of London (55 tons), Thomas Barton, Master; out of London early July 1621, arriving Plymouth November 11, with "35 persons who remaine and live in ye plantation." She is listed Ford, Mrs. Martha--probably of London-- "delivered of a sonne the first night she landed, and both are doing very well--widow of leather dresser of Southwark, who evidently died at sea". Three children are then listed, William, Martha and John with the latter's life span given as 1621 - 1693.
There is a conflict as to the date of Martha's birth but the weight of evidence indicates it was Martha and not John who was born just after the Widow Ford landed.
The latter was married again in 1623 to Peter Brown. It is reported there were several children, but their identity presents a problem as some were her children by her first marriage, some by her second and others by Peter Brown's second marriage, but the data as to her having by her first marriage a daughter, Martha, who was married to William Nelson seems established beyond doubt.
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