Thankful Bird and
Thomas Bird lived in Dorchester, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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Anne BirdDaughter of Thomas Bird and Thankful Atherton
Original Birth Record: September 8, 1671 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ann Bird was born in Dorchester, Suffolk County, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony on September 8, 1671, the daughter of Thomas and Thankful (Atherton) Bird.[1] She was baptised with several of her siblings in the First Church in Dorchester on 24 Jun 1683.[2]
On 16 April 1697 in Dorchester, she married John Clark of Newton, Middlesex County.[3][4] They resided in Newton and had six children there.[5]
Ann died a widow in Newton on 18 January 1746/7.[6]
Children born Newton:[7]
1. Mary, b. 09 Jan 1698
2. John, b. 22 Sep 1700
3. Anne, b. 12 Jan 1702
4. Thomas, b. 29 May 1704
5. Isaac, b. 19 Oct 1707
6. Atherton, b. 16 Apr 1711
Birth
Date: 08 September 1671
Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. Bay Colony "Ann the Daughter of Thomas Bird was Born the 8th. (mo:) 1671." [sic, month not given in this document, but is between others in the 9th month][8][9]
Baptism
At Dorchester:
"The 24 4 83 [24 June 1683] weer baptized Joseph, Thankfull, Sarah Thomas, Ann, Mary, Submit & Mercy, all thes ye Children of Thomas Bird their mother being latly admitted into full Com~union[10]
Marriage
Date: 16 APR 1697
Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Province of Mass. Bay "John Clark of Newtowne was Married to Anne Bird of Dorchester, by the Reverant mr Danforth aprill the 16th 1697." [11] "Clark, John & Anne Bird, Apr 16 1697, in Dorchester"[12]
Death
Date: 1746-1748
Place: Newton, Middlesex, Province of Mass. Bay "Clark, Ann, Jan. 18, 1747, 'old.' "[13] "Clark, Anna, wid., ___, 1748."[14]
This date, 18 Jan 1747, recorded above in the Newton VRs, is likely correct. Her husband's estate papers indicate that the final accounting for his estate was done on 09 March 1746/7, and at that time his widow's funeral charges were shown in the accounting.[15]
Sources
1. Boston Record Commissioners, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825] (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), p. 12
2. Geo. M. Ellis, editor, Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England 1636-1734 (Boston, MA: n.pub., 1891), p. 194 (original p. 216)
3. Boston Record Commissioners, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), p. 102
4. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 258
5. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), pp. 37, 39, 40
6. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 433, citing private record, Hyde Diary, 1706-1816
7. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), pp. 37, 39, 40
8. Boston Record Commissioners, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), p. 12
9. William B. Trask, "Thomas Bird, of Dorchester MA, and some of his Descendants," NEHGR Vol. 25 (Jan. 1871), pp. 21-22
10. Geo. M. Ellis, editor, Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England 1636-1734 (Boston, MA: n.pub., 1891), p. 194 (original p. 216)
11. Boston Record Commissioners, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), p. 102
12. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 258
13. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 433, citing private record, Hyde Diary, 1706-1816
14. NEHGS, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 433, citing town copy with additions
15. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, John Clark (1730) packet #4530, Accounting document dated 02 Feb 1746/7 viewable here by subscription at American Ancestors.org
16. Source: S1 Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.