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Family: Thomas Doty / Mary Churchill (F1865)

• Male Thomas Doty

  
  

  Birth	1641	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Death	Between 4 Dec 1678 and 5 Dec 1678	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Burial
  Marriage	Between 30 Oct 1672 and Mar 1674/75  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	Edward Doty | F1870 Group Sheet
  Mother	Failth Clark | F1870 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Churchill

  
  

  Birth	1 Aug 1654	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Death	After 21 Oct 1725	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Burial
  Other Spouse	Henry Churchill | F8343
  Marriage
  Father	John Churchill | F1871 Group Sheet
  Mother	Hannah Pontus | F1871 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Martha Doty

  
  

  Birth	Apr 1672-May 1672	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Death
  Burial
  Spouse	John White | F8338
  Marriage

  
  

  Female + Hannah Doty

  
  

  Birth	16 Dec 1675	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Death	12 Apr 1754
  Burial
  Spouse	Jonathan Delano | F1857
  Marriage	12 Jan 1698	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

  
  

  Male Thomas Doty

  
  

  Birth	22 Jul 1679	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Death
  Burial
  Spouse	Elizabeth Harlow | F8344
  Marriage	24 Feb 1702/03	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Spouse	Mercy Ellis | F8345
  Marriage	18 Apr 1705	Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

  
  

• Notes

  Marriages: The question of whether Thomas Doty had one wife or two, has been a matter of conjecture for many years. An examination of all the many court documents proves that Thomas Doty had only one wife, Mary Churchill. [4]

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1239] Pratt, Melvyn. Report to Eddy Family Reunion 1999, (Polo Alto, California: manuscript, 1999). [S934] Landis, John T. Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations after the Landing, (Washington, DC: Bureau of Military and Civic Achievement, 1922). [S793] Norris, D. W. and H.A. Feldman. The Wells Family , (Milwaukee: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942). [S1824] Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Doty and Churchill of Plymouth Colony: The Two Claimed Wives of Thomas Doty, (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 71, 1996).