FRIDAY FINDS ~ Paternal 7th great grandparents - the Everett family of Massachusetts

 

Doing a bit of follow up to some research I did while I was at Rootstech and the Family History Library, this past March.

I don’t know about you, but it generally takes me quite a while to get back to some of this research I do while I was at the FHL.

One family I found information on while I as there, was the Richard Everett family of Dedham, Massachusetts.  This family is linked to my Mayflower line, and may lead me to another Mayflower line, yet to be determined.

In this case I am trying to prove the marriage & children of Richard Everett and his wife, Mary Fuller.  They would be my paternal 7^th great grandparents. And, I’d like to have more proof of their relationship and the children they had together.

NOTE: When we are researching our ancestors back in the 1600’s we must do a bit of digging.  Because we all know just because someone else’s tree says it’s so, doesn’t mean we believe it.

What have I located so far, in the way of proof?

Let’s begin with the birth record for Richard Everet (also spelled Everett) in 1683 in Dedham, Colonial Massachusetts.

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Birth record - Richard Everit, son of John and Elizabeth born 24 Aug 1683

Now, how about a marriage record for Richard & his wife, Mary Fuller.

Marriage record - Richard Everet to Mary Fuller - 3 Mar 1708 in Massachusetts

NOTE: These are images of the actual records and not an index that has been interpreted by a transcriber. It’s important to find the originals whenever we can.

Here’s another source with names, dates and places.  Remember these kinds of documents are submitted with proof, however, the proof is not provided with these images. It is a document/application submitted by someone.  However, what it does give us is leads, that combined with other evidence allows us to draw a conclusion.

Application for Sons of the American Revolution provided by a descendant of Richard Everett and Mary Fuller

Here’s another reference to the marriage of Richard & Mary.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name	Mary Fuller
Gender	Female
Spouse Name	Richard Everett
Spouse Birth Place	MA
Spouse Birth Year	1683
Marriage Year	1708
Number Pages	1

One of my favorite sources are wills/probate records.  When our ancestors were dying or suspected they were nearing that age, they often made wills.  It was important to them that their spouses, children and any other heirs were taken care of.  These can be gold mines of information, including married names for daughters, locations of living descendants, names of other family members etc.

Here then, is the will of Richard Everett dated 1745/6 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 

In it he names his “dearly beloved wife” Mary and his sons, Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Israel and Timothy. He later mentions his “beloved” daughter Mary Maxey, “beloved” daughter Bethiah Day, “beloved’ daughters Hannah & Abigail Everett.

What I learned from this document, was that there were 2 sons and 3 daughters I had not yet discovered for this couple. More research into these additional children will be done.

And, I went back to the Massachusetts Town & Vital Records and located the births of Timothy, Jonathan, Isarael, Bethiah born 18 Nov 1721 and another Bethiah born 9 October 1722 and Hannah.  Because there are two daughters named Bethiah, born within a year of one another, I will look for a death of the first one.

In conclusion.  

• Have I found enough evidence to prove that Richard Everett married Mary Fuller? 
• And that they had 5 sons and 3 or 4 daughters? Yes, I believe I have.

Do you have any input? Would you have come to a different conclusion?

Sources:

¹Massachusetts, U.S. Town & Vital Records 1620-1988

² U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991

⁵ FindAGrave memorial for Mary Fuller Everett #64356211

⁶ Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850

If you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in touch.  Let’s exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

Copyright ©  2010-2025   Diane Gould Hall

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION

 

FOLLOW UP FRIDAY ~ Searching for proof of the Richard Everett & Mary Fuller family - my paternal 7th gg

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Doing a bit of follow up to some research I did while I was at Rootstech and the Family History Library, this past March.

I don’t know about you, but it generally takes me quite a while to get back to some of the research I do while I'm at the FHL.

One family I found information on while I was there, was the Richard Everett family of Dedham, Massachusetts.  This family is linked to my Mayflower line.

In this case I am trying to prove the marriage & children of Richard Everett and his wife, Mary Fuller.  They are my paternal 7^th great grandparents. And, I’d like to have more proof of their marriage and the children they had together.

NOTE: When we are talking about our ancestors back in the 1600’s we must do a bit of digging.  

What have I located so far, in the way of proof?

Let’s begin with the birth record for Richard Everet (also spelled Everett) in 1683 in Dedham, Colonial Massachusetts.

Birth Record - Richard Everett, Aug 1683

Now, how about a marriage record for Richard & his wife, Mary Fuller.

Marriage of Richard Everet & Mary Fuller - 3 Mar 1708 in Massachusetts

NOTE: These are images of the actual records and not an index that has been interpreted by a transcriber. It’s important to find the originals whenever we can.

Here’s another reference to the marriage of Richard & Mary.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s another source with names, dates and places.  Remember these SAR documents have no proof with them. It is a document/application submitted by a descendant.  However, what it does give us is leads and combined with other evidence we can draw a conclusion.

Sons of the American Revolution application for a descendant of Richard Everet(t) and Mary Fuller

One of my favorite sources are wills/probate records.  When our ancestors were dying or suspected they were nearing that age, they often made wills.  It was important to them that their spouses, children and any other heirs were taken care of.  These can be gold mines of family information, including married names for daughters, locations of descendants alive at that time, names of other family members etc.

Here then, is the will of Richard Everett dated 1745/6 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 

In it he names his “dearly beloved wife” Mary and his sons, Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Israel and Timothy. He later mentions his “beloved” daughter Mary Maxey, “beloved” daughter Bethiah Day, “beloved’ daughters Hannah & Abigail Everett.

What I learned from this document, was that there were 2 sons, Israel & Timothy and 3 daughters, Hannah, Abigail & Mary I had not yet discovered for this couple. From this will I see that Bethiah has the surname of Day (married name?) and that Mary has the surname Maxey (married name?). More research into these additional children will be done.

1745 will of Richard Everett of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 1-2

1745 will of Richard Everett of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 3-4

And, I went back to the Massachusetts Town & Vital Records and located the births of Timothy, Jonathan, Isarael (how it is spelled in the record), Bethiah born 18 Nov 1721 and another Bethiah born 9 October 1722 and Hannah.  Because there are two daughters named Bethiah, born within a year of one another, I will look for a death records of the first one.

 MA birth record entries for children of Richard & Mary Everett

Timothy, Jonathan, Isarael, Bethiah in Nov 1721 and Bethiah in Oct 1722 and Hannah 

 

 

 

In conclusion. Have I found enough evidence to prove that Richard Everett married Mary Fuller? And that they had 5 sons and 4 daughters and possibly 1 daughter who died? Yes, I believe I have.

Do you have any input? Would you have come to a different conclusion?

Sources:

¹Massachusetts, U.S. Town & Vital Records 1620-1988

² U.S.and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

⁴ Massachusetts,U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991

⁵ FindAGrave memorial for Mary Fuller Everett #64356211

⁶ Massachusetts,U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850

If you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in touch.  Let’s exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl
Copyright ©  2010-2025   Diane Gould Hall
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  NO USE WITHOUT PERMISSION