No record has been found that definitively establishes the parentage of Mary, but the prevailing view is that her father was Joseph Northup (son of Stephen) of Kingstown, Rhode Island, which town was split between North and South in 1722. She was married in South Kingstown, RI 12 Sep 1728 to Nathan Niles, the son of Nathaniel Niles and Mary Hannah of Kingstown. Mary and Nathan had eleven known children together, with the births of the first three recorded in South Kingstown and the remainder in Groton, Connecticut. Following Mary's death, her husband married Zerviah Fanning, who is the wife named in his will.
The maiden name of Mary is almost universally given in error as "Northrup" by those not familiar with the Rhode Island family. This error was even printed in a 1931 article about the Niles family, published in the New England Historical Genealogical Register.
The maiden name of Mary is almost universally given in error as "Northrup" by those not familiar with the Rhode Island family. This error was even printed in a 1931 article about the Niles family, published in the New England Historical Genealogical Register.
No record has been found that definitively establishes the parentage of Mary, but the prevailing view is that her father was Joseph Northup (son of Stephen) of Kingstown, Rhode Island, which town was split between North and South in 1722. She was married in South Kingstown, RI 12 Sep 1728 to Nathan Niles, the son of Nathaniel Niles and Mary Hannah of Kingstown. Mary and Nathan had eleven known children together, with the births of the first three recorded in South Kingstown and the remainder in Groton, Connecticut. Following Mary's death, her husband married Zerviah Fanning, who is the wife named in his will.
The maiden name of Mary is almost universally given in error as "Northrup" by those not familiar with the Rhode Island family. This error was even printed in a 1931 article about the Niles family, published in the New England Historical Genealogical Register.
The maiden name of Mary is almost universally given in error as "Northrup" by those not familiar with the Rhode Island family. This error was even printed in a 1931 article about the Niles family, published in the New England Historical Genealogical Register.
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in ye 46th year of her age
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