Mary was the daughter of John McCrillis & Margaret Burnside of Londonderry, Ireland. She was born in Aghadowey, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
She was married 4 times. In her early life in Ireland, she married [#1] unknown Foster, by whom she had one child, a daughter, whom she named Margaret. Being left a widow she then married [#2] unknown Workman, by whom she had a son, John. Again left a widow, she emigrated with her two children to America, where she married [#3] John Henry [his 2nd wife] and they had five children. After his death she became wife of [#4] Richard Ellis....she outlived her fourth husband, spending her last days with her son Andrew Henry, in Leyden, and died there May 11, 1802, in the ninety-seventh years of her age. Her son John Workman, married Phoebe Stewart.
John and Mary's known children:
1. [Lieut.] William Henry b abt 1734 Ir-30 May 1811 [m Isabella Gilmore]
2. Martha Henry 1737-20 Nov 1818 [m John Harroun]
3. Joseph Henry 1748-26 Nov 1825 [m Margaret McCulloch]
4. Andrew Henry 1751- 28 Sep 1839 [m Thankful Norris] Find A Grave#
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5. Francis Henry 1754-27 Feb 1841 [m Tabitha unknown]
Sources: 1) New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3; William Richard Cutter; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915; Pg. 1482; digitized 2008 from original at Harvard University. 2) Henry Genealogy; 1915; pg. 91 "The Henrys of Colrain, Mass."; 3) The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass. by Charles H. McClellan; 1885
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"Some 12 years afterwards [the 1760 death of Richard Ellis' wife Jane), he married Mary, widow of John Henry of Deerfield"
(Ellis, E. R. Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis: the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass. and his descendants. Detroit, Michigan: Wm. Graham Printing Co., 1888, p14. New York Public Library, Internet Archive. Web. 10 April 2017)
She was married 4 times. In her early life in Ireland, she married [#1] unknown Foster, by whom she had one child, a daughter, whom she named Margaret. Being left a widow she then married [#2] unknown Workman, by whom she had a son, John. Again left a widow, she emigrated with her two children to America, where she married [#3] John Henry [his 2nd wife] and they had five children. After his death she became wife of [#4] Richard Ellis....she outlived her fourth husband, spending her last days with her son Andrew Henry, in Leyden, and died there May 11, 1802, in the ninety-seventh years of her age. Her son John Workman, married Phoebe Stewart.
John and Mary's known children:
1. [Lieut.] William Henry b abt 1734 Ir-30 May 1811 [m Isabella Gilmore]
2. Martha Henry 1737-20 Nov 1818 [m John Harroun]
3. Joseph Henry 1748-26 Nov 1825 [m Margaret McCulloch]
4. Andrew Henry 1751- 28 Sep 1839 [m Thankful Norris] Find A Grave#
86327311
5. Francis Henry 1754-27 Feb 1841 [m Tabitha unknown]
Sources: 1) New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3; William Richard Cutter; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915; Pg. 1482; digitized 2008 from original at Harvard University. 2) Henry Genealogy; 1915; pg. 91 "The Henrys of Colrain, Mass."; 3) The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass. by Charles H. McClellan; 1885
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"Some 12 years afterwards [the 1760 death of Richard Ellis' wife Jane), he married Mary, widow of John Henry of Deerfield"
(Ellis, E. R. Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis: the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass. and his descendants. Detroit, Michigan: Wm. Graham Printing Co., 1888, p14. New York Public Library, Internet Archive. Web. 10 April 2017)
Mary was the daughter of John McCrillis & Margaret Burnside of Londonderry, Ireland. She was born in Aghadowey, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
She was married 4 times. In her early life in Ireland, she married [#1] unknown Foster, by whom she had one child, a daughter, whom she named Margaret. Being left a widow she then married [#2] unknown Workman, by whom she had a son, John. Again left a widow, she emigrated with her two children to America, where she married [#3] John Henry [his 2nd wife] and they had five children. After his death she became wife of [#4] Richard Ellis....she outlived her fourth husband, spending her last days with her son Andrew Henry, in Leyden, and died there May 11, 1802, in the ninety-seventh years of her age. Her son John Workman, married Phoebe Stewart.
John and Mary's known children:
1. [Lieut.] William Henry b abt 1734 Ir-30 May 1811 [m Isabella Gilmore]
2. Martha Henry 1737-20 Nov 1818 [m John Harroun]
3. Joseph Henry 1748-26 Nov 1825 [m Margaret McCulloch]
4. Andrew Henry 1751- 28 Sep 1839 [m Thankful Norris] Find A Grave#
86327311
5. Francis Henry 1754-27 Feb 1841 [m Tabitha unknown]
Sources: 1) New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3; William Richard Cutter; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915; Pg. 1482; digitized 2008 from original at Harvard University. 2) Henry Genealogy; 1915; pg. 91 "The Henrys of Colrain, Mass."; 3) The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass. by Charles H. McClellan; 1885
(Member #48459472)
"Some 12 years afterwards [the 1760 death of Richard Ellis' wife Jane), he married Mary, widow of John Henry of Deerfield"
(Ellis, E. R. Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis: the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass. and his descendants. Detroit, Michigan: Wm. Graham Printing Co., 1888, p14. New York Public Library, Internet Archive. Web. 10 April 2017)
She was married 4 times. In her early life in Ireland, she married [#1] unknown Foster, by whom she had one child, a daughter, whom she named Margaret. Being left a widow she then married [#2] unknown Workman, by whom she had a son, John. Again left a widow, she emigrated with her two children to America, where she married [#3] John Henry [his 2nd wife] and they had five children. After his death she became wife of [#4] Richard Ellis....she outlived her fourth husband, spending her last days with her son Andrew Henry, in Leyden, and died there May 11, 1802, in the ninety-seventh years of her age. Her son John Workman, married Phoebe Stewart.
John and Mary's known children:
1. [Lieut.] William Henry b abt 1734 Ir-30 May 1811 [m Isabella Gilmore]
2. Martha Henry 1737-20 Nov 1818 [m John Harroun]
3. Joseph Henry 1748-26 Nov 1825 [m Margaret McCulloch]
4. Andrew Henry 1751- 28 Sep 1839 [m Thankful Norris] Find A Grave#
86327311
5. Francis Henry 1754-27 Feb 1841 [m Tabitha unknown]
Sources: 1) New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3; William Richard Cutter; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915; Pg. 1482; digitized 2008 from original at Harvard University. 2) Henry Genealogy; 1915; pg. 91 "The Henrys of Colrain, Mass."; 3) The Early Settlers of Colrain, Mass. by Charles H. McClellan; 1885
(Member #48459472)
"Some 12 years afterwards [the 1760 death of Richard Ellis' wife Jane), he married Mary, widow of John Henry of Deerfield"
(Ellis, E. R. Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis: the First Settler of Ashfield, Mass. and his descendants. Detroit, Michigan: Wm. Graham Printing Co., 1888, p14. New York Public Library, Internet Archive. Web. 10 April 2017)
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