Mary Woolverton

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Wife Mary Woolverton ¹

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           Born: 11 Apr 1702 - Rosemont, Hunterdon County, West Jersey, USA
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           Died: 1796
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FamilySearch ID: LTF9-31F

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         Father: Charles Woolverton {FSID: LT7P-J35, FGID: 25110885} 1
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Leet {FSID: LCCC-13K, FGID: 25111360} 1

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Woolverton

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FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF2979

from Emma Ten Broeck Runk:

"Mary Woolverton was born April 11, 1702, the third child and eldest daughter of Charles and Mary Chadwick Woolverton.

No data has been found concerning her life or death."

From David Macdonald

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0871.html - b 11 March 1701/1702

from Carl Wolverton

Marfy Goodspeed on her blog Goodspeed Histories (https://goodspeedhistories.com/george-fox-of-hunterdon-county/) claims the following:

"In my last post, I discussed the founder of the Quaker religion, George Fox of England (1624-1691) and his nephew George Fox of New Jersey (1662-aft. 1721) and his wife Jane Palmer.

This second George Fox and his family emigrated to Hunterdon County where he bought land in 1719, a fairly early date for Hunterdon. George and wife Jane had a son George Fox, born January 1700 in Hornungold, Leicestershire, England. They also had a daughter Mary, born about 1702, who is thought to have married Roger Wolverton, son of the emigrant Charles Wolverton and Mary Chapman.

Marriage of Roger Wolverton and Mary Fox
If there is a record of this marriage, I haven’t found it online. Perhaps it can be found in a recent book, The Wolverton Family 1693-1850 by David MacDonald and Nancy N. McAdams. There is some circumstantial evidence, but not much to go on.

1) Roger’s father Charles Wolverton sold land in Amwell/Kingwood to Mary’s father George Fox in 1719.

2) Roger’s will dated 24 Feb 1747, Hopewell, was witnessed by Mary Fox.

3) Many family trees state that Roger married Mary Fox, but they never give proof.

There is another school of thought regarding this marriage, claiming that the maiden name of Roger’s wife was Milburn or Milbourn, not Fox. But once again, I found no record of this marriage. Instead, more circumstantial evidence:

1) On Feb 19, 1741, Administration of the estate of Andrew Milbourn of Hopewell was granted to his widow Sarah. Her surety was Roger Wolverton of Hopewell, tailor; witnessed by Archibald Horne and John Clark. On May 15th, Rogert Wolverton and Andrew Smith made the inventory of Andrew Milbourn dec’d. Andrew Milbourn did have a daughter named Mary.

2) On Feb 24, 1747, Roger Wolverton of Hopewell wrote his will, which was witnessed by Mary Fox, Mary Fowler, Timothy Milburn, and Andrew Smith. Timothy Milburn seems not to have been a son of Andrew, but I really don’t know who he was.

Let’s complicate things a little more. Going back to the family of Charles Wolverton and Mary Chadwick (Roger’s parents), they had a daughter Mary, born March 11, 1702 in Burlington County [from the Wolverton Bible], about whom no one seems to have any information. She could have died as a child—that was certainly common enough. But all the other children of Charles and Mary lived well into adulthood, so I think she probably did too.

And it just so happens that she is exactly the right age to be the Mary who married George Fox, the brother of the Mary Fox who might have married Roger Wolverton. And this Mary Wolverton Fox could well have been the Mary Fox who witnessed the will of Roger Wolverton in 1747. Marriages of siblings were not uncommon in the 18th century. So, this seems logical, but with genealogy, as with lawsuits, it’s not much use unless it can be proved.

This is where us poor frazzled genealogists start wailing and gnashing our teeth, hoping that these people spent a little time in purgatory for the sin of not recording their marriages or writing their wills.

***This claim is based on no small amount of circumstantial evidence and opinion, and not much proof."

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wolverton-244

https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-cf9d8e633d39aa12d3be38111d20cc55
"Mary Woolverton (born Wolverton)
Geni World Family Tree
Birth: Apr 11 1702 - Hunterdon Co, NJ
Death: 1796
Father: Charles W. Wolverton
Mother: Mary Woolverton (born Chadwick)
Siblings: Charles Woolverton, Roger Wolverton (born Woolverton), Dinah Pettit (born Wolverton), Daniel Woolverton (born Wolverton), Sr., Isaac Wolverton, Thomas Woolverton (born Wolverton), Dennis Wolverton, Joel Wolverton"

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Research Notes: Wife - Mary Woolverton

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== Biography ==

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=== Acknowledgments ===* Wolverton-244 was created on 14 Apr 2014 through the import of Vincent Family Tree.ged by .
* Wolverton-285 was created on 3 Apr 2014 through the import of Wolverton-Fisher Family Tree(1)_2014-04-03.ged by .
OBJE: AUTH Hal Wolverton

Sources

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1. WikiTree Wolverton Family.

1 WikiTree Wolverton Family.

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