Mary Andrews

• General Notes
  • Mary, the daughter of Henry and Mary Andrews of Taunton and the widow of William Hodges was left with two children in 1654 when he died. In 1655, she married Peter Pitts . I do not have verification of her mother, but a Henry Andrews married Mary Wadsworth (165.) in Plymouth Colony at the right time. They had children born from 1629 to 1631. A son William married Mary Williams.
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    Henry Andrews was one of the original purchasers of Taunton, in 1637, from the Indians, one of the first 7 freemen of Taunton, one of the first 2 deputies from Taunton to the General Court in 1639 (deputy also in 1643, 1644, 1647 and 1649), one of the first stockholders of the first Taunton iron-works, the builder of the first meeting-house in Taunton, and in other ways one of the first men of the town. His ancestry and that of his wife have not yet been determined. He was one of the wealthiest men of the place. He died in 1653.
    
    On March 15, 1654/5, the will of Mary Andrews, widow of Henry, was proved. On this same date Mary (Andrews) Hodges, widow of William, testified to the correctness of the inventory of her husband's estate. And on this same date widow Mary Hodges executed the folling deed of gift to her two children: --"Bee it known unto all men that I, Mary Hedgis, widow, of the town and plantation of Taunton, within the pattent of New Plymouth, do give out of my estate left me by my husband as followeth. Imprimis. I give unto John, my eldest sonne, thirty pounds, with my house, home lott and all lands pertaining thereto. Item. I give unto Henery, my second son, the sum of thirty pounds, with a parcel of land given me by my father, lying between the Lotts of my brother Henry Andrews and John Cobb. Item. I reserve in my own hands the sum of thirty pounds of my estate to despose thereof as I shall think good. Item. I reserve in myne own hand power to despose of my own wearing apparrell as I shall think good. Item. I bind Peter Pitts, in case I make him my husband, to perform the conditions of this my deed of gift, unless the hand of God doe disable him by some extraordinary accident as may fall out, as by his sickness or the like, and this to be judged of by those men whom she shall put in trust, and by them to be ordered what shee shall doe if god crosse him. I intend he shall maynetayne these my two children for the use of their portions I give them, untill they come of age or be otherwise desposed of in marriage. Item. My intent and will is to make Richard Williams, James Wyate and James Walker my trustees and overseers for the fulfilling of this my deed of gift. March 15, 1654. [Witnessed by] Richard Williams, James Wyate, William Pole, Samuel Williams, Peter Pitts." 

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