Mary Gye

Abt 1580 - Aft 1666  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Mary Gye  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1580  [5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 9 Oct 1666  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I30480	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Gye,   b. Abt 1531, of Dodderidge, Devon, England d. Between 1604 and 29 Sep 1608 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Grace Dowrish   d. Bef 1604
  Marriage	Aft 1558  [6]
  Family ID	F18195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. John Maverick,   b. Bef 28 Dec 1578   d. 3 Feb 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 57 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1600	Ilsington, Devon, England   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Elias Maverick,   b. 1604   d. 8 Sep 1684 (Age 80 years) + 2. Moses Maverick,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1611   d. 28 Jan 1686, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 74 years)
  Family ID	F18188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  One of TWK's twelve proven "gateway ancestors", one of TSW's eight, and the only one we know of for folksinger Pete Seeger.

  
  

• Sources

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