Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Mary
- Bef 1647-
Name Mary Gender Female Died Bef 19 Jul 1647 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 
[1] Person ID I4763 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP Last Modified 14 Nov 2020
Family John Betts, b. of Claydon, Oxfordshire, England Children + 1. Mary Betts, b. Abt 1623, d. Aug 1684 (Age ~ 61 years) Last Modified 7 May 2020 Family ID F1644 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "Mary Betts, widow, known as 'the School Dame', owned land 'by the courtesie of The Towne'. Her home lot of 2 acres was located on the south side of the road from the Meeting House to the Mill, just to the north of the Little River, which she purchased from Seth Grant. She received four acres in the division of 1639–40." [Timothy Lester Jacobs at the Founders of Hartford site]
As "Mary Betts," her name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.
- "Mary Betts, widow, known as 'the School Dame', owned land 'by the courtesie of The Towne'. Her home lot of 2 acres was located on the south side of the road from the Meeting House to the Mill, just to the north of the Little River, which she purchased from Seth Grant. She received four acres in the division of 1639–40." [Timothy Lester Jacobs at the Founders of Hartford site]
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Sources - [S4121] Boardman Genealogy 1525-1895 by Charlotte Goldthwaite. Hartford, Connecticut: William F. J. Boardman, 1895.
- [S4121] Boardman Genealogy 1525-1895 by Charlotte Goldthwaite. Hartford, Connecticut: William F. J. Boardman, 1895.