Mary Giles or Very^[1]

Abt 1635 - Aft 1684  (> 50 years)

• Name	Mary Giles or Very
  Birth	Abt 1635	Salem, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
  	Bridget (Unknown) (Very) Giles left a legacy to Mary Cutler in her will dated 14 January 1668, proved 30 November 1680. Jane Fletcher Fiske in "The Verry Connection," "A New England Immigrant Kinship Connection," states: "Accounts of the family have assumed that Mary Cutler was the daughter of Thomas and Bridget Verry, but this seems far from certain. Mary is named in Bridget's will without any relationship stated. She is mentioned after the two Verry sons, but her legacy was to be paid by son Eleazer Giles. Bridget's two known daughters by her second husband were not mentioned....Given this chronology, it seems unlikely before 1630 and there is no room for her among the Verry children after that date. a birthdate in the mid-1630s suggests three possibilities. Most likely is that Mary was born in 1635, the result of th offense for which Edward Giles was fined in October of that year—record of Salem baptisms begins in 1636. More retely possible is that she was the daughter of Edward Giles by his first marriage, and thus Bridget's stepdaughter and an infant at the time of her father's remarriage, or that Bridget herself had a brief second marriage between 1632 and 1634 which produced a daughter."
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1684
  Person ID	I31178	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward Giles,   b. Abt 1610   d. Aft 17 Dec 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 69 years)
  Mother	Mrs Bridget unknown Very,   b. Abt 1598, of Strood, Kent, England d. 30 Nov 1680, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1636	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F11042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Cutler,   b. 3 Apr 1633, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 7 Dec 1683, Charlestown, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1659  [2]
  Children	1. Thomas Cutler,   b. 24 Feb 1660, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 7 Nov 1732 (Age 72 years)   2. Mary Cutler,   b. 24 Oct 1663, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Cutler,   b. 23 Nov 1666, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   4. Ruth Cutler,   b. 2 Feb 1668, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   5. David Cutler,   b. 22 Feb 1670, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 2 Jun 1710 (Age 40 years)   6. Jonathan Cutler,   b. 14 Jan 1677, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1721 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F11049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Matthew Smith
  Marriage	20 Jun 1684	Massachusetts
  Family ID	F11064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  It is not certain whether Mary was born a Giles or a Very or ? Please read this explanation: Bridget (Unknown) (Very) Giles left a legacy to Mary Cutler in her will dated 14 January 1668, proved 30 November 1680. Jane Fletcher Fiske in "The Verry Connection," "A New England Immigrant Kinship Connection," states: "Accounts of the family have assumed that Mary Cutler was the daughter of Thomas and Bridget Verry, but this seems far from certain. Mary is named in Bridget's will without any relationship stated. She is mentioned after the two Verry sons, but her legacy was to be paid by son Eleazer Giles. Bridget's two known daughters by her second husband were not mentioned....Given this chronology, it seems unlikely before 1630 and there is no room for her among the Verry children after that date. a birthdate in the mid-1630s suggests three possibilities. Most likely is that Mary was born in 1635, the result of th offense for which Edward Giles was fined in October of that year—record of Salem baptisms begins in 1636. More retely possible is that she was the daughter of Edward Giles by his first marriage, and thus Bridget's stepdaughter and an infant at the time of her father's remarriage, or that Bridget herself had a brief second marriage between 1632 and 1634 which produced a daughter."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1477] "The Verry Connection". [S913] A Cutler Memorial and Genealogical History, p. 320.