This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ikJ.2ACIB/1456.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Dave, Here's another record showing Mary Bass had three (3) husbands.... John Bass and Ruth Alden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband John Bass 724,1895 Born: Baptized: 18 Sep 1630 - Saffron Walden, Essex, England 153 Died: 12 Sep 1716 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2299 Buried: Married: 3 Feb 1658 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2299,2300 Other Spouse: Hannah (_____) ( - ) 153,2295 - 21 Sep 1675 - Braintree, Massachusetts 153 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More about John Bass: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Occupation 2300,2301, Wheelwright and Maulster • Will 2301, 25 Jun 1716 Proved 22 Oct 1716 "On the very day it was proved, Joseph Bass, and Ephraim Thayer, son-in-law, 'Humbly pray the Will of their late father may not be proved for the following reasons, that he was under great insanity at the time of making his Will, and Benjamin Webb a witness, declared that he had acted childish; that he was unduly influenced by his eldest son John and his grandson John; and had given his widow but one-fourth instead of one-third, and other reason.' But their objections were fruitless and the Will was Proved that very day. Samuel Sewell wrote in his Diary referring to the Will of John Bass, 'The new lawyer, Robert Auchmerty said, 'They that opos'd, only delay'd without bringing any proof, though time was allowed them for that purpose.' Three of John's children married children of Joseph Adams." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife Ruth Alden 724 Born: 1634-1635 - Duxbury, Massachusetts 4001 Baptized: Died: 12 Oct 1674 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2295,2299,4002 Buried: Father: John Alden (Abt 1599-1687) 724 Mother: Priscilla Mullins (Abt 1603-After 1651) 722 Daughter 6 F Mary Bass 722 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 11 Feb 1670 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2247 Baptized: Died: Between 24 Feb 1725 and 1 Nov 1726 - Braintree, Massachusetts 4028 Buried: Spouse: Christopher Webb (1663-1690) 1480 ,2247 ,2373 ,3729 Marr: 24 Mar 1686 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2247 * Spouse: William Copeland (1656-1716) 724 ,1363 ,2248 Marr: 13 Apr 1694 - Braintree, Massachusetts 722 Spouse: Ebenezer Spear (1654-1719) 4028 Marr: 1718 - Braintree, Massachusetts 2248 ,4028