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- Wikitree 2022: by Bobbie Hall: "Mary Durrant[1] was born about 1589 based on an estimated date of marriage of 1609. If she was the Mary Durrante who married in Ufford in 1601, her birth year would probably be earlier, say 1581.
Mary married William Ring by about 1609 based on the estimated birth of their first known child. Two potentially relevant entries are found in the parish registers of Ufford, Suffolk. A marriage:[2]
1601 Wylliam Ringe of Petistrey singlman & Marie Durrante of Ufford single woman weare marrie together the xxj day of May
A daughter to this marriage was also recorded there who may have died young:[2]
1602 Elizabeth Ringe the daughter of William Ringe & Marie his wife was baptized the xxiij day of Februarie (1602/3)
It is possible that the Elizabeth who married Stephen Deane & Josias Cooke is a subsequent daughter of the same name.[3]
William Ring was a say-weaver (a maker of fabric for tablecloths, bedding, etc.) and became a burgher of Leyden on 7 June 1619, and his guarantors were William Bradford and Alexander Price. [4][5]
On 31 May 1614, Mary Ring was a witness to the betrothal of Mildred Charles and Samuel Terry in Leyden.[6][7][8] An additional witness to the betrothal was Samuel Fuller, a later Mayflower passenger in 1620, the physician and deacon of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, and a witness and overseer to Mary's will in 1631.[9]
The Ring family may have been among the passengers aboard the ill-fated Speedwell which was to accompany the Mayflower in 1620, but returned to Plymouth, England, because of its unseaworthy condition. Many of the stranded passengers decided to return to Leyden and a wait for another opportunity to migrate to New England.[2]
William probably died at Leiden between 1620 and 1629. He was mentioned in a letter from Robert Cushman to Edward Southworth in August 1620 as being gravely ill.[10] [2]
The widow Mary Ring and her children Elizabeth, Susanna, and Andrew arrived at Plymouth in Plymouth Colony, probably in 1629, after a voyage on the Mayflower (a second Pilgrim ship of the same name), which sailed from Gravesend in March and landed at Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony in May 1629. Several of the passengers had lived at Leyden prior to their voyage according to William Bradford's history Of Plimouth Plantation. [11][12] After some delay at Salem, the passengers traveled by boat to Plymouth. It is presumed that the Ring family traveled with this group. Mary was the widow of William Ring who was a member of the Pilgrim community in Leyden for many years, and a devoted follower of the Pilgrim's pastor, John Robinson.[2]
She seems to have been educated as she signed her will and her inventory contained a few books. She may have been a woman of business with with money owed to her by William Bradford, Edward Winslow and "Goodman Gyles."[9][13] Gyles owed money to the estate of Mary Ring of Plymouth, and the widow Ring had purchased of "Edm[ond] Gyles" a ruff.[14]
She died in Plymouth on 15 or 19 July 1631, leaving a will presented 28 October 1633 in which she named her son Andrew; two daughters Susan Clarke and Elizabeth Deane; son (i.e. son-in-law) Stephen Deane; Stephen Deane's child (unnamed). Stephen Deane was to care for her son Andrew. Witnesses and overseers were Samuell Fuller and Thomas Blossom. The overseers were both deceased by October 1633, and Thomas Prence was confirmed as overseer.[9][13]
Children:
(possibly) Elizabeth, bp. 23 Feb 1602/3, probably died young[2]
Elizabeth, b. say 1609; m. (1) Stephen Deane ca. 1629, m. (2) Josias Cook 16 Sep 1635[15]
Susanna, b. say 1611; m. by July 1631 Thomas Clark[2]
Andrew, b. ca. 1618; d. 22 Feb 1692/3 in 75th year[16][17]; m. (1) Deborah Hopkins 23 Apr 1646 Plymouth, dau. of Stephen Hopkins[18] m. (2) Lettice (___) Morton ca. 1674, widow of John Morton[2]
Will
New Plymouth
1633
A Coppy of the will & Test of Mary Ring widow who dyed the 15th or 19th of July 1631. the will being proved in publick Court the 28th of Oct. in the ninth yeare of the raigne of our Sov. Lord Charles &c.
It. I give unto him [son Andrew] all my wollen cloath unmade except one peece of red wch my will is that my daughter Susan shall have as much as will make a bearing Cloath and the remainder I give unto Stephen Deanes childe.
...As also the forty shillings of Comodities I am to have out of Englan (worn) I give unto him [son Andrew] also except the green Say wch I give unto Stephen Deanes childe to make her a Coat.
... It. one Ruffe I had of goodman Gyles I give to my daughter Eliz. Deane.
... The goods I give my two daughters are all my wearing cloathes, all my wearing linnen.
... It. my will is that the Cattle I give my sonne be kept to halfes for him by Stephen Deane, or at the discretion of my Overseers to take order for them for the good of the childe.
... It. my will is that Andrew my son be left wth my son Stephen Deane; And doe require of my son Deane to help him forward in the knowledge & fear of God, not to opresse him by any buthens but to tender him as he will answere to God. My Overseers of my will I institute & make my loving ffriends Samuell ffuller & Thomas Blossom. whom I entreate to see this my will pformed according to the true intent of the same.[9][13]
Research notes
Ring entries in the parish registers of Pettistree, Suffolk, 1539-1650[2]
1596 Anthony Durrant of Hilsborough in co. Norfolk s(ingle) m(an) & Elizabeth Stark s(ingle) w(oman) were mard 31 January (1596/7)
1597 Edmund Durrant of Framlingham at the Castle & Elizabeth Damforth of Ufford were mard 20 June.
Soon after the arrival of widow Ring in 1629, John and Robert Ring embarked from England in the "Bevis" and are found in Salisbury as early as 1638.[19]"
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Abt 1589 - 1631 (42 years)
