Ancestry of
John Lithgow

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Mary Proctor

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of John Lithgow — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 145 
  • Father:
  • Nathan Proctor 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Reed   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Dec 1728 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abraham Peirce
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Aug 1744 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salem, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Abraham Peirce (Ahnentafel No:72 )

  • Notes: 

  • Published sources disagree on the parentage for Mary Proctor. One possibility is that Mary was the daughter of Nathan and Mary (Reed) Proctor, but that Mary may have married Peter Cross.

• Sources for Mary Proctor

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem, Vol. 4, p. 173, Marriage record for Abraham Peirce and Mary Proctor.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Salem, Vol. 2, p. 201, Birth record for Mary Proctor.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1908, Vol. 62, Supplement, pp. lxxiv - lxxv.
  • ⁴ The Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society, Vol. 5, Danvers, Massachusetts: Publioshed by the Society (1917), 98.

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