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| Name |
Grace Watson |
| Birth |
Abt 1610 |
Boston, Lincolnshire, England  |
| Christening |
26 Aug 1610 |
Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Feb 1625 |
Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
| Burial |
21 Feb 1625 |
Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
16 Nov 1954 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
LCP2-LZY |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I175343 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Robert Smith, c. 5 Mar 1595, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England d. Oct 1643, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jun 1624 |
Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Smith, b. May 1624, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1625, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. William Smith, b. Jan 1625, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England d. 30 Jan 1625, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 0 years) |
| + | 3. Robert Smith, Jr, b. Jan 1625, Kirton, Lincolnshire, England d. 30 Aug 1693, Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18973 |
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| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - Abt 1610 - Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Christening - 26 Aug 1610 - Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
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 | Marriage - 1 Jun 1624 - Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Death - Feb 1625 - Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Burial - 21 Feb 1625 - Kirton, Lincolnshire, England |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 16 Nov 1954 - SLAKE |
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| Notes |
- As a result of the Plague of 1625 in England or complications relate d t o pregnancy, labor, and delivery, Grace Watson Smith succumbed to de at h in February of 1625, and was buried 21 February 1625.
Grace Watson was baptized in 1610 in the Boston Boltolph Parish of Linco l nshire, England, to Andrew Watson, and Anne Butcher Watson. (Boston Bot ol ph Parish Register image 23/103, page 41). She married Robert Smith S r o f Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, (Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire P aris h Register, Image 4/166 page 181), a 1 hour 25 minute walk from Bost on, o f the same county. (Google Maps), in 1624.
She was raised in and attended the Boston Botolph parish under the direc t ion of Vicar John Cotton, who over time replaced Anglican teachings an d r ituals with Puritan ideologies. He and other vicars in the area wer e inf luencing parishioners away from the Anglican Church toward Purita n theolo gy and practices (history of massachusetts.org/reverend-john-cot ton/). Fe llow parishioners to the Watsons were the Whittinghams and Bulk leys who w ere parents to John Whittingham, (1616-1649), (New England Mar riages Prio r to 1700).
Grace and Robert’s first son Thomas was born in 1624, in Kirton in Holla n d (Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire Parish Register, Image Image 3/166 , p age 180) and was buried there, 7 November 1625. (Ibid 6/166, page 185 ). T he next addition to their family was also somewhat tragic, as twin s and R obert Jr and William were born in the in Kirton in Holland Parish , howeve r, William died soon after delivery. He was quickly baptized an d buried t he same day, 30 January 1625. (Ibid, Image 6/166, page 185) .
To compound the young family’s grief, Grace succumbed to death 22 days l a ter in Kirton in Holland, (Ibid), again either contingent upon birthin g c omplications or the 1625 plague, (P. H. Wood “Infection unperceiv’d , in m any a place”: The London plague of 1625, viewed from Plymouth Rock . We’r e History, 2020, April 15). This tragic loss left a grieving husba nd an d an infant son who needed daily care and baptism. Robert Smith J r was ba ptized 30 April 1625/26, Kirton in Holland, (Image 6 of 166, pag e 186).
The relationship of the Watsons and Whittinghams, was the critical fact o r which enabled Grace’s son Robert Smith Jr, and his half-brother Willi a m to leave from Boston Port, Lincolnshire England, and arrive in Bosto n , Massachusetts, Colonial America as John Whittingham's indentured serv an ts, (Zora Smith Jarvis, George A Smith Family, page 1). Immigrant ance sto r Robert Jr was the 3rd great-grandfather to hinge point, Joseph Smit h Jr , the means by which "Christ’s New Testament Church" was restored. ( Th e Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicente nni al Proclamation to the World, April 2020).
References
http://womenofhistory.blogspot.com/2007/08/medieval-marriage-childbirth. h tml
Boston Botolph Parish Register image 23/103, page 41
Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire Parish Register, Image 4/166 page 181
Google Maps
history of massachusetts.org/reverend-john-cotton/
New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire Parish Register, Image 3/166, page 180
Ibid 6/166, page 185
Ibid
Ibid
P. H. Wood “Infection unperceiv’d, in many a place”: The London plagu e o f 1625, viewed from Plymouth Rock. We’re History, 2020, April 15
Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire Parish Register, Image 6 of 166, page 18 6 ).
Zora Smith Jarvis, George A Smith Family, page 1
The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: A Bicente n nial Proclamation to the World, April 2020
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