Individual Details

Mary FENTON

(Bef 1782 - )

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Events

BirthBef 1782Not the Mary Venton born in Albany who married Henry Hyer.
Court Record8 Oct 1802Mary Fenton names James McCarter as the father of her child and petitions the court for support under the "Act for the Relief of Cities and Towns from the Maintenance of Bastard Children." - New York, New York
Residence1803 - 1804Lenonard St. where she is running a boarding house. Note that she is not listed as a widow. Many boarding houses at this time served seafarers. - New York, New York
Residence1803Leonard St., New York, New York
Court Record13 Jun 1803James McCarter of the 6th Ward, grocer, in a case of bastardy, is to appear in court on the first day of the next sessions. He is the father of a child of Mary Fenton. McCarter’s surety is Henry Lowther, of the 7th Ward, cartman. - New York, New York
Court Record3 Aug 1803Mary Fenton, in a case of bastardy, complains of James McCarter. People’s witnesses are Mary Fenton, Katy Johnson, Margaret Fenton and James T. Macy (or Mary). Defendant’s witnesses are Joseph Brotherton, John Taylor, and Henry Lowther. - New York, New York
Court Record6 Aug 1803The orders of the justices against Robert Watts and James McCarter are confirmed [in cases of bastardy]. The defendants are committed until the orders are complied with and costs paid. - New York, New York
Newspaper Record11 Apr 1804Margaret "Peggy" Fenton petitions Mary's creditors to forgive her debts. Mary may have been in debtors prison. - New York, New York
Court Record11 Apr 1804New York, New York
Court Record10 Aug 1804Trial of Euphemia Chambers (indicted with Henry Duff, John Flinn and Patrick Armond) for grand larceny of the goods of Andrew Mathieu. People's witnesses are: Andre Mathieu, Margaret Flinn, Jane Duff. Defendant's witness: Mary Fenton. Verdict: guilty. - New York, New York
Court Record10 Aug 1804New York, New York
Court Record10 Aug 1804New York, New York
Newspaper Record16 Feb 1805Mary is on trial for 'wilful and corrupt perjury' probably related to the case of Euphemia Chambers. - New York, New York
Court Record16 Feb 1805New York, New York
Police Inventory1 Jul 1811Unless claimed by September 1, 1811, NYC police were to auction a "gold ring, set with hair" that they obtained from Mary and Margaret Fenton (as bail?) on January 17, 1805. - Manhattan, New York, New York
Residence1836New York, New York

Families

SpouseJames McCARTER (1766 - 1818)
ChildPhilander C. McCARTER (1802 - 1870)
FatherJoseph FENTON (1750 - )
MotherMargaret "Peggy" Fenton (1759 - )

Notes

Court Record

Trial of Euphemia Chambers (indicted with Henry Duff, John Flinn and Patrick Armond) for grand larceny of the goods of Andrew Mathieu. People's witnesses are: Andre Mathieu, Margaret Flinn, Jane Duff. Defendant's witness: Mary Fenton. Verdict: guilty.

Residence

Lenonard St. where she is running a boarding house. Note that she is not listed as a widow. Many boarding houses at this time served seafarers.

Residence

Mary is living on Lenonard St. where she is running a boarding house. Note that she is not listed as a widow. Many boarding houses at this time served seafarers.

Court Record

James McCarter of the 6th Ward, grocer, in a case of bastardy, is to appear in court on the first day of the next sessions. He is the father of a child of Mary Fenton. McCarter’s surety is Henry Lowther, of the 7th Ward, cartman.

Court Record

Mary Fenton, in a case of bastardy, complains of James McCarter. People’s witnesses are Mary Fenton, Katy Johnson, Margaret Fenton and James T. Macy (or Mary). Defendant’s witnesses are Joseph Brotherton, John Taylor, and Henry Lowther.

Court Record

The orders of the justices against Robert Watts and James McCarter are confirmed [in cases of bastardy]. The defendants are committed until the orders are complied with and costs paid.

Newspaper Record

Margaret "Peggy" Fenton petitions Mary's creditors to forgive her debts. Mary may have been in debtors prison.

Court Record

Margaret "Peggy" Fenton petitions Mary's creditors to forgive her debts.

By order of John B. Prevost, Esquire, Recorder of
the City of New York --

Notice is hereby given, to all the creditors
of Mary Fenton, of the city of New-York,
an insolvent debtor, to shew cause, if any they
have, before the said Recorder, at his office, in
Broad-street, in the city of New-York, by the
fourth day of June next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, why an assignment of the said insol-
vent's estate should not be made and she dis-
charged, according to the act, entitled "an act
forgiving relief in cases of insolvency," passed
the 3d April, 1801. Dated April 11th 1804

MARY FENTON, insolvent

Peggy Fenton,
Petitioning Creditor

Court Record

Trial of Euphemia Chambers (indicted with Henry Duff, John Flinn and Patrick Armond) for grand larceny of the goods of Andrew Mathieu. People's witnesses are: Andre Mathieu, Margaret Flinn, Jane Duff. Defendant's witness: Mary Fenton. Verdict: guilty.

Court Record

Trial of Euphemia Chambers (indicted with Henry Duff, John Flinn and Patrick Armond) for grand larceny of the goods of Andrew Mathieu. People's witnesses are: Andre Mathieu, Margaret Flinn, Jane Duff. Defendant's witness: Mary Fenton. Verdict: guilty.

Court Record

Trial of Euphemia Chambers (indicted with Henry Duff, John Flinn and Patrick Armond) for grand larceny of the goods of Andrew Mathieu. People's witnesses are: Andre Mathieu, Margaret Flinn, Jane Duff. Defendant's witness: Mary Fenton. Verdict: guilty.

Court Record

Mary went on trial for 'wilful and corrupt perjury' probably related to the case of Euphemia Chambers.

The trial of Mary Fenton for wilful and corrupt perjury, came on to be heard on Monday. The charge was fully made out in the opinion of the court: but the jury, whose province is to determine as to the credibility of evidence, thought differently from the general bad character of the witnesses. They retired at 7 o'clock in the evening, and remained locked up until after 12 on Tuesday noon, but not agreeing, they were discharged by consent of the prisoner's counsel, on condition that she be recognized to appear at the next sessions to undergo a new trial.

Endnotes

1. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

2. , Longworth's New York Almanac (N.p.: D. Longworth, 1805), occupation and address.

3. "City Directories for New York, New York," database, Fold3 by Ancestry (fold3.com: accessed ), .

4. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

5. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

6. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

7. , American Citizen Newspaper (New York City, New York: n.p., 4 May 1804), insolvency.

8. "," Public Notice, American Citizen (New York, New York), 4 May 1804; Genealogy Bank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 December 2015).

9. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

10. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

11. Kenneth Scott, New York City Court Records 1801-1804 (Arlington, Virginia: National Genealogical Society, 1988), bastardy case.

12. , Spectator Newspaper (New York City, New York: n.p., 16 February 1805), trial information.

13. "," Public Notice, Spectator (New York, New York), 16 February 1805; online archives (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 December 2015).

14. Ancestry.com, New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1943) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 145.