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Margaret Blessing
(Abt 1593 - 11 Aug 1634)
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=== Source ===
: Source: [[#S155]]
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees
:: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
:: Data: ::: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-44898983
=== User ID ===
: User ID: 6FBDCE8AA59D4BD696CC5CBC3E543B1947D3
=== Data Changed ===
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:: Date: 7 Feb 2011
::: Time: 17:04
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==Biography==In 1957, Walter Goodwin Davis published "The Four Blessing Sisters" in ''The American Genealogist,'' (Vol 33(1957):199-202). Key findings from it include:* Cites Boyd's Suffolk Marriage index for 1569 Somerlyton marriage of John Blyssinge and Joane Preaste.* Cites Somerlytown baptisms for two children of the above couple: Julian (daughter) b 1571; William b 1575.* Cites Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk (on Suffolk border, 7 miles from Somerlytown), parish records for marriages of three Blessing girls (who the author surmises were the ''granddaughters'' of the Somerlyton couple above):** [[Blessing-22|Margaret Blessing]] m 1613 Robert Buffam (who emigrated to New England, settled in Salem); she died in England by 1634 when he married Thomasine (Ward) Thompson** Jone Blessing m 1620 William Towne (who both settled in Salem, MA; see bequest from Alice to sister Joan Towne in Alice's will below)
** [[Blessing-20|Julian Blessing]] m Thomas Goose 1622* Concludes that Alice Blessing was a fourth sister; that she married about 1615 ____ Firmage (var. spellings). He died either in England or on way over as she is a widow by 29 Oct 1639 when she appears in Salem with her brother-in-law Robert Buffam and her ''son'' Mark Firmage. She removed to Boston by the mid 1640s. Alice made her will 8 Feb 1656 and died the next day. It is this will that places her in this family unit. It names:
** my sister Joan Towne
** my daughter Esther Estick
** my grandchild Susan Goose
** my daughter Sary Langdon
** my son Mr. Edward Hutchinson
** my daughter Abigail Hutchinson
==Sources==
=== Source ===
: Source: [[#S155]]
:: Page: Ancestry Family Trees
:: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
:: Data: ::: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-44898983
=== User ID ===
: User ID: 6FBDCE8AA59D4BD696CC5CBC3E543B1947D3
=== Data Changed ===
: Data Changed:
:: Date: 7 Feb 2011
::: Time: 17:04
Prior to import, this record was last changed 17:04 7 Feb 2011.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
==Biography==In 1957, Walter Goodwin Davis published "The Four Blessing Sisters" in ''The American Genealogist,'' (Vol 33(1957):199-202). Key findings from it include:* Cites Boyd's Suffolk Marriage index for 1569 Somerlyton marriage of John Blyssinge and Joane Preaste.* Cites Somerlytown baptisms for two children of the above couple: Julian (daughter) b 1571; William b 1575.* Cites Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk (on Suffolk border, 7 miles from Somerlytown), parish records for marriages of three Blessing girls (who the author surmises were the ''granddaughters'' of the Somerlyton couple above):** [[Blessing-22|Margaret Blessing]] m 1613 Robert Buffam (who emigrated to New England, settled in Salem); she died in England by 1634 when he married Thomasine (Ward) Thompson** Jone Blessing m 1620 William Towne (who both settled in Salem, MA; see bequest from Alice to sister Joan Towne in Alice's will below)
** [[Blessing-20|Julian Blessing]] m Thomas Goose 1622* Concludes that Alice Blessing was a fourth sister; that she married about 1615 ____ Firmage (var. spellings). He died either in England or on way over as she is a widow by 29 Oct 1639 when she appears in Salem with her brother-in-law Robert Buffam and her ''son'' Mark Firmage. She removed to Boston by the mid 1640s. Alice made her will 8 Feb 1656 and died the next day. It is this will that places her in this family unit. It names:
** my sister Joan Towne
** my daughter Esther Estick
** my grandchild Susan Goose
** my daughter Sary Langdon
** my son Mr. Edward Hutchinson
** my daughter Abigail Hutchinson
==Sources==
Events
| Birth | Abt 1593 | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | |||
| Death | 11 Aug 1634 | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England | |||
| Reference No | 1042964 | ||||
| Reference No | 1064859 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | William Blyssynge (1575 - 1677) |
| Mother | Joan Preaste (1572 - 1675) |
| Sibling | Joannah "Jone" Blessing (1599 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Phillip Blessing (1593 - 1619) |
| Sibling | Seth Blessing (1595 - 1663) |
| Sibling | Alice Blessing (1600 - 1656) |
| Father | Unknown Blyssinge (1570 - ) |
| Sibling | Joannah "Jone" Blessing (1599 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Alice Blessing (1577 - 1656) |