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William Pontus

d. 9 Feb 1652 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Most distant known ancestor in this line

Events

Death
9 Feb 1652 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Wybra Hanson · m. 13 Nov 1610 · Leyden, Holland

Children:

  1. Hannah Pontus (1623–22 Dec 1690)
    m. John Churchill (–1 Jan 1663) · 18 Dec 1644 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Joseph Churchill (1647–1668); Hannah Churchill (1649–); Eleazer Churchill (1652–1715); Mary Churchill (1654–); William Churchill (1656–1722); John Churchill (1657–1723)
    m. Giles Rickard (1597–2 Feb 1685) · 25 Jun 1669
  2. Mary Pontus
    m. James Glasse (–BEFORE 1657) · BEFORE 1657
    m. Philip De La Noye (1602–BEFORE 4 Mar 1682) · 1657
    Children: Samuel Delano (1659–1728)

Notes

His will is printed in the Mayflower Descendant, Vol. XI, pg. 92. He was in Plymouth in 1633. !Death: Plymouth Register of Marriages and Burials for 1652, in Nathaniel B. Shurtleffs Records of New Plymouth, Vol. 8, pg. 14, reads: "William Pontus died the 9th of Febrewary." !Marriage: "William Brewster: The Father of New England" by Rev. Harold Kirk-Smith, 1992, pg. 117: "On 13 November 1610 [in Leyden], William Brewster was a witness to the betrothal of William Pontus and Wybra Hanson". He cites: [Plooij, D., & J. Rendel Harris, "Leyden Documents Relating to the Pilgrim Fathers", pg. iv.]