Mary Champion

1651-1732 · Saybrook IL

Born 1651, Saybrook, Connecticut

Died 1732

Father: Henry Champion

Children include Aaron

Mary Champion was born at Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1651, according to a Champion genealogy printed in 1891. She was the second of the six children of Henry Champion and his first wife, whose name is not known. Her sisters and brothers were Sarah, Stephen, who died a child in 1660, Henry, Thomas and Rachel.

On 22 February 1676 she married Aaron Huntley at Lyme. Her husband was a son of John Huntley of Boston and Lyme and had served as a soldier in King Philip's War. They had eight children between 1677 and 1691: John, Elizabeth, Aaron, Daniel, Mary, Jane, David and Solomon.

Her father died about 1708, leaving a second wife, Deborah. On 26 April 1709 his heirs settled with the widow. The agreement names "Aron Huntly in behalfe of himself & wife" among them. In it the heirs call Henry Champion "our father". The heirs agreed to pay the fourteen pounds of debts contracted before Deborah married him, and she gave up her claim to his lands.

Mary died at Lyme on 10 December 1732. The Lyme records give her age as eighty-four, which would put her birth about 1648 rather than 1651. Her husband outlived her by thirteen years.

Parents

Henry Champion

Children

Aaron Huntley 1680-1748

Sources

Lineage book of a hereditary society, entry 1756, pp. 43-44, digitized by Google; image attached to Find a Grave memorial 20825349

Ivy Huntley Horn, "John Huntley of Lyme, Conn.", serialised in Your Ancestors (Orchard Park, N.Y., from 1947), archive.org yourancestorsnat13unse and yourancestorsnat46unse, p. 14

Francis Bacon Trowbridge, The Champion Genealogy (New Haven, 1891), archive.org championgenealog01trow, p. 22, from New London wills, book 3, fol. 131

Francis Bacon Trowbridge, The Champion Genealogy (New Haven, 1891), archive.org championgenealog01trow, p. 23

Francis Bacon Trowbridge, The Champion Genealogy (New Haven, 1891), archive.org championgenealog01trow, pp. 22-24; Ivy Huntley Horn, "John Huntley of Lyme, Conn.", serialised in Your Ancestors (Orchard Park, N.Y., from 1947), archive.org yourancestorsnat13unse and yourancestorsnat46unse, p. 14; John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut, 1647-1977 (1978), archive.org johnhuntleyimmig01hunt; lineage book entry 1756, pp. 43-44, for a descendant of Nathan Huntley through his son Elisha, image attached to Find a Grave memorial 20825349

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Cite: Heirology, "Mary Champion (1651-1732)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/mary-champion-1651-1732-530ba5.