Mary Leigh Norris

Notes:

Birth: 1590
Berkshire, England
Death: Feb. 25, 1621
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA

"Mayflower" passenger
Wife of Isaac Allerton, the 5th signer of the "Mayflower Compact".

She traveled to the Colonies with her husband and 3 children Barhlomew, Remember and Mary Allerton Cushman, who became the wife of Elder Thomas Cushman.

She was the first person to give birth in the Colonies (a stillborn born upon the Mayflower as it was docked in the harbor).

It is said that in the painting by Henry Sargent (1770-1885) entitled "Landing of the Pilgrims", Mary Norris Allerton is represented as having a fine face, rather beautiful, and as being of a "meek and quiet spirit". The painting was painted in 1818-1822 and is on permanent display at Pilgrim Hall Museum; Plymouth, MA.

COLE HILL MONUMENT:
Scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the settlement's first bitter winter. Corn was planted over their unmarked graves so that the Native Americans should not know how many had perished.
Mary Norris Allerton is the 2nd inscription on the monument.


Family links:
Spouse:
Isaac Allerton (1586 - 1659)*

Children:
Child Allerton (____ - 1620)*
Bartholomew Allerton (1613 - ____)*
Remember Allerton Maverick (1615 - ____)*
Mary Allerton Cushman (1616 - 1699)*
Baby Allerton (1620 - 1620)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Coles Hill Burial Ground
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA


MARY NORRIS
Birth: 1590Berkshire, EnglandDeath: Feb. 25, 1621
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
"Mayflower" passenger
Wife of Isaac Allerton, the 5th signer of the "Mayflower Compact".

She traveled to the Colonies with her husband and 3 children Barhlomew, Remember and Mary Allerton Cushman, who became the wife of Elder Thomas Cushman.

She was the first person to give birth in the Colonies (a stillborn born upon the Mayflower as it was docked in the harbor).

It is said that in the painting by Henry Sargent (1770-1885) entitled "Landing of the Pilgrims", Mary Norris Allerton is represented as having a fine face, rather beautiful, and as being of a "meek and quiet spirit". The painting was painted in 1818-1822 and is on permanent display at Pilgrim Hall Museum; Plymouth, MA.

COLE HILL MONUMENT:
Scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the settlement's first bitter winter. Corn was planted over their unmarked graves so that the Native Americans should not know how many had perished.
Mary Norris Allerton is the 2nd inscription on the monument.


Family links:
Children:
Child Allerton (____ - 1620)*
Barthalomew Allerton (1613 - ____)*
Remember Allerton Maverick (1615 - ____)*
Mary Allerton Cushman (1616 - 1699)*

Spouse:
Isaac Allerton (1586 - 1659)*

*Point here for explanation
Burial:
Coles Hill Burial Ground
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
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MARY NORRIS
Birth: 1590Berkshire, EnglandDeath: Feb. 25, 1621
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
"Mayflower" passenger
Wife of Isaac Allerton, the 5th signer of the "Mayflower Compact".

She traveled to the Colonies with her husband and 3 children Barhlomew, Remember and Mary Allerton Cushman, who became the wife of Elder Thomas Cushman.

She was the first person to give birth in the Colonies (a stillborn born upon the Mayflower as it was docked in the harbor).

It is said that in the painting by Henry Sargent (1770-1885) entitled "Landing of the Pilgrims", Mary Norris Allerton is represented as having a fine face, rather beautiful, and as being of a "meek and quiet spirit". The painting was painted in 1818-1822 and is on permanent display at Pilgrim Hall Museum; Plymouth, MA.

COLE HILL MONUMENT:
Scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the settlement's first bitter winter. Corn was planted over their unmarked graves so that the Native Americans should not know how many had perished.
Mary Norris Allerton is the 2nd inscription on the monument.


Family links:
Children:
Child Allerton (____ - 1620)*
Barthalomew Allerton (1613 - ____)*
Remember Allerton Maverick (1615 - ____)*
Mary Allerton Cushman (1616 - 1699)*

Spouse:
Isaac Allerton (1586 - 1659)*

*Point here for explanation
Burial:
Coles Hill Burial Ground
Plymouth
Plymouth County
Massachusetts, USA
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: ReLyRoTh
Record added: Nov 25, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 12498353



Bio
Mary Norris was probably about 30 years old when she came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, estimated from the known age of her husband, and on her known marriage date. She married Isaac Allerton in Leiden, Holland in 1611, one of the first marriages amongst the Pilgrims after they had fled to Holland from England. Her marriage record indicates she was from Newbury, perhaps Newbury, Berkshire, England. She had children Bartholomew, Remember and Mary in Leiden, all of whom came on the Mayflower with her. She and Isaac buried a child, not yet named, at St. Peters, Leiden on 5 February 1620, and she gave birth to a stillborn son ten months later, on board the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, on 22 December 1620.
Mary died on 25 February 1621, during the height of the first winter when half the Mayflower passengers and crew died. Her husband Isaac, and her three children Bartholomew, Remember, and Mary, all survived, however. Isaac would later remarry to Fear Brewster, daughter of Plymouth's Elder William Brewster.
Source: Mayflower History Web Site, http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/MaryNorris.php

Mary married Isaac Allerton on 4 Nov 1611 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Isaac (son of Edward Allerton and Rose Davis) was born in Sep 1583 in , Suffolk, England; died on 12 Feb 1659 in New London, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was buried in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bartholomew Allerton was born in 1612 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 19 Feb 1659 in Bramfield, Suffolk, England.
2. Remember Allerton was born in 1614 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 12 Sep 1652 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Mary Allerton was born on 16 Jun 1616 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 28 Nov 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Joanna Allerton was born in 1622 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 May 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Gov married Elizabbeth Pierpoint. Elizabbeth was born in 1568 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Feb 1621 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]