Her husband's name is not known for sure. According to First Settlers of ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey by Monnette and An Ancestral Chart and Handbook by Rowland, she married Daniel Howell about 1712. Daniel was from Trenton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and was a blacksmith. His will was drawn in 1725 and probated in 1732.
According to The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom1630-1950 by Christian and Fitz Randolph, Mary married Jonathan Fitz Randolph in 1715. Jonathan was born in Piscataway on January 12, 1692/93. He died there in 1783.
Mary and Jonathan's children included:
Abel Fitz Randolph (1716),
Malachi Fitz Randolph (1718),
Keziah Fitz Randolph (1720),
Jonathan Fitz Randolph (1722),
Lawrence Fitz Randolph (1725),
Hugh Fitz Randolph (1727),
Martha Fitz Randolph (1729),
Elizabeth Fitz Randolph (1731), and
Mary Fitz Randolph (1734).
Jonathan had three other children whose mother was probably his second wife.
If Monnette was correct that Daniel’s death date was 1732, then it would not be possible for Mary to have married both these men because she had children with Jonathan before 1732.
Hunterdon County was originally part of Burlington County, West Jersey. It was set off from Burlington County on March 11, 1714. It included Amwell, Hopewell, and Maidenhead Townships.
A blacksmith forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil.
The Dutch were the first Europeans claim land in New Jersey. The region became a territory of England in 1664 when an English fleet sailed into New York Harbor and took control of Fort Amsterdam.
