Martha “widow Ford” Browne

No relationship with William Ford, of Marshfield - it’s been disproven.

Martha Foord, (surname unknown) sailed with her husband, Mr. Foord (Ford), and her two Foord children on the ship "Fortune" in 1621, to Plymouth Colony. She was one of the two women on board. She was referred to as "Widdo Ford" in Bradford's History of the Plimoth Plantation. Her husband died on ship. Delivered of a son on the first night she landed. Married "Mayflower Passenger" Peter Browne in 1623 as his first wife; he married Mary 2nd.

"Mrs. Marsha Ford and her sons, William and Thomas Ford, were passengers on the ship Fortune which left London about August, 1621, and arrived at Cape Cod on November 9, 1621."

Children with Mr. Foorde

1. John Ford
2. Martha Ford. Married William Nelson

Children with Peter Brown (married about 1624)

1. Mary BROWNE b: 1625 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Married Ephraim Tinkham.
2. Priscilla BROWN b: 1627 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Married William Allen.

Origins

Unknown. Parents seen as Richard Barker & Mary Woodgate with no supporting evidence

Sources A genealogical profile of Peter Browne, (a collaboration of Plimoth Plantation and New England Historic Genealogical Society accessed 2013)

Links http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v54t0254&id=I03...

Martha _____Married ____ Ford by about 1617. They went to Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the "Fortune." He died there before the 1627 cattle division. Martha married PETER BROWN 2nd in Plymouth by 1626. She had two children with Peter Brown and died by 1630. There were 3 known Ford children: John, Martha (Ford) Nelson, & a son who died soon. She also had 2 children with Peter Brown: Mary (Brown) Tinkham & Priscilla (Brown) Allen.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34791873

Martha “widow Ford” Browne

Martha' first husband is (Unknown) Ford. We do know it could not have been William Ford of Marshfield

Martha _____Married ____ Ford by about 1617. They went to Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the "Fortune." He died there before the 1627 cattle division.

Martha married PETER BROWN 2nd in Plymouth by 1626. She had two children with Peter Brown and died by 1630.

There were 3 known Ford children: John, Martha (Ford) Nelson, & a son who died soon. Martha gave birth to the unnamed son the day after arrival to Plymouth (November 10, 1621).

She also had 2 children with Peter Brown: Mary (Brown) Tinkham & Priscilla (Brown) Allen.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project

Ref: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34791873/_

Old Notes

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L853-75G/martha-foorde-1589-1633

Martha Foorde 1589–1633

Birth • 6 Sources 1589 Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

Age 45 Death • 4 Sources 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Martha Weighte Foorde Browne, "Find A Grave Index"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

William Foorde 1562-1621

Marriage: 1616 Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Martha Foorde 1589-1633

Children (4)

John Ford 1617-1693

William Ford 1618-

Martha Ford 1618-1683

Baby Ford 1621-1621

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Unknown Marriage:

Unknown Children (1)

Martha Foorde 1589-1633

Birth surname has been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• Wighte
• Taylor

Given name has also been reported to be:

• Martha Keziah
• Keziah
• Note as of 2004 in The American Genealogist it is unambiguously stated that her name was Martha and there is no reference to Keziah anywhere citing Plymouth Colony Record (TAG Vol 162 p 277)

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Sources

Florence Barelay TAG 42:35-42 Conclusion Husband could not have been William Ford

TAG 56:32-35 (Mostly about daughter Martha);

GMB p 687 citing TAG 42:35-42 and TAG 56:32-35 as latest research

Anderson, The Plymouth Migration (NEHGS, 2004) p 211-212;

Anderson GM Direcotry (2015) p 188 still citing TAG above as latest reserach

TAG 79:161 2004 English Origins of Peter Brown

I've read all of these and none of them argue that William Ford could have been her husband.