Mary Alston

Not the same as Mary Clark

Henry Baker married Mary BLAKE in 1677 in Surry co USA. (Mary BLAKE was born circa 1656 in Nansemond co USA and died after 5 Mar 1731/32 in Isle of Wight co Virginia USA.) Children:

1. Mary BAKER, married Col John ALSTON of Wethersfield ESS & Nth Carolina America

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baker-36936

Mary Baker was born after 1677 [estimated birth date based on husband's christening record]. She died after 1758, Chowan, North Carolina.

Mary Baker is the daughter of Henry Baker Sr. and Mary Blake.

Researcher Forrest King has found records of Henry Baker Sr and Henry Baker Jr, having a lot of dealings withCol. John Alston, and suggests that Mary Baker is the wife of Col. John Alston. This has not been completely proven, but the research has ruled out that Mary Clark was Col. John Alston's wife. [1]

Mary Clarke was born about 1686, based on parents year of marriage of 1685, the previous year of 1677 had been based on John Alston's year of birth, rather then any actual record of Mary Clark's year of birth. She died young, year unknown.[1]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-447

Mary Clarke is not the wife of Col. John Alston of North Carolina. A recent article that is found on The Kings Candlesticks, show that John Alston did not appear in any records of Palin/Clark and that area of North Carolina where they lived. The first comprehensive book written about the Alston family came from Joseph A. Groves, but the researcher William Perry Johnson found that Groves work lacked any primary documentation. Researcher Forrest D. King has done extensive work on this subject and concludes the same thing that Johnson found, that Mary Clark was not the wife of John Alston of North Carolina.[2]

The Kings Candlesticks Article by F. D. King [fkroots@yahoo.com]

William Perry Johnson: Most of Mr. Johnson's comments [1] were based on Mr. Groves' lack of any primary documentation. Mr. Johnson described what information is known about Col. John Alston, John Clark, Mary Palin, and daughter Mary Clark, including the marriage of Joseph Glaister to Mary (Palin) Clark. Mr. Johnson stated, "No further record of Mary (Palin) Clarke's daughter Mary has been found; it is presumed she died young. Neither is there any record of a second child being born to John & Mary (Palin) Clarke."[1]Mr. Johnson also challenged the connection between John Alston of Bedfordshire County, England and Col. John Alston again because no conclusive proof was provided. In John Clark's will of 1689, daughter Mary Clark received half of her father's land with caveats attached. Her mother was expecting, and if the child was a boy then the son would get the land, but if a girl the land was to be split between Mary and her sister. Daughter Mary's portion of the land was never sold by her or her mother.[3] Neither the will of her mother nor the will of her stepfather mentioned any children from the mother's first marriage. Also, in the 1740 will of Mary Palin, she mentions her cousins, but doesn't include any grandchildren of her own, if her daughter had been married to an Alston, there should have been some indication of this in the will. To date, no primary record has been found mentioning Col. John Alston in reference to this land. In my own review of several thousand original court documents found at the Edenton Courthouse[4]through 1740 including a number of unpublished tax lists, I did not find any records where a John Alston is mentioned in the same record as a Clark or a Palin. This analysis also supports Mr. Johnson's conclusions that Mary Clark probably died early and that there was no marriage between Col. John Alston and Mary Clark.[2]

Birthplace conflict to be resolved: Peasgustank, SC Chowan, North Carolina, United States or England *http://ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Mary-Clark/f11226

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Origins

Will of "Henry Baker of the Isle of Wight, age sixty years or thereabouts, being in perfect health and memory God's Holy name be blessed" 10 June 1707 - probated 28 July 1712

- to dau Mary negro Jenny, and to Sarah two negroes; to dau Catherine 2 negroes Kate and Will;and to dau Elizabeth one negro.

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