Mary Budd was born about 1680. Nothing is known about her parents or upon which continent she was born.
On Dec 11, 1701 Mary wed Thomas Shekel in St. James Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. From the St. James Parish Abstract found at Maryland Archives. This is the first known record of either family. St James Parish was also called Herring Creek Parish. It was mostly the southern partof Anne Arundel County below West River and Muddy Creek. A more recent building of St James Church today is located on Rt 2 south of Annapolis.
The Parish Records contains the baptizmal dates for three children born to Mary and Thomas Shekel. They are:
1. Thomas, born April 13, 1702, baptized Mrch 26, 1703.
2. John, born Jan 11, 1704.
3. Elizabeth, born Jan 22, 1708, baptized August 14, 1709.The children of a Richard and Ruth Shekell are noted in the 1740s. He may have been another child of Thomas and Mary.
Nothing more is known about Mary Budd.
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