However, I got an interesting note from Veronica Smith (Jumper@sunbelt.net) a few weeks ago that I have yet to put in my main file of Noyes info. She writes: You mentioned the question regarding the parents of Nicholas Noyes. Perhaps I can shed some light on it for you. I, too, have obtained much information from the same book of reference you and others have used:"Genealogical Record of Some of the Noyes Descendants of James, Nicholas and Peter Noyes" (Volume 1, Descendants of Nicholas Noyes) Collected and compiled by Col. Henry E. Noyes, U.S.A. and Miss Harriette E. Noyes - Members of NEHGS - Boston 1904
However, I was fortunate enough to obtain a copy in which a newspaper clipping was pasted into the back of Vol. I. The clipping is dated 1906, some two years after the publication of the foregoing book. The clipping reads as follows:
* 8861. 2. Noyes. R.W. N., Oct. 22, 1906. The "Additional Corrections and Additions," page 3, of Wheeler's "History of Stonington, Conn." has the following: "Miss Harriet E. Noyes of New Hampshire says: 'From recent investigations in England the name of Rev. William Noyes's wife was proven to be Anne Stephens, daughter of Nicholas Stephens of Burdrop Manor, and sister of Dorothy Stephens, mother of Rev. Thomas Parker.'" M. G. F.From the way the notice is written, I suspect is was printed in some genealogical publication. Since the date referenced is two years after the "Noyes Descendants" was published, I suspect the new information is more correct, although I have not obtained any actual copies from English records to substantiate it.
Mary Parker, as his wife, is apparently an error which has persisted, as so many people have relied on the information in the Noyes Genealogy and have not pursued further research.
Miss Harriette E. Noyes was aware that Anne Stephens was thought by some to be the wife of Rev. William Noyes, as she makes reference to it on Page 45 of Vol. I. Apparently, at the time of publication, it was their opinion that that information was erroneous. However, further investigation subsequent to the printing of the book, seems to have proved that information to be correct all along.
Also, in reading the will of the widow of Rev. William Noyes, she is referred to only as Anne Noyes. Therefore, the will could easily be the will of Anne (Stephens) Noyes, rather than Anne (Parker) Noyes as previously thought.
I hope to one day obtain a copy of the original marriage record for Rev. William Noyes so that I will have the actual copy in my posession. In the meantime, based on the newspaper clipping, I have indicated the wife to be Anne Stephens.
Regards,
Monica Barney aj866@freenet.carleton.ca
or
Monica_Barney@newbridge.com
Ottawa, Canada
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