Wade & Webb Family History

Mary Elizabeth Hickey1789–?

Long Island · New York

Mary Elizabeth Hickey is known chiefly through her children: two of them, Edward Wade and Eliza Ann Wade, gave her name as Mary Hickey when their deaths were recorded in Brooklyn in 1908 and 1915. The family tree makes her the wife of John Wade of New York City from 1806 and the mother of nine children, but it rests largely on unsourced family records, and the burial date it gives her, in 1909, cannot be right.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Places
  4. Timeline
  5. Open questions
  6. Searches made
  7. Notes

Birth

  1. 6 Apr 1789 Long Island, New York 1, 2

Marriages

  1. 20 Sep 1806 John Wade 3

Death and burial

  1. 22 Aug 1909 Burial: , New York, New York 10
  2. Date unknown Death: place not recorded

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 20 Sep 1806
John Wade 1781–?
Children
Moses Wade 1809–1818
William Wade 1822–1834
Mary Wade 1811–1811
John Wade 1808–?
Joseph Wade 1819–?
Charles Wade 1820–?
James Wade 1831–1831
Eliza Ann Marvin 1816–1915
Edward Wade 1828–1908

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Mary Elizabeth Hickey
  2. Eliza Ann Marvin, daughter
  3. William Henry Wade, son
  4. William Henry Wade Jr, son
  5. Frank Edward Wade, son
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

3rd great-grandmother of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Mary Elizabeth Hickey was born on 6 April 1789 on Long Island, New York, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date or the place.1 Inference The tree gives the same day and month, 6 April, for the birth of her husband John Wade in 1781, which may be a coincidence or may be a sign that one date was copied into the other profile; neither has a record behind it.2

Marriage and children

The tree records her marriage to John Wade, born in New York City in 1781, on 20 September 1806, without a place or a source.3 It credits the couple with nine children, born between 1808 and 1831: John (1808), Moses (1809, died 1818), Mary (1811, died 1811), Eliza Ann (1816), Joseph (about 1819), Charles (1820), William (1822, died about 1834), Edward (1828) and James (1831, died 1831).4 The tree's account of John Wade's family is said in a note on his profile to come from "Larry Fyfe family records," a source not otherwise identified.5

Two records made by or for her children name her.6 The New York City death record of Edward Wade, who died in Brooklyn, Kings County, on 29 December 1908, gives his parents as John Wade and Mary Hickey.6 The death record of Eliza Ann Wade, the widow of James M. Wade, who died in Brooklyn on 15 December 1915 in her hundredth year, gives the same two names.6 Eliza Ann's obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle says she was born in Gold Street, New York City, on 1 March 1816, "the daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth Wade, both dead more than half a century," and that she attended the old Gold Street Baptist Church and later the Oliver Street Baptist Church "with her parents."7

Whether Eliza Ann was in fact her daughter is an open question.8 The tree calls Eliza Ann by the surname Marvin, and the New York City marriage record of her son William H. Wade in 1868, made in her lifetime, gives the groom's mother as Eliza Marvin.8 Inference If Eliza Ann was born a Marvin, the obituary and her death record may have given her parents her married surname, and Mary Elizabeth Hickey would not be her mother; if she was born a Wade, the two Brooklyn death records agree in naming the same mother for two of the nine children.9 The records in hand do not decide between the two.9

Death

The tree records no date or place of death, but gives a burial at New York on 22 August 1909.10 That burial date conflicts with the evidence.10 Eliza Ann's obituary of December 1915 says both her parents had been dead for more than half a century, which places Mary Elizabeth's death before about 1865, and a woman born in 1789 would have been 120 in 1909.10 Inference The 1909 date is most probably a transcription or entry error, perhaps borrowed from another person's record; it should not be relied on.10

Places

  1. 1789Long Island
  2. 1909New York

Timeline

  1. 6 Apr 1789BirthLong Island, New York
  2. 20 Sep 1806Marriage, John Wade
  3. 22 Aug 1909Burial, New York, New York

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-09Find a Grave search: Mary Hickey, b. 1789 ±3, d. ? ±3: 11 results; Mary Wade, b. 1789 ±3, d. ? ±3: 21 resultsbest: [Mary Butterfield Wade (14 Aug 1789 – 7 Nov 1844), Bloxom Cemetery, Greene Township, Clark County, Ohio](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23196702/mary-wade); score 12 (high, before review)
  2. 2026-11-09Assessment of the Find a Grave batch candidates (2026-11-09)Rejected: Mary Butterfield Wade (1789-1844), Clark County, Ohio, is the wife of the Ohio John Wade (see his log), not of ours. No memorial recorded.
  3. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Mary Elizabeth Hickey", New York35 pages; first: [Annales 1934, 1934, p. ](https://archive.org/details/Annales1934?q=%22Mary%20Elizabeth%20Hickey%22); [Colorado College Nugget (yearbook), 1976, p. ](https://archive.org/details/coloradocollegen1976colo?q=%22Mary%20Elizabeth%20Hickey%22); [Checks, n.d., p. ](https://archive.org/details/checks1940mghs?q=%22Mary%20Elizabeth%20Hickey%22)
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Mary Hickey", New York3433 pages; first: [Forsgren-Springer collection: Cassin family group sheets, 2022, p. ](https://archive.org/details/carolspringergen15?q=%22Mary%20Hickey%22); [The heirloom quilt, 1994, p. ](https://archive.org/details/heirloomquilt0000fils?q=%22Mary%20Hickey%22); [Big book of small quilts, 1997, p. ](https://archive.org/details/bigbookofsmallqu0000hick?q=%22Mary%20Hickey%22)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Mary Elizabeth Hickey", New York (35 pages)First 20 reviewed: 20th-century yearbooks (1923-1976), an 1886 Worcester normal school list, a 1961 laboratory journal, a 1983 Maine paper; all later namesakes. Not her.
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Mary Hickey", New York (3,433 pages)First 20 reviewed: a Cassin family collection, quilting books by a modern author, namesakes; too common. Not her.
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 2 searchesNo match.
  8. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Mary Elizabeth Hickey"1 page; first: [Petition for Naturalization of Mary Elizabeth Hickey (National Archives at Boston), n.d., p. ](http://catalog.archives.gov/id/59135227)
  9. 2026-11-09DPLA: "Mary Hickey", New York2 pages; first: [Northwest History. Obituaries. Maa to Myz. Maa to Map. United States. (Washington State University), 1935-07-18, p. ](http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16866coll10/id/3329); [Northwest History. Obituaries. Maa to Myz. Maa to Map. United States. (Washington State University), 1936-12-20, p. ](http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p16866coll10/id/3328)
  10. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Mary Elizabeth Hickey", 1851–1870no matches
  11. 2026-11-09New York Times: "Mary E Hickey", 1851–1870no matches
  12. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: "Mary Elizabeth Hickey" (1 hit) and "Mary Hickey", New York (2 hits)Not her. A petition for naturalization of a Mary Elizabeth Hickey (National Archives at Boston), born in Ireland, arrived 1896; and two Spokane obituaries of John M. Maloney (1935, 1936).
  13. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: 2 searchesNo match.
  14. 2026-11-09New York Times assessment: 2 searchesNo match: no hits.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HGR: birth 6 Apr 1789, Long Island, New York, no source attached back to the text
  2. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HGR: birth 6 Apr 1789 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HNW (their page): birth 6 Apr 1781, New York City, no source attached to the event back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HGR: marriage 20 Sep 1806 to John Wade, no place, no source FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HNW (their page): birth 6 Apr 1781, New York City back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HNW (their page): children and their years as the tree gives them FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-C41 (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-CVB (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-C57 (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-4NH (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-Z4M (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-ZDT (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-Z59 (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-ZJY (their page) FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-Z1V (their page) back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HNW (their page): note: based on Larry Fyfe family records back to the text
  6. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Mary Hickey in entry for Edward Wade, 29 Dec 1908. Record: Mary Hickey in entry for Edward Wade, 29 Dec 1908 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Wade in entry for Edward Wade, 29 Dec 1908. Record: John Wade in entry for Edward Wade, 29 Dec 1908 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-ZJY (their page): death 29 Dec 1908, Brooklyn "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Mary Hickey in entry for Eliza Ann Wade, 15 Dec 1915. Record: Mary Hickey in entry for Eliza Ann Wade, 15 Dec 1915 "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, John Wade in entry for Eliza Ann Wade, 15 Dec 1915. Record: John Wade in entry for Eliza Ann Wade, 15 Dec 1915 1915-12-16-eliza-ann-wade-death: had she lived until March 1 next, would have been 100 years old, the widow of James M. Wade back to the text
  7. 1915-12-16-eliza-ann-wade-death: born in Gold street, New York City, on March 1, 1816, the daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth Wade, both dead more than half a century, in early life, with her parents, attended the old Gold Street Baptist Church in New York City, and later the old Oliver Street Baptist Church back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVPD-4NH (their page): name Eliza Ann Marvin, listed as a child of John Wade and Mary Elizabeth Hickey "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Marvin in entry for William H Wade and Emma May Goodrich, 10 August 1868. Record: Eliza Marvin in the marriage entry for William H Wade and Emma May Goodrich, 10 August 1868 Research log (their page): open question: what was her maiden name, and who were her parents? back to the text
  9. 1915-12-16-eliza-ann-wade-death: notes: either the paper gave her parents her married surname, or she was born a Wade "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Mary Hickey in entry for Eliza Ann Wade, 15 Dec 1915. Record "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", FamilySearch, Mary Hickey in entry for Edward Wade, 29 Dec 1908. Record "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Eliza Marvin in entry for William H Wade and Emma May Goodrich, 10 August 1868. Record back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L26L-HGR: burial 22 Aug 1909, New York, New York; no death date or place 1915-12-16-eliza-ann-wade-death: both dead more than half a century Research log (their page): the 1909 death conflicts with the obituary and would make Mary Elizabeth 120 back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Mary Elizabeth Hickey (2)
  1. 29 Dec 1908Mary Hickey, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  2. 15 Dec 1915Mary Hickey, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"