“Mary Lawne… arrived in 1638, at age twenty-four, as a servant indentured to Margaret Brent, a prominent Catholic. However, Mary Lawne had not remained a servant long in this small, womanshort society. In 1639, James Courtney, a free immigrant, had purchased her time and married her. By early 1643, she was a widow with a son, Thomas, at most a year old. Sometime in 1645 orvery early 1646, she married Daniel Clocker.”2219