Born about in Middlesex, Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Chaffin
— married
1740 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Josiah Chaffin and Simon Chaffin
Died
at about age 36
in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2014
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Biography
Mary Canutt was born about 1721 in Middlesex, Virginia to parents Earl Canute and Sarah Roberts. She married John Chaffin about 1720 in Virginia. Children: Joseph, Phoebe, Nancy, Major Joshua, Christopher, Ruth, Rachel, Nathan, Simon, Simon, John, Nathan. She died about 1757 in Cumberland, Virginia.
Sources
- Richmond, Virginia, newspaper Obituary for son Major Joshua Chaffin
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants and of the other Chaffins in America
- Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly
- The Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Virginia : 1913
- Virginia Wills and Probate Records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.39%
Buck Lyons
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M946758 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M946758 [compare], Ancestry member bucklyonsjr
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~0.39%
Judy Lane :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A394609 [compare], Ancestry member jamc1940
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Theresa (Wright) Chaffin :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Diane (Stone) Gullett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168044 [compare], Ancestry member KyHillbilly61
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B337972
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~0.39%
Crystal (Carrington) Amirkhanian :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member amirkhanianc
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~0.39%
Caitlin Edwards :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Karen (Lewis) Wood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FE3764538 [compare], yourDNAportal KARf39c70cc, Ancestry member Karenmarie81
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From my research, she should have been born between 1686 and 1703. Anybody still on this?
edited by Travis Woods
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305 Mother too young or not born (Canutt-5,Chaffin-10)