Born about in Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ray
and Nancy (Allison) Ray
Sister of
Jane Catherine (Ray) Craig [half]
Wife of
James White
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Amanda C (White) Huffines and Shelby Hogg White
Died about
at about age 70
in Blount County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2013
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Biography
Mary was born abt 1815. She is the daughter of James Ray and Jane Jennet Allison. [1]
NOTE: According to a Jackson County, Tennessee court case, Mary White was the daughter of William Ray and granddaughter of James Ray and Jane Allison Ray.
"ANNA CASSETTY for Compt age about 44: "Polly White lived with Jane after James died...don't know exactly, twenty-one or twenty-two years...As far as I know she worked for her grandmother Jane Ray and in that way got a start."
"James Ray departed this life not 1810 but 1816; published Last Will & Testament "not quite correct copy". Testator bequeathed one-half of tract where he lived to Raulston Ray and one-half to his widow Jane Ray during her life, and after her death to William Ray. Complainant [Mary White] and Defendant Jane Craig are the only heirs of said William Ray who died a short time before Jane Ray."
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Holly Knight, Friday, October 18, 2013.
- Ray Connections by Pat Franklin
Main Author: Franklin, Della P. 1924- Published: Cookeville, Tenn. : D.P. Franklin, 1990. Physical Description: iv, 459, 60 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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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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~0.78%
Robert Brown
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_f_brown71
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B636614
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~0.78%
Harold Ray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch cm6095741 [compare], Ancestry member dixoncrs
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Sue Hayden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZE1468921 [compare], Ancestry member suezieman
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~0.78%
Kay Ensor :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695656 [compare], FTDNA kit #458297
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