Born in Liberty Hill, Tazewell, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Ward Sr
and Jane (Cravens) Ward
Sister of
John Ward, Joseph Ward, William Ward, James Ward, David Ward Jr, Jane Ward, Margaret (Ward) Smith, Elizabeth (Ward) Basher, Mary Ann (Ward) Lockhart, Alexander Ward, Robert Ward [half], Isaac Ward [half], Jane (Ward) Grubb [half], Rees Madison Ward [half], Phoebe (Ward) Culton [half], Joseph Addison Ward [half], Nancy (Ward) Daughtery [half], Hiram David Ward [half], Matilda Ward [half], William Ward [half] and Rebecca (Ward) Harrah [half]
Wife of
Joshua Belsher
— married
1816 in Virginia
Mother of
Nancy M Belsher, Zachariah P Belsher, Matilda (Belsher) Steele, Bernetta Emily Belsher, Permila Belsher and Winfield Belsher
Died
at age 67
in Tazewell, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2011
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Biography
Mary was born about 1790. She is the daughter of David Ward and Jane Cravens. She passed away about 1857. [1] Mary married Joshua Belsher about 1816 in Virginia. Name also found spelled Belchee, Belsha, and Belcher. There were at least eight children born to this family. Joshua was born in 1790 in Tazewell, Virginia. Mary died of tuberculosis.
Sources
1850 United States Federal Census [1]
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917 [2]
- ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Oct 16, 2011
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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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~3.12%
John Williams
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #343675
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~1.56%
Gina (Uzick) Faulkner :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Johnnie (Williams) Zollinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jmzollinger
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #325893
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~1.56%
Larry Flesher :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lflesher125
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~0.78%
Eric Adams :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Suzan (Schwantz) Valdez :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member smsdv1
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~0.78%
Keete Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A097108 [compare], Ancestry member Keetec7
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~0.78%
Sherry Lockhart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308138 [compare], Ancestry member wildwestcowgirl1
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~0.78%
Steven Adams :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Drswadams
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Melanie (Cameron) Kennedy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Les Shockey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T461689 [compare], FTDNA kit #115454
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~0.78%
Nina Bohlin :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H948813 [compare]
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~0.39%
Teresa Ross :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HX6549441 [compare], Ancestry member bluegenealogygirl
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~0.39%
Daryl Dinwiddie :
Living DNA, GEDmatch QY1950085 [compare], yourDNAportal DARea17968e
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