Mary (Atwell) Tanner (bef. 1671 - bef. 1708)

Born before 1671 in Westmoreland County, Virginia

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Died before 1708 at about age 37 in Westmoreland County, Virginia

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Biography

Mary Atwell, daughter of Thomas Atwell, married Thomas Tanner after 1671.^[1][2] They had two daughters, Hannah and Frances, before 1703.^[3]

Mary (Atwell) Tanner died before her husband wrote his will in 1708, as she is not mentioned in it.^[4]

Note: Information on the profile for Thomas, Mary's father, says that Honor Sullivan was as yet unmarried in 1673. So Honor (Honora) would not have been Mary's mother.

Name

Mary Atwell^[5][6]

Notes

Mary Atwell, daughter of Thomas Atwell, is mentioned in the 1671 will of Henry Harpin: Westmoreland Co VA Wills, 1654-1800: Harpin, Henry, 24 June 1671; 29 November 1671. My son young Walter English all estate; one cow to Mary dau. of Thomas Atwell

She married Thomas Tanner, had Hannah Tanner m'd John Awbrey.

From Historical Southern Families at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~celticlady/thornton/Boddie-Thorntons.htm: Mary Atwell, daughter of Thomas Atwell alias Collins, is mentioned in the will of Henry Harpin in Westmoreland Co. in 1671 (D. & W. 1665-77, p. 104). She obviously married Thomas Tanner, as Frances and Hannah Tanner, daughters of Thomas and Mary Tanner, were residuary legatees in the will of Mary's brother, Capt. Thomas Atwell, in 1703. Thomas Tanner died in Westmoreland Co. in 1708, his wife having predeceased him. Thomas Tanner's will, dated Aug. 10, 1708 and probated Sept. 29, 1708, mentions his sister, Hannah Tanner, of Honiton, Devonshire, and leaves the rest of his property to his daughters Hannah and Frances (D. & W. 4, 1707-9, p. 149). Hannah Tanner married John Awbrey (D. & W. No. 6, 1716-20,p.556), and died before her husband, who died in 1727. John Awbrey's will, dated Dec. 19, 1726 and probated Feb. 22, 1726/7, mentions his daughter Hannah Awbrey, under 16; daughter Keziah Atwell; daughter Kerenhappuch Awbrey, and son Chandler Awbrey (under 18) (D. & W. 1723-38, p.77). Keziah Awbrey, as mentioned, married (1) Youell Atwell, son of John and Winifred (Youell) Atwell, and (2) William Rice. Hannah Awbrey married a McAuiey, as shown by her brother Chandler's will. Kerenhappuch Awbrey seems to have died young. The son, Chandler Awbrey, married Elizabeth Sorrell and died in 1756. His will, dated Dec. 9, 1755 and probated Sept. 28, 1756, mentions his son James Sorrell Awbrey, daughters (under 18), wife Elizabeth, and leaves suits of mourning to his sister Hannah McAuley and her daughter Mary, to Mrs. Martha Atwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Atwell, and Miss Sarah Atwell (D. & W. No. 13, 1755-61 p. 28). Frances Tanner, the second daughter of Thomas and Mary (Atwell) Tanner, married Francis Awbrey, brother of John Awbrey (D. & W. No. 8, 1723-38, p. 179), and moved to Prince William Co. Va. The records show that they had at least two sons, John Awbrey and Frances Awbrey, Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ marriage after 1671 based on 1671 will of Henry Harpin, which gives "one cow to Mary dau. of Thomas Atwell" (from Atwell-120, citing Westmoreland Co VA Wills, 1654-1800); also on Janet Ariciu's Atwell page
2. ↑ Atwell-689 had birth as 1664
3. ↑ the 1703 will of Capt. Thomas Atwell names "Frances and Hannah Tanner, daughters of Thomas and Mary Tanner" (from Atwell-120)
4. ↑ Thomas Tanner died in Westmoreland County in 1708 and his will names his daughters Hannah and Frances (from Atwell-120, citing D. & W. 4, 1707-9, p. 149)
5. ↑ Source: #S-859556554
6. ↑ Source: #S-859556706

• Janet Ariciu's page on John Awbrey: Thomas Tanner married Mary Atwell about 1662 Virginia. She was born abt 1642; died Westmoreland County, Virginia.
• Thornton site, includes information from Historical Southern Families, Vol. XII, by John Bennett Boddie
• S-859556554: Historical Southern Families. Volume XII (Ancestry APID 1,48283::277666).
• S-859556706: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members: 1 and 2).
• S-168578015: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Atwell-120 was created on 30 December 2010 through the import of Shortened files.ged (prior to import, this record was last changed 14 JUL 2010). It included the user ID: C31206A7B56F4CFB917BCDB5F52ACAAE12E9.
• The WikiTere profile Atwell-651 was created by Jeanine Lane through the import of Working.ged on Feb 16, 2014. Source citations: S-859556554 and S-859556706.
• The WikiTree profile Atwell-689 was created by Jason Panick through the import of Panick Family Tree 2.ged on Dec 2, 2014. Source citation: S-168578015.