Born in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Brown
[uncertain]
and Elizabeth (Wideman) Brown
[uncertain]
Sister of
James Brown, Elizabeth (Brown) Forsyth, Philip Brown, Sarah (Brown) Pearson, Mary (Brown) Morden, Modlany Madeline (Brown) Ensign, William Brown, John Jack Brown, Margaret (Brown) Pickett, Annie (Brown) Laur, Joseph Brown Jr., Thomas Wiederman Brown and David Brown
Wife of
Jacob Kester
— married
4 Apr 1826 in Markham, York, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Enoch Kester, Sarah (Kester) Vanzant, John Milton Kester, Matilda (Kester) Pearson, Lydia (Kester) Hamilton, Hiram Kester, Maria (Kester) Millard, Melinda (Kester) Reesor and Andrew Kester
Died
at about age 45
in Markham Township, Ontario Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Sep 2014
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Biography
Mary "Polly" Brown was born 1800, to Joseph Brown and Elizabeth Wideman.
She married Jacob Kester, 04 Apr 1826 in Markham, York County, Ontario, Canada. Mary was Jacob's second wife.
Mary passed away 08 Mar 1854. She is buried in the Dickson Hill Cemetery, Dickson Hill, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34726344, database and images (accessed 02 March 2018), memorial page for Mary Brown Kester (1800–8 Mar 1854), citing Dickson Hill Cemetery, Dickson Hill, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by Darren Arndt (contributor 46971852).
- Brown, Rev. Victor Gordon and Brown, Lettitia Mae; "The English Browns of Markham and Uxbridge Townships 1800-1985", 1985, 129 Pages.
Research Notes
- 02 Mar 2018: There are two Mary "Polly" Brown Kester's, Brown-31647 (This Profile) and Brown-31867. Wayne Burnie created this profile, and also the other profile. This issue is they both have two different set of parents and siblings. ??? I attempted to start correcting this, by starting with merge of the two, the merge was stopped by Steven Tibbetts, so I un-linked the marriage of Kester-274 and Brown-31867, to avoid the multiple marriages issue Tibbetts has. I will let the other PM's handle it on their end. Tibbetts wrote: "I have set an unmerged match between Brown-31647 and Brown-31867. The reason being they both married the same person on the same day. They do in fact have 2 different fathers but those fathers happen to be brothers (William Sr and Joseph) and I don't believe joseph had a daughter when he was 10 years old and 13 years before he married."
- Profile created by Wayne Burnie, 26 Sep 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Deborah Stinson 
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Kathy Laface :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KathleenEthelLaface
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~3.12%
Barbara Brown :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Sharon Corrigan :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Russell Philip :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Mignon (Guthrie) Hamlin :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jenn Grant :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A978896 [compare], Ancestry member jennifergrant1
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~1.56%
Gordy Kribs :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Amber (Brown) Tovar :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch M398821 [compare]
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~0.78%
Michael Bates :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kelly (Sadler) Moore-McKenzie :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Michael Story :
23andMe, GEDmatch HP6652561 [compare]
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~0.78%
Liza (Macklem) Gervais :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A057406 [compare], Ancestry member LizaGervais
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T670382 [compare], FTDNA kit #251920
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~0.78%
Don Phelps :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A486664 [compare], Ancestry member maryphelps32
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A486664 [compare], FTDNA kit #380204
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~0.78%
Barbara Duffie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A478960 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Lynn Messacar :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lamplighter4j
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Rejected matches › Mary (Brown) Jester (1807-) › Mary Magdalene (Champ) Kuster (abt.1805-) › Mary Brown (bef.1807-1872)
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B > Brown | K > Kester > Mary (Brown) Kester
Categories: Markham Township, Ontario
this was previously marked as an un-merged match, however...
both have same parents
both have same death date
Brown-31647 has same name of husband (but different birth)
Brown-31867 has same birth year