Mary Butler was born on 13 Feb 1723, in Ipswich, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of William Buttler, Jr., and Susana ( ______ ).[1]
Mary married Jacob Story, Jr., on 24 Jan 1739, at the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich.[2]
On 8 Apr 1741, Jacob Story, Jr., provided his brother-in-law, William Butler, with a formal receipt, acknowledging that he had received his wife's share of her intestate father's estate: L126 s10.[3] The final distribution from the sale of her father's real estate was only formalized on 13 Jul 1771. From it, she received an additional L34 s13 d4.[4]
Mary Butler Story died of consumption on 26 Mar 1787, in Ipswich.[5]
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (subscription required)
Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1910.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Butler-4142 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2LAW_2013-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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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:
~0.39% ~1.56%David Smith :
23andMe, yourDNAportal DAVa1bce514
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AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal DAVa1bce514, Ancestry member d__smith
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal DAVa1bce514, FTDNA kit #178866