Mary A. (Caldwell) Dunlap (abt.1794-1856) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mary A. "Polly" Dunlap formerly Caldwell

Born about 1794 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of George Calhoun Caldwell and Susanna (Harris) Caldwell

Sister of Elizabeth (Caldwell) Curd and Paulina D. (Caldwell) Chrisman

Wife of Alexander Dunlap III — married 30 Jan 1811 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Mother of George Caldwell Dunlap, Agnes Dunlap, Susan Ann (Dunlap) Field and William Alexander Dunlap

Died 26 Mar 1856 at about age 62 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary was born about 1794, the daughter of George Calhoun Caldwell and Susannah Harris. ^[1]

She married on 30 Jan 1811 at Fayette County, Kentucky to Alexander Dunlap III. ^[2]

Mary passed away in 1856 at the age of 63 and was buried at The Lexington Cemetery in Fayette County, Kentucky. ^[3]

According to author William E. Railey, Mary was said to have come from South Carolina, a relative of John Caldwell Calhoun, ^[4] but the 1850 census shows her born in Kentucky and the connection between Mary Caldwell and John Caldwell Calhoun has yet to be established.

John Caldwell Calhoun's mother was Martha Caldwell, a member of the large Caldwell family that settled in that part of Lunenburg County, Virginia that is now Charlotte County. Martha's brothers John and William studied surveying under John Caldwell Calhoun's father Patrick Calhoun. The Caldwell brothers worked with Patrick Calhoun in surveying the South Carolina backcountry and they settled there in what became the Ninety Six District. After their mother was widowed, John and William brought her to South Carolina along with two of their three brothers and all five of their sisters.

Sources

↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M655-N97 : 22 December 2020), Mary A Dunlap in household of Wm A Dunlap, Woodford, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-BHPS : 9 March 2021), Alexander Dunlap and Polley Caldwell, 30 Jan 1811; citing Marriage, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 8,999.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #99754844 for Mary Caldwell Dunlap (1794–26 Mar 1856), citing The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by nk (contributor 47218626) .
↑ History of Woodford County, Kentucky, by William Edward Railey, Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1975, reprint of 1938 edition, Frankfort, Kentucky, pp. 154-156.

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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:

~1.56% ~6.25% Lisa (Simpson) Beckstein : 23andMe, GEDmatch AY6671620 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YS4177401 [compare]
~1.56% James Simpson : 23andMe, GEDmatch HZ2108609 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EA2217808 [compare], yourDNAportal HOWb6cadeb2, Ancestry member SimpsonHJ3
~1.56% ~12.50% Fred Prisley : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T435450 [compare], FTDNA kit #691623