Mary (Cox) Walling (abt. 1740 - 1816)

Born about 1740 in Goochland, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Walling — married about 1760 in Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1816 at about age 76 in Wayne, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Mary Cox was born in about 1740, in Goochland County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Stephen Cox and Judith Woodson.^[1][2] She is listed as one of 4 youngest sisters in her brother Steven's will.

Mary Cox married Thomas Walling.^[3][4] The exact circumstances of their marriage are uncertain, but it likely occurred in Virginia after June 1758 (when she is named by her maiden name in her brother Stephen's will) and before August 1766 when her brother William and Thomas Walling appear together in Halifax County.^[2]

After her husband Thomas died, she is said to have come with her daughter Judith to Wayne County, Kentucky, where she died on August 16, 1816.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Charles Ward, "Transcript: Chrisman Family Record," Genealogy.com, (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/chrisman/874/ : 8 Dec 2004); citing Family Bible Record of Isaac and Judy Chrisman, owned by William Fletcher Carpenter; Tennie Carpenter transcription, 5 Jan 1920.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Charles Ward, ""Mary Cox (c1740-1816), the wife of Thomas WALLING, of Virginia," Ancestry.com Message Boards, (https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.cox/12572 : 9 Jan 2019).
3. ↑ Wilder, at 161-62.
4. ↑ Bible Notes of Mattie Elisabeth Rice Howard, 1868; copied by Mary C. Howard, 1939; contained in the "Allen Papers," Research notes of Penelope Johnson Allen; Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee; transcription, Daniel Mahar, "Re: McClung Collection/Rice Family Rec.," (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rice/3514/ : accessed 26 May 2021).
5. ↑ Ancestry, Find a Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204805730 : accessed 16 Dec 2020), memorial 204805730, Mary Cox Walling (1740-1816), Washington Young Cemetery, Wayne County, Kentucky; no gravestone image.

• Wilder, Maribelle. A Wallen-Walling Genealogy. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1985.
• 1758/6/12, Cox, Stephen of Southam Parish. will. Brother William, sister Elizabeth Clement; estate to remain in hand of exec till brother Josiah arrives at age 21, then divided to my mother, Judith Cox & my brother Josiah Cox & my 4 youngest sisters, to wit: Sarah, Mary, Tabitha, & Martha Cox. Exors: mother Judith & brother Josiah. wit: Thomas Moody, Henry Farley, John Hubbard, p 165. Cumberland Co, Va wills 1749-1782, pg 15