Born in Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of W. Baxter Davis
and Amelia (Hopkins) Davis
Wife of
Henry (Towns) Townes
— married
13 Dec 1784 in Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Amelia Hopkins (Townes) Clay and John Pride Towns Sr.
Died
at about age 62
in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
This profile is part of the Davis Name Study.
Mary Polly (Davis) Townes was born in 1766 in Colony of Virginia, daughter of W. Baxter Davis (<1741–1823) and Amelia (Hopkins) Davis (1742–1823).
Mary (17) married Henry (Towns) Townes (29) on 13 December 1784 in Virginia, United States.[1] Their known children were:
- Amelia Hopkins (Townes) Clay (~1786–~1861)
- John Pride Towns Sr (~1802–1854)
Mary died in 1828 in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States, aged 61.
Sources
- ↑ Marriage: "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-1H3D : 8 December 2021), Henry Towns and Polley Davis, 13 Dec 1784; citing Marriage, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.
See also:
- Will of Husband Henry Townes: Henderson County, Kentucky Will Book 1:343-345. Digital images at FamilySearch.
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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:
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:
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~1.56%
Doug Corbin
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M006703 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A580067 [compare], Ancestry member DougCorbin51
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~0.78%
Derek Ralston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A588869 [compare], Ancestry member DerekRalston
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~0.78%
Lisa (Tidrow) Martone :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A856166 [compare], Ancestry member 10LMTM
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Louis Ogden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T413593 [compare], Ancestry member lgogden
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Katie (Ogden) Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WH5285375 [compare]
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Davis-49789 and Davis-24773 appear to represent the same person because: Appears to be duplicate
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by Tammy Kirkpatrick
Mindy Silva
Davis-49789 and Davis-24773 do not represent the same person because: Expediting a challenge merge.
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by Mindy Silva
Rejected matches › Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Kenner (abt.1770-abt.1830) › Mary Davis (1765-abt.1883) › Mary Davis (-abt.1830) › Mary (Curtis) Davis (1766-) › Mary (Mayhew) Richman (1751-1829) › Mary Ann Dawson (abt.1862-)
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