Mourning was born on 10 Nov 1722[1] in Isle of Wight County, VA to Thomas Dixon and his wife Penelope.[2]
She and her husband, John Crudup, are mentioned in her father's will.[3]
People named in her father's will include:
Leg. - son William, the land which I bought from Godfrey Hunt it being the land on which my son Thomas lived; son Nicholas; daughter Martha, now the wife of Thomas Pearse; grandson Thomas Dixon; wife Penelope; daughter Penelope, the wife of Joseph Bullock; daughter Mourning, wife of Joshua Crudup; daughter Patience, wife of Jonas Shivers. Exs. wife and son Nicholas. Died April 26, 1745. R. January 12, 1748.
Witness: Joseph Meredith, Robert Walker, Henry Bullard, Florence Bullard, and Mary Simmonds.[4]
Mourning died on 29 Jun 1781 in Nash County, NC. Her death was recorded in the Thomas family bible.[1]
"Mourning Smith, mother of Micajah Thomas, 2nd, deceased on Friday on the 29th of June, A. D. 1781, about six o'clock in the afternoon. She died of a flux – sick thirteen days."[1]
Mouning Dixon Crudup "Find a Grave Memorial" http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70668047 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2019), memorial page for Mourning Dixon Crudup (10 Nov 1722–29 Jun 1781), Find A Grave Memorial no. 70668047, ; Maintained by Georgia Girl (contributor 46981215) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Family Burial Ground.
This person was created on 19 May 2010 through the import of My Family File.ged.
Notes
Findagrave memorial is to a burial unknown. Durbin-702 17:49, 6 April 2017 (EDT)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mourning 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 Mourning:
Crudup-6 and Dixon-69 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicates, although Crudup-6 has the name of her first husband as Last Name at Birth.
I'm actually working on her niece named after her and found a book with this family in it.
The Boddie name is incorrect.