Mary (Ellis) Story (1710 - 1781)

Born 1710 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Zachariah Story — married 10 Mar 1729 in St Andrews, Charleston, South Carolina

Wife of Thomas Sissons — married Oct 1733 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1781 at about age 71 in James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

THOMAS SISSON (SOISSON), joiner, & MARY his wife of St. Andrews Parish, Berkeley Co., to BENJAMIN STILES, ZEBULON GUY & JEREMIAH STORY, planters, of James Island, for £ 600 currency, 2 adjoining & united tracts of land, 24 a. & 20a., total 44., on James Island; the 24 a. bounding S on Newton Creek; E on JOHN STARLING; N & W on WILLIAM WILKINS; which 24 a. was purchased from the Lords Proprs. by JOSEPH NEWS on 11 May 1699, the boundings given in the grant being, lying on N side Newton's Creek & marsh, N on land formerly of ROBERT GIBBS, W on land granted JAMES DEGUE, which said NEWS & DOROTHY his wife sold to ZACHARIAH ARES; the 20 a. sold by CAPT. DAVID DAVIS to ZACHARIAH ARES., DAVIS & ARES agreeing to have the land run out according to plat signed & certified by ARTHUR MIDDLETON, Dep. Sur., 12 Dec. 1704. Whereas ARES left only 1 daughter & sole heiress, ELIZABETH, who married THOMAS ELLIS, died, & left 2 daughters, ELIZABETH & MARY, co-heiresses; & whereas ELIZABETH died, under age & unmarried; & MARY who had married ZACHARIAH STORY, carpenter, of James Island, & after his death married THOMAS SOISSIONS, party hereto, became sole heiress to the 2 tracts; now MARY & THOMAS SISSONS agree with STILES, GUY & STORY as follows: That whereas ZACHARIAH STORY willed to his son ZACHARIAH STORY the 2 tracts although the right of inheritance lay only in his then wife MARY (now MARY SISSON), & whereas STILES, GUY & STORY were appointed executors of the will, the remaining money after discharging all debts being £ 600; the executors agree to let the SISSONS have the use of the land until ZACHARIAH STORY (son) reaches 14 yrs. of age in consideration of bringing up & furnishing ZACHARIAH & ELIZABETH, his sister, with clothing, "meat, drink, washing, & lodging, wholesome & sufficient, answering at least to such interest money might arise from the same with schooling reasonably deemed", then at proper time, the SISSONS shall pay the executors £ 600.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Mary /Ellis/^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1710

Place: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA^[4]

Birth:

Date: 1710

Place: Charleston, South Carolina, USA^[5]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1710

Death

Death:

Date: 13 JUN 1781

Place: James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, USA^[6]

Death:

Date: 13 JUN 1781

Place: James Island, South Carolina, USA^[7]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 13 JUN 1781Array

Marriage

Husband: Zachariah Story

Wife: Mary Ellis

Child: Zachariah Story

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 10 MAR 1729

Place: St Andrews, Charleston, South Carolina, USA^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Ellis-4674 was created by Tim Barnes through the import of Genepool 2014 small.ged on Jan 14, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Zachariah Story Jr
3. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ZACHARIAH STOREY
4. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Zachariah Story Jr
5. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ZACHARIAH STOREY
6. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Zachariah Story Jr
7. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ZACHARIAH STOREY
8. ↑ Source: #S248 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for ZACHARIAH STOREY

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