Mary (Finley) Hester (1806-1876) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mary Hester formerly Finley

Born 6 May 1806 in Belfast, Down, Ireland

Daughter of James Finley Sr. and Ann (Cowden) Finley

Sister of John Finley, James Finley Jr, Moses Finley, Jane Finley, William Finley, Isaac J Finley and Robert Finley

Wife of Francis George Hester — married 9 Nov 1839 in Ross County, Ohio, United States

Mother of Anna Mariah (Hester) Johnson, John Hester, Jane Hester and James Hester

Died 11 Nov 1876 at age 70 in Huntington Township, Ross, Ohio, United States

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Mary (Finley) Hester was born in Ireland.

Mary (Finley) Hester migrated from Ireland to United States.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Census
- 1.2 Burial
2 Sources

Biography

Census

1820: Huntington, Ross Co, OH (under father, James) pg. 307.

1830: Scioto, Ross Co, OH (under father, James) pg. 201.

1840: Huntington, Ross Co, OH pg. 370 (w.husband Francis).

1850 Census: Huntington, Ross County, OH pg.322B Living w.Frances and Mary (Finley) Hester. ^[1]

Francis Hester age 41 Germany
Mary Hester age 42 Ireland
Mariah Hester age 8 Ohio
John Hester age 6
Jane Hester age 4
James Hester age 1
Alvira Finley age 6 Ohio (Niece)
Jane Finley age 40 Ireland

1860:

1870: Huntington, Ross, Ohio ^[2]

Francis Hester age 62
Mary age 43
Jane age 23
James age 21
Isaac G age 7
Ida M age 9

Burial

Bishop Hill Cemetery, Ross, Ohio ^[3]

Sources

↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Huntington, Ross, Ohio; Roll: M432_725; Page: 322B; Image: 658
↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Huntington, Ross, Ohio; Roll: M593_1263; Page: 724B; Image: 113246; Family History Library Film: 552762
↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66997258

"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDVD-SQ8 : 8 December 2014), Francis Hester and Mary Findley, 09 Nov 1839; citing Ross,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0281638 V. C-D.

Pioneer record and remininscences of teh early settlers and settlement of Ross County, OH by Putnam and Finley; https://archive.org/stream/pioneerrecordrem00finl#page/14/mode/2up/search/Finley

A Biographical History of Central Kansas; pg. 208-209; https://books.google.com/books?id=vAg1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=%22john+finley%22+ross+county+ohio&source=bl&ots=7Uw_BCHc2e&sig=FvbPMB7bzR0iDhQ0FkHCCeWEpV4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiejf_b-ZTPAhXSth4KHYDODMgQ6AEISzAI#v=onepage&q=%22john%20finley%22%20ross%20county%20ohio&f=false"

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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:

~0.78% ~1.56% Skye Sonczalla : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GENEAL0GY + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T065591 [compare], FTDNA kit #535504
~0.78% ~1.56% Sally Sonczalla : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sallylawson