Born about in North Carolina
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Shell
— married
18 Jul 1805 (to about 1850) in Lincoln County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Shell) Young, Catherine Shell, John S. Shell, Solomon Shell, Mary Ann (Shell) Osbourne, George W Shell, Rebecca (Shell) Sullivan, Nicholas Shell and Joseph Shell
Died
at about age 102
in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jul 2016
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Biography
She did live to be quite old. She lived with her sons after her husband died before 1850. Her father was Nicholas Frye from Virginia. Pike-2301 19:04, 4 July 2016 (EDT)
Marriage Proof
Name Sam Shill, Male, Wife Polly Ann Frye, Son John Shill, Male, Event Death 1922, Event Place White Oak Precinct, Leslie, Kentucky, United States Father' Sam Shill, Mother Polly Ann Frye
Sources
- These dates were uncovered by a college senior that was doing his thesis on his family. More sources to be added later.
- Janette & Gertrude Nolan Book Pike-2301 19:04, 4 July 2016 (EDT)
- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/countyformations/kentuckyformationmaps.html
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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%
~6.25%
Rick Bond 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch AN9977601 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sarah Key :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Casey Bond :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch RH5514536 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jordan (Markey) Schram :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Connie (Cebulski) Wade :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A782050 [compare], Ancestry member conniewade1
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~0.78%
Josh Bledsoe :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JOS0e8abeaf, Ancestry member josh_bledsoe85
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Rachel Smith :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Roni Hoskins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A645186 [compare], Ancestry member Roni_Hoskins
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