Mary Gridley, daughter of Robert Gridley and his wife, Mary, was born on 12 December 1806 and was baptised the following day at St Mary Magdalene in Richmond. She married shoemaker, Richard Pontifex, at Isleworth on 17 MArch 1833. They made their home in Richmond. Richard died in 1850 but they managed to have a number of children, and their details can be seen in later census records where Mary is head of household. Mary died in 1881 aged 74. Her death was registered at Richmond.
Paternal and Maternal relationship considered confident by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sandra Barnett and Petronelli-4 her 5th cousin 1 removed, matched 8 cM across 1 segment. Their most-recent common ancestors are Robert Gridley and Mary Cooper, the 6x great grandparents of Sandra Barnett and the 5x great grandparents of Petronelli-4.
↑ 4.04.1 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
↑ Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812;Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P7/1/5
↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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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: