Born in Augusta, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Kerr Sr
and Mary Ann (Grove) Kerr
Sister of
Elizabeth (Kerr) Wallace, Bailey Kerr, David Kerr, Robert Grove Kerr, Margaret (Kerr) Hogshead, Sarah (Kerr) Hoge, John Kerr, Samuel Xerxes Kerr and William Kerr Jr
Wife of
William Neely Anderson
— married
9 May 1838 in Augusta, Virginia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2020
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Biography
Mary was born in 1818 in Augusta County, VA. She was the daughter of William Kerr and Mary Grove.
On 9 May 1838 she married William Neeley Anderson[1]. They had at least one child, a son, William. They eventually moved to what is now Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It is here she passed away in 1899[2]. She is buried at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ Marriage: "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7Q-K9K : 29 January 2020), Mary Jane Kerr in entry for ... N. Anderson, 1836.
- ↑ Death: Census Year: 1859. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 Ancestry Record 8756 #2180296
- Find A Grave: Memorial #5494896
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88R-ML3 : Thu Mar 07 22:50:26 UTC 2024), Entry for William N Anderson and Mary J Anderson, 1850.
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41K-QF2 : Sat Mar 09 08:03:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Wm N Anderson and Mary J Anderson, 1860.
- Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
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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 ancestors' 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 ancestors' 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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~0.78%
Roy Walker
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HG8846767 [compare], yourDNAportal ROYb28c8d5e, Ancestry member Roy_Walker
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~0.78%
Amy (Lancashire) Barlow :
23andMe, GEDmatch SA7745039 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FM9552750 [compare], Ancestry member amybarlow1975
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~0.78%
Susan Williams :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member susanjwilson26
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