Born about in The Crossing, Long Island, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Alexander Knowles Sr.
and Hannah (Campbell) Knowles
Sister of
John Knowles [half], Elizabeth Knowles [half], James Knowles Jr. [half], Samuel Knowles [half], Alexander Knowles, Charles Knowles, William Edward Knowles, Abraham Knowles, Joseph Alexander Knowles Sr., Ann Susannah (Knowles) Rahming, George Richard Knowles Sr. and Thomas Knowles
Wife of
William Rattray
— married
20 Nov 1804 in St. Matthew's Church, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Descendants 
Died
at about age 74
in New Portsmouth, Eleuthera, Bahamas
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2014
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Mary (Knowles) Rattray is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Mary Knowles was born about 1782 - the child of James Knowles.
She married William Rattray, a Scottish emigrant, 20 November 1804 at St Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, Bahamas.
Mary Rattray appeared in the Bahamas Slave Registrations:
1822 Slave Registration: six slaves - the property of Mary Rattray - in possession of her husband William Rattray, 1 January 1822.
1831 Slave Registration: 16 slaves - the property of Mary Rattray - three of whom she received from the estate of (mother) Hannah Campbell Knowles.
Mary Knowles Rattray passed away in Rock Sound, Eleuthera 30 October 1856 at the age of 74 years due to "old age."[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-ZD2Q : 3 August 2015), Mary Rattray, 1856.
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, Bahamas, Register of Marriages, 1804.
Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834, Bahamas 1822, #532.
Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834, Bahamas 1831, #858.
Bahamas Civil Death Records (Her age is listed as 74). "Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-ZD2Q : 3 August 2015), Mary Rattray, 1856.
Dolly Mae CD (Compilation of Bahamas Records)
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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:
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:
-
~7.81%
~12.50%
Addison Cartwright 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T852108 [compare], FTDNA kit #33458
-
~3.91%
~9.38%
Phil Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T713659 [compare], FTDNA kit #28986
+
Autosomal DNA Test
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Kris Sjostrom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A936004 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Dennis Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A657811 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~1.56%
Mary (Cooney) Crum :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T018780 [compare], FTDNA kit #197955
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Roger Baker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T329739 [compare], FTDNA kit #262875
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Jan (Fane) Fanelli :
23andMe, GEDmatch M195554 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #125191
-
~1.56%
~0.78%
Dianne (Crum) Rasch :
23andMe, GEDmatch M915308 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Erica Knowles :
23andMe, GEDmatch CK8328452 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Lisa Darville :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Celeste Bethell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A292937 [compare], Ancestry member cbach2003
-
~1.56%
Millicent (Knowles) Brady :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A207165 [compare], Ancestry member millibrad
-
~1.56%
Alice Knowles :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Susan (Higgs) Goulet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T371345 [compare], FTDNA kit #236991
-
~1.56%
T. Darville :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SZ6305687 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK47344
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
I. (Bethel) Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83900
-
~1.56%
T. V. Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83898
-
~0.78%
Glenda Solomon :
23andMe, GEDmatch M150125 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Judith Solomon :
23andMe, GEDmatch M596930 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Carolyn (Atkinson) Martin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A984863 [compare], Ancestry member cmartinAnc
-
~0.78%
Veronica (Brady) Stevenson :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Mary (Lawrence) Pye :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A805932 [compare], Ancestry member EMERALD9991
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Jeremy Sweeting :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A298969 [compare], Ancestry member JeremySweeting
-
~0.78%
Karen Hamilton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kyvonnehamilton
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
William Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A009921 [compare], Ancestry member williammoorejr16
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A009921 [compare], FTDNA kit #310401
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Nancy (Turner) Harbour :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Susan (Mitchell) Hendershot :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T856664 [compare], FTDNA kit #29063
-
~0.78%
Brenda Bullard :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T042538 [compare], FTDNA kit #508037
-
~0.78%
Murray Sweeting :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T183278 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Joanne Matcovich :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PN2513831 [compare], FTDNA kit #B855346
-
~0.78%
Cameron Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LU6955472 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Kamala Gray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AX7149822 [compare], Ancestry member GrayK35
-
~0.39%
Melani Pitsios :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A797835 [compare], Ancestry member pitsiosluther
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Rejected matches › Mary Knowles (abt.1786-) › Mary (Knowles) Dyer (1784-1854) › Mary Knowles (1779-1854)
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Categories: The Bahamas
I fear we may have to do a few more merges, as Wikitree doesn't appear very good at matching at times!