Mary
Lindley
Born about in ScotLand of Ulster Plantations, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Lindley
and Hannah (Durborow) Lindley
Sister of
Mary (Lindley) Murray and James Lindley
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 63
in Rowan County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
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Biography
Mary Lindley Murray is famous for having distracted the British troops while the American soldiers escaped through the woods heading north on Manhattan during the Revolutionary War. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "The Murrays of Murray Hill: A New York Quaker Family Before, During and After the Revolution" by Charles Monaghan Quaker History Vol. 87, No. 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 35-56 https://www.jstor.org/stable/
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Donald Child
Obviously there is something wrong with birth dates. She was born when her father was 10 years old, and her son was born when she was in her 60's. Birthdate is more likely around 1710-20?
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Rejected matches › Mary (Lindley) Murray (-abt.1780)
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