Born in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Merrill Sr.
and Catherine (Rhodes) Merrill
Sister of
William Merrill, John Merrill Jr., Catherine Margaret (Merrell) Edney, Nancy (Merrill) Patton [half] and Joseph Merrell
Wife of
James Maxwell
— married
about 1818 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Maxwell, Abner William Maxwell, Isaac Maxwell, Alphaby (Maxwell) Edney, Matthew Alexander Maxwell and James Madison Maxwell
Died about
at about age 75
in Edneyville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2015
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Biography
Mary Merrill was born in 1796. She married James Maxwell. They had numerous children. She passed away in 1872.
Research note: Multiple family trees on Geneanet supports the death date of 20 Mar 1866.
Sources
- Family records and historical documents found in the Henderson County, NC Historical Society archives for Merrill and Maxwell.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BC-R9D : 24 December 2020), Mary Maxwell in household of James Maxwell, Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Henderson, North Carolina; Page: 751
- Birth info per Historical Family Knowledge and existing pedigree charts collected by Forrest Lyda in the 70s and printed in his work The Family: Maxwell.
- Ancestry.com. Geneanet Community Trees Index [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Supports death date of 20 Mar 1866.
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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%
Catherine (Teed) Roberts
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
George Garren :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch GA2089408 [compare]
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Marilyn (Maxwell) Jarisch
Merrill-3426 and Merrill-2254 appear to represent the same person because: I believe these two profiles are the same person.
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by Marilyn (Maxwell) Jarisch
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