It took some doing but we finally figured out that she IS buried in NY Bay Cemetery. The record was understandably mis-transcribed. The N does kind of look like St.
Death Certificate of May (Morrison) Pringle.
Research Records
According to the Family Search citation for May's death, she is buried in St. Y Bay Cemetery, however this location does NOT EXIST. There is no cemetery on the planet named St. Y Bay, no Church named St. Y Bay, either.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1X-Q5F : 2 January 2015), May Morrison, 26 Aug 1806; citing , Saint Boswells, Roxburgh, Scotland, reference 2:18DVCR2, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,951.
↑Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9R-TJ1 : 8 December 2014), Michael Morrison in entry for David Pringle and May Morrison, 07 Nov 1824; citing Saint Cuthberts,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,763, 103,068.
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.64.7 Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. View with paid subscription: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1004&h=650472&ssrc=pt&tid=86765727&pid=150009895502&usePUB=true OR Search for Digital Copy at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk for a fee for Pringle, David; 1851; M; 47; 675/1 77/ 5; Edinburgh, Midlothian on ScotlandsPeople website:
http://tinyurl.com/y7grg8ra (link will take you straight to the search page)
↑New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WJ3-QW6 : 20 March 2015), May Pringle, 08 Apr 1869; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,324,534.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May 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 May: