Martha also went by the nickname, "Patsy". She is mentioned in the will of her sister, Mary Roberson--"and unto the heirs of my sister Patsy Stapp one dollar." [1]
Sources
↑ Last Will and Testament of Mary Roberson (1866). North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, database, Ancestry.com, 2015 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9061/007640341_01751/733492 : accessed 30 Oct 2017); citing Wills and Estate Papers (Wilkes County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Wilkes, North Carolina
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9T-BPB : 22 December 2016), Thomas Stepp and Martha Robertson, 15 Jun 1823; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 546,480.
Acknowledgments
First-hand information as remembered by Bill Stapp, Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha: