Mary (Robertson) Nay (1799 - 1886)

Born 1799 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Bennett Nay — married 18 Apr 1850 in Jennings, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1886 at about age 87 in Indiana, United States

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Biography

Mary Robertson was born in 1799. She was the daughter of Nathan and Anna (Leach/Leech) Robertson - born: September 11, 1799 Frankfort, Fleming County, Kentucky - died: October 21, 1886 Jennings County, Indiana - burial: Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. She married Robert Lowry, and after he passed away in 1848 she married Bennett Nay. She passed away in 1866.

Mary was the daughter of Nathan Robertson and Anne Leach. In August 1822, Polly was baptized in the Coffee Creek Baptist Church in Paris Crossing, Jennings County, Indiana. ^[1] Mary married Robert Lowry and after his death, she married Bennett Nay on April 18, 1850 in Jennings County, Indiana.^[2] After her marriage to Bennet, she left Coffee Creek Baptist Church, being dismissed by letter. ^[3] She passed away on October 21, 1886 and was buried in the Coffee Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Jennings County, Indiana. (Tombstone Inscription And A Memorial, Along With A Photo Of Grave Marker, On Find A Grave (Memorial Number: 29248576)).

Sources

1. ↑ COFFEE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS VOL. II, page: 4 -- Researcher: Richard Parker.
2. ↑ Indiana Marriage Index 1800-1941 --- Name: Bennett Nay -- Spouse Name: Polly Lowery -- Marriage Date: 18 Apr 1850 -- Marriage County: Jennings.
3. ↑ COFFEE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH RECORDS VOL. II, page: 4 -- Reseacher: Richard Parker.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMC4-D19 : 31 December 2021), Bennet Nay and Polly Lowery, 16 Apr 1850; citing Jennings, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Pub...

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NN-N3Z : 18 February 2021), Polly Nay in entry for Bennet Nay, 1860

• Find A Grave: Memorial #29248576 memorial page for Mary “Polly” Robertson Nay (1799–21 Oct 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29248576, citing Old Coffee Creek Cemetery, Jennings County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Richard Parker (contributor 47021994).

U. S. Censuses

1850 --- U. S. Federal Census, Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana -- Page: 235 - Microfilm Roll: 154 ----- Bennett Nay 63 (head) -- Mary 57 (wife) -- Samuel 129 (son) -- Mary J. Lewis 5 (granddaughter of Mary by first husband, Robert Lowry). --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860 --- U. S. Federal Census, Graham Township, Jefferson County, Indiana -- Dwelling Number: 761 - Page: 622 - Microfilm Roll: 270 ----- Bennet Nay 72 (head) -- Polly 61 (wife) -- Mary J. Lewis 15 (Polly's granddaughter).