Mary Ann (Saunders) Faris (1742 - 1840)

Born 11 Jan 1742 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of George (Gillaspie) Gillispie — married 26 Dec 1785 in Louisa, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1840 at about age 97 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was born in 1742. She passed away in 1840.

Sources

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• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQMJ-YGH

Per Gladys Farris, on July 12, 1779, Mary Faris obtained a letter of administration on the estate of Charles Faris, dec'd. Louisa Co. Court Orders 1774-1784. 1780, Mar. 14 - "It appears to the court by a certificate from under the hands of Capt. Christopher Hads and John Hughes Company of Rangers in the years 1758 till Discharged. It also appears by the oath of Mary Faris, widow of the said Charles, that he is since dead and that Richard Faris is his heir at law and the said Charles and Richard had recieved no satisfaction for the same agreeable to Proclaimation in the year 1763." (Louisa co. Court Order Book 1774-1782, p. 299)

"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRQV-QNG : 5 December 2014), Mary Faris in entry for Jesse Rowe and Jane Faris, 13 Sep 1779; citing Louisa, Virginia, reference 13; FHL microfilm 32,190.

Mary Faris in entry for Jesse Rowe and Jane Faris, Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940