Born in Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jesse French
— married
24 Jan 1808 in Warren County, Kentucky [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Jeremiah L. French
Died
at age 75
in Jackson County, Alabama
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2013
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Biography
Mary Smith was born about 1787. After her marriage to Jesse French on January 24, 1808, she went with her husband and his family to what became Limestone Co., Alabama (then part of the Chickasaw nation). Later the family moved to Jackson County, Alabama. Mary Smith French was a homemaker and mother. She and her husband Jesse had fifteen children: James M., b. April 11, 1808-d. after 1841; Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1810; Sarah, November 3, 1811-April 10, 1814; Nancy, b. March 26, 1813; Benjamin, b. May 7, 1815-d. after 1868; Rebecca, November 1, 1817-d. September 1, 1898; Hartwell, b. May 6, 1819; Mary, b. April 12, 1822; George, b. January 19, 1824-d.February 14, 1824; Washington, b. January 19, 1824-d. February 8, 1824; Martha Jane, b. March 15, 1826-d. after 1870; Jeremiah, b. January 29, 1827-August 9, 1899; Henry T., b. April 3, 1830-d. February 9, 1862; Isabella, b. February 17, 1832-d. after 1860 and Jesse, b. July 24, 1834-d. May 6, 1853. Mary Smith French passed away in Jackson County, Alabama on November 19, 1863. [1]
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Sources
This account follows the account in "The French Family: A Personal History" by Irvin Himmel, pp. 14-17.
- 1850, 1860 U.S. Census
- Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124.
- Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Alabama Census, 1810-1890.
- Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135635123
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Kelly Himmel, Tuesday, October 15, 2013.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Kelly Himmel for creating Smith-52829 on 15 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Kelly and others.
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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%
Rachel (McCormick) Cvorovic
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A989237 [compare], Ancestry member Racmac1978
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