Mary Smyth (1757 - 1846)

Born 15 Dec 1757 in Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekiel Kelly — married 1780 in Saltville, Washington, Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1846 at age 88 in Lee County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Mary is the third of six children of Tobias L. and Mary McDonald Smyth. ^{[1] [2]}

The date of her marriage to Ezekiel Kelly is uncertain. They are the parents of nine children, including a son James^[3] and a daughter. Rachel.

She died at age 88.^{[4] [5]}

Parents

Tobias L. Smyth 1725–1781

Mary McDonald Smyth 1730–1809

Spouse Ezekiel Kelly 1748–1826

Siblings George Smyth 1754 – unknown

Catheryn Smyth McNew 1756–1841

John Smyth 1759 – unknown

Edward Smyth 1762–1852

Rebecca Smyth Crabtree 1775–1864

Children

Rachel Kelly Smyth 1788–1862

Research Notes

There is a Mary Kelly on the 1840 Census in Washington County, Virginia, heading a household of four women, which suggests she was a widow. The house includes one woman, age 80-90 (which could be Mary), 2, ages 30-40, 1, 20-30, and 2, 15-20. Mary is listed between John M. Kelly and James Kelly, which could be her sons.^[6]

A Little History of the Smyths by Mrs. P.A. Scott (1919) Includes Mary Smyth Kelly Written July 6, 1891 for Rachel Ann Scott, by her father, James K. Smyth. "Ezekiel Kelly's wife, Mary Smyth Kelly, who became my great grandmother, was married at the age of fourteen and died at the age of ninety-six."

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #150290496
2. ↑ Database online. Record for Tobias Smith
3. ↑ Notes prepared by Elizabeth McGowan in her handwriting, not dated, in possession of Meg McGowan.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #150290496
5. ↑ Database online. Record for Tobias Smith
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR1-DPY : accessed 3 November 2015), Mary Kelly, Washington, Virginia, United States; citing p. 224, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 579; FHL microfilm 29,693.

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