Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Thomas III
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Mary (Thomas) Allen
Wife of
John Newton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Newton and Elizabeth (Newton) Strother
Died about
at about age 61
in Stafford County, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jul 2020
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Biography
When Mary Thomas was born on May 26, 1744, in St Marys City, Maryland, her father, John, was 29, and her mother, Jemima, was 25. She married John Millard Newton in 1763 in Stafford, Virginia. They had ten children in 27 years. She died in 1806 in Stafford, Virginia, at the age of 62.
Sources
- Citation information Source information Title: Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
- I will be adding documentation for the Thomas family of St. Mary's County, MD
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
Paul Phillips
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FY8674253 [compare], Ancestry member PRMurphyinWA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Emily Gillespie :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch emmline [compare], Ancestry member emm_gillespie
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~0.78%
Barb (Lee) Buckley :
23andMe, GEDmatch LN5150132 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SL8985737 [compare], Ancestry member bbuckley58
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch DP1697691 [compare]
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~0.39%
William Gillespie :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Leroy Kelly :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 104280 [compare], Ancestry member carolk1997
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Early Colonial Settlers says that Mary Thomas who married John Newton is the daughter of John Thomas and Jemima Powell: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I104086&tree=Tree1
But, they both cannot be right, as there are two completely different sets of children with overlapping dates of birth.
edited by Janne (Shoults) Gorman