Born in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Simon Turner
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Arthur Turner, Thomas Turner, Dorcas (Turner) Clifton, William Turner, Milla Turner, John Turner, Jennett Everitt (Turner) Barrett [half], John Turner and Edith (Turner) Ivey [half]
Wife of
Francis Person
— married
1720 in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 58
in Granville County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Apr 2016
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Biography
Mary Turner is known as daughter of Simon Turner by his will, dated 7 July 1761, in which he names her daughter Lucy Person. This implies that Mary Person, wife of Francis, was his daughter.[1]
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Mary was born in 1703 to Simon and Mary (Everett?) Turner in Isle of Wight County, British Colony of Virginia. She would marry Francis Person, also of Isle of Wight, in around 1720. Francis and Mary would have the following twelve children:
Samuel Person (1721-1761)
Joseph Person (1723-1771)
Henry Person (ca. 1725-1765)
James Person (ca. 1727-1765)
John Person (1730-1786)
Jacob Person (ca. 1732-1775)
William Person (1736-1816)
Sarah Person (1738- )
Mary Person (1740- )
Lucy Person (1742- )
Martha Person (1742- )
Jesse Person (1747-1806)
Mary passed away in 1761 at about 58 years of age.
Sources
- ↑ Blanche Adams Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia, 1749-1800, 22; abstract of will of Simon Turner, 1761. https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=P1xfwi0e9V0C&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA21.w.1.10.0
- Persons Lineage, by Walker, George Fuller (1910-1989), compiler. Publication date 1951. Pages 21-32. [1]
- The Persons Family: Information about Mary Turner, by Chris Persons [2]
- Family Search Profile for Mary Ottaway Turner Person [3]
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DNA Connections
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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~0.78%
William Bonds
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Charline (Person) Manning :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CharlinePersonManning
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~0.78%
George Mangum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a570043 [compare], Ancestry member GeorgeMangum97
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Baker Salsbury :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T659520 [compare], FTDNA kit #453549
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
C Dobson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A690147 [compare], Ancestry member thedobsons155
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~0.39%
Anna Margaret (Webb) Skinner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SD4709083 [compare], yourDNAportal ANN55740b28, Ancestry member annaskin34
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Larry Gamble :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HY6309455 [compare], yourDNAportal LAR05a65bbc, Ancestry member lgamble10
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