Born in Kent County, Maryland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Isaac Best
— married
7 Apr 1794 in Garrard County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at about age 76
in San Felipe, Austin County, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Aug 2015
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Biography
daughter of John Wilkins
Isaac Best was one of the Old 300 Settlers of the Austin Colony, but he spent his early life in Pa. & Ky, and moved to Missouri about 1808. There he built a mill and Best's Fort, which was a pioneer refuge from the Indians, especially during the 1812 War. About 1822 Isaac, Mary Margaret, and several of their children came to Texas by Wagon Train. Aug. 19, 1824 he was granted land east of the Brazos River and about 30 miles north of S. F. Austin's Capital San Felipe. He sold the land and bought other tracts, later owning about 8,000 acres. He owned four slaves.
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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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~0.39%
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