Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Nancy J Wren, George Washington Wren, James Robert Wren, Belle Virgina (Wren) Sanders, Alonzo Wren, Wester Allen Wren, Charnel Hightower Wren, Walter Lee Wren and Oscar M Wren
Wife of
William Lee Gilley
— married
19 Oct 1891 in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Robert Gilley, Virginia Pearlina (Gilley) Veteto, Alonzo Vernon Gilley, Franklin Gilley, Garfield Gilley, Baxter Gilley, Halford S Gilley, Barnett Davis Gilley, Annie May (Gilley) White and Ester P Gilley
Died
at age 86
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2010
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Biography
1880 Census
1880 - Beat 1, Itawamba County, Mississippi
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4G6-M8W : accessed 8 December 2014), Beat 1, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States, 69; citing sheet 407B, film number 0650, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,254,650.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57012779/martha-elizabeth-gilley: accessed 07 February 2023), memorial page for Martha Elizabeth Wren Gilley (9 Apr 1870–1 Dec 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57012779, citing Pine Log Cemetery, Brookland, Craighead County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Sandra (contributor 46915147).
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Suzanne (Gunter) McClendon and BJW, her 2nd cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are James Wren and Mary Downing, the 3rd great grandparents of Suzanne (Gunter) McClendon and great grandparents of BJW. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 1st cousin twice removed - 4th cousin, based on sharing 91.3 cM across 5 segments.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Suzanne (Gunter) McClendon 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch BC879327C1 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZ9dbc6d00
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BC879327C1 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZ9dbc6d00, Ancestry member celticmama1965
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~6.25%
Chris Wren :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal CHR919eda9c, Ancestry member vader7071
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~3.12%
James Latta :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A064957 [compare], Ancestry member JimLatta
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Randall Olson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A814970 [compare], Ancestry member olson_randall_evan
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