Mary (Barnes) Vann (abt. 1720 - bef. 1759)

Born about 1720 in North Carolina

Wife of Edward Vann — married before 1740 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died before 1759 before about age 39 in Davidson County, Tennessee [uncertain]

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Mary (Barnes) Vann resided in the Southern Colonies in North America before 1776. Join: US Southern Colonies Project Discuss: southern_colonies

Biography

Mary's father is unknown. Her mother, according to the estate papers, was married prior to her marriage to Richard Barnes. Mary is named in those papers. Detached Richard Barnes and Richard Barnes as her father. Bio states he is unknown, and the estates of Richard and Mary Barnes make it obvious that he was not the father of this Mary.

Mary Barnes and Edward Vann married about 1736.

She died about 1748 in Davidson County, Tennessee. ^{[citation needed]} We know she died prior to 1759 when her mother's estate was settled.

Her widowed husband, Edward VANN, was listed in the 1759 estate division of Richard BARNES and Mary BARNS (note: Mona TAYLOR of Harker Heights, TX, states that this Mary was the daughter of Moses ODUM). Richard and Mary BARNS evidently had several children among whom his estate was divided. One of these children was a Mary BARNES, who evidently married and had several children. She was deceased at the time of the estate division, so her portion was divided among her children. One of her daughters, Mary, had married an Edward VANN by 1759 and another daughter, Sybil, had married Abraham ODUM. ^[1]

Edward Vann died about 1762 in Hereford County, North Carolina, and his last Will had executors Mary and William VANN. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate Records in Chowan County, North Carolina Bound Miscellaneous Papers 1694-1799; BARNES, Richard and Mary; Jan 1759; Order to divide the estate of Richard BARNES and Mary BARNES: Estate of Richard BARNES to be divided between "Thomas BARNES and Andrew HAMILTON who married Rachael (the sister of the said Thomas BARNS), Joseph BRADDY who married Lydia (another sister) ... & Prudence BARNES (an unmarried sister of the said Thomas BARNES) in equal shares"; The estate of Mary BARNES to be divided between "the said Thomas BARNS, Andrew HAMILTON, Joseph BRADDY, Prudence BARNES, Edward VANN (who married Mary, the daughter of Mary BARNES), Alexander CARTER (who married Ann, another daughter), Abraham ODAM (who married Sybil, another daughter) & John THOMPSON (who intermarried with Sarah, another daughter of said Mary BARNS")
2. ↑ Will index at Archives; Will itself has never been found, only the listing in an index at the Archives. Quite possibly, the will was destroyed when the early records of Hereford County were burned.

See also:

• Chowan, North Carolina estate papers
• http://lockhart1957.tripod.com/index-GEN.html by Dick Fox