Born in Augusta, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Washington Bowen
and Lillian Stella (McIlhaney) Bowen
Sister of
John Bowen Jr, Rees Tate Bowen, Nancy Ann (Bowen) Buchanan, Agnes (Bowen) Buchanan, Henry Bowen, Jane Jean (Bowen) Looney, Robert Bowen, Rebecca (Bowen) Schmidt, William Bowen, Arthur Bowen, Charles Bowen, Jemima (Bowen) Collins, Moses Bowen and Elizabeth Bowen [half]
Wife of
William Alexander Porter
— married
1763 in Rockbridge, Virginia Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Lilly Porter, Agnes Nancy Porter, William Porter, Jean (Porter) McClure, Stephen Porter, Mary Porter, John Porter, David Porter, Charles Porter, Samuel Porter, Joseph Porter, Reese Porter and Elizabeth (Porter) McCampbell
Died about
at about age 71
in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2011
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Biography
Mary was born about 1748. He is the son of John Bowen and Lilly McIlhaney. [1]
Ancestral File Number
- Ancestral File Number: 3GJB-VK
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Oct 26, 2011
- WikiTree profile Bowen-960 created through the import of White.wiki.ged on Oct 25, 2011 by Pam Wade. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Pam and others.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:38B7-6GX : accessed 2017-09-30), entry for Mary /Bowen/.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-SYBK : 11 July 2016), Mary Bowen Porter, 1820; Burial, , Marshall, Tennessee, United States of America, Saniford Cemetery; citing record ID Find A Grave: Memorial #94083602, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94083602/mary-porter.
- Source: S-1784441803 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Tree 44800296
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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:
-
~3.12%
Laura (Guthrie) Saunders
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member laurasaunders4301
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Gill Gay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A750808 [compare], Ancestry member sidetrackedresearcher
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T221385 [compare], FTDNA kit #147956
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Gloria (Ottersbach) Hedge :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Robert Mansfield :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Joe Woodward :
23andMe, GEDmatch QM3119133 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CB8353106 [compare], Ancestry member joewoodward60
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Debra Kieffer :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Samuel Propst :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sampropst10
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~0.78%
Janice (Hatridge) Givens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EQ7599379 [compare], Ancestry member jandboblawn
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~0.78%
Jane Blume :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer Bruce :
AncestryDNA
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Bob Keniston Jr.
Bob Keniston Jr.
Bowen-981 and Bowen-960 appear to represent the same person because: Dates, parents match.
posted
by Bob Keniston Jr.
Rejected matches › Mary (Porter) Jarvis (abt.1625-abt.1693) › Mary Porter (1747-1752) › Mary Bowden (bef.1750-)
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