Mary was described as a "very agreeable young Lady with a Fortune of upward of 6,000 £ Sterling". [1]. The quote was taken from a notice in the Boston Gazette of 9 April 1739, announcing the marriage of Mary Bowles, daughter of James Bowles, Esq. "deceased some years since" to William Armistead.
Source: Garber, Virginia Armistead "The Armistead Family (1635-1910)." Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Richmond 1910. The original was full of errors due to its poor organization. It has been reorganized and corrected by: Douglas E. Zimmerman, 2002-2004.
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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: