Mary is mentioned in the will of her father, John Heath, on June 17, 1769, in which he bequeaths to her --along with her sisters Francis, Jean, and Temperance-- half of all his estate, to be given to them after either the death or remarriage of his widow Mary Heath. Also returned to his widow, Mary, was the estate she "was possessed of at the time of our marriage". Her brothers John, Henry, William, Thomas, and Frederick are bequeathed his set of Smiths Tools, and her brother Frederick the other half of John's estate.[2]
↑ Her father's other child -Henry and earlier siblings- was known to have been born in 1929, according to Christchurch,Va. Christ Church., National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (1897). The parish register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812. Richmond: W. E. Jones, Printer. Public Domain PDF: Parish Records Christchurch Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia
↑ 2.02.1 North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 for John Heath. Loose Wills and Estate Papers, 1746-1890; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Craven County); Probate Place: Craven, North Carolina.https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/004778693_00515?usePUB=true&pId=1954381 North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
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