Mary Hannah “Hannah” was born about 1768 in Hardy County, Virginia to parents William Joseph Smith and Margaret Chandler Smith (and she was the sister of Jacob Smith who married Lettice Hewitt).
Marriage: She married Simeon Harris in 1786 in Harrison County, West Virginia [1] and they had 13 children together.
Mary Hannah passed away in 1830 in Barbour County, West Virginia where she is buried in the Little Bethel Church Cemetery. [2]
Notations on Rev. Simeon Harris (including marriages):
“ Simeon Harris, born 1761 in Hardy, WV; died February 21, 1847 in Meadowville, Barbour, WV; married (1) Christina Westfall December 20, 1784 in Barbour, WV; married (2) Hannah Smith October 31, 1786 in Harrison, WV. Hannah Smith, born in , VA; died in Barbour, WV, daughter of William Smith”……..excerpted from Harris Family Reunion paper, 1954.
Source
↑ West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-DXX4 : 12 September 2020), Simion Harriss and Hannah Smith, 24 Oct 1786; citing Marriage, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121553804/mary-hannah-harris: accessed 28 June 2023), memorial page for Mary Hannah Smith Harris (1764–31 May 1830), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121553804, citing Little Bethel Church Cemetery, Meadowville, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Memorial Grammy (contributor 49426465).
"West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Z-17L : 30 January 2020), William Smith in entry for Simion Harriss, 1786. [Marriage of his daughter Hannah Smith to Simeon Harris]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hannah 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 Hannah: