Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Triffitt
and Mary (Gordon) Triffett
Sister of
William Francis Triffitt, Thomas Triffitt [half], Susannah Triffitt, Edward Triffett, Charles Triffitt [half], Matilda Triffitt, Louisa Matilda Triffitt [half], John Frederick Triffett, Emily Nora Triffitt [half], George Triffitt [half] and Ignatius Osmond Leo Triffitt [half]
Wife of
John (Alsop) Allsop
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
James Hay
— married
30 Jul 1841 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Susannah Mary Triffit (Triffitt) Clarke
Died
at age 72
in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Mary was born in 1820 [1]. Her birth was registered in Hobart but she may have been born in New Norfolk, a small town where her father had property.
Mary met convict John Alsop when she was about 18. A child Susannah was born to them in 1840.[2]
Marriage
A year later, in 1841, Mary married James Hay/Hays/Hayes in Hobart [3], who was aged 20, and someone she had probably known her whole life.
James and Mary settled in New Norfolk.
Family
Eight children have been located for James and Mary.
Death
Many family trees have placed her death as 11th April 1893 [4] and this may well be correct. The death record lists her as a widow aged 66, cause of death senile decay and dropsy. The informant was the undertaker.
This record does not match Mary's age but it is possible Mary's family were guessing how old she was. In the record, her death is listed as 1 April 1893, whereas the St Mathews records [5] shows her as dying 11 April 1893 and aged 73.
Mary Triffitt
Birth 15 AUG 1820 New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
Died 11 APR 1893 New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia
Sources
Birth: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1078525
Death: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1170393
- ↑ Colonial Family Links Database Archives Office of Tasmania website http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/
- ↑ [ http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/alsop/john/26528]
- ↑ Tasmanian Colonial Links Database
- ↑ Tasmania Death Registration RGD 35/62 258
- ↑ Book St Matthews Burial Records by Cordwell, Cowburn, Cox, publisher New Norfolk Council Historical and Information Centre circa 1990
- Convict Records of Australia
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Peter Knowles for creating Triffitt-13 on 10 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Peter and others.
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DNA Connections
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:
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~3.12%
Scott Cook
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member scottik1962
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~1.56%
Jason Briers :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XJ4404034 [compare], yourDNAportal JASb11b8341
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Margaret Briers :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Mary Bugg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A281910 [compare]
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Leigh (Jones) Carpenter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ozlaceuk
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~0.39%
Robert Bolton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TQ7080505 [compare]
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~0.39%
Craig Elbourn :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal CRA20bf7e43, Ancestry member CraigElbourn
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Is this the Mary who married James Hay? I haven't quite got my head around the Triffitts outside my own line.
I have Thomas Triffitt in here as Thomas Triffett, he was an early entry in my tree before I discovered the different Triffitt spellings. He is profile Triffett-5 . If he is the same one as Mary's father, please let me know and I will give you access to him and his descendants. My line is his daughter Susan who married Owen Daley.