Born in Amherst, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joel Ponton
and Hannah (Ravenel) Ponton
Sister of
Thomas Ponton, William Ponton, Rebecca Ponton, Obediah Ponton, Martha (Ponton) Griffin, John Ponton, Benjamin L Ponton Sr., Elizabeth Ponton, Fleming Ponton and Pleasant Ponton
Wife of
Abraham Seay Jr.
— married
31 Jan 1816 in Nelson, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 90
in Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 May 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Sarah Frances is the 2nd cousin once removed of American financier Thomas Fortune Ryan, (1851–1928), the youngest man to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. At one time Ryan had controlling interest in 30 corporations. Upon his death on November 23, 1928, Thomas Fortune Ryan was the South's wealthiest native son and the 10th wealthiest man in America. Thomas Fortune Ryan and his second wife are buried in his Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery in Nelson Co. Virginia.
- Wikipedia: Thomas Fortune Ryan.
Residence
- 1850 - Nelson, Virginia[1]
- 1870 - Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia[2]
- 1880 - Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States[3]
Marriage
- Husband: Abraham Seay
- Wife: Sarah Frances Ponton
- Child: John James Seay
- Child: Isaac Madison Seay
- Child: Bluford Seay
- Date: 31 JAN 1816
- Place: Nelson, Virginia[4]
Research Notes
Abraham Seay Jr. married Sarah Francis "Sally" Ponton.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S00062Year: 1850; Census Place: , Nelson, Virginia; Roll: M432_963; Page: 232; Image: 27.
- ↑ Source: #S00059 Year: 1870; Census Place: Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia; Roll: M593_1665; Page: 380; Image: 141.
- ↑ Source: #S00063 Year: 1880; Census Place: Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia; Roll: T9_1379; Family History Film: 1255379; Page: 174.4000; Enumeration District: 111
- ↑ Source: #S00072
- ↑ Attached graphic: Hudson family tree for Richard Harvie and descendants pg 1 of 2.jpg
- Source: S00057 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers
- Source: S00072 Title: Virginia Marriages 1740-1850
- 2020-09-26 Joel - Thomas - Pleasant - John Jr - Fleming Ponton - Abraham Seay Sr.jpg.
- WikiTree profile Ponton-28 created through the import of harvey.ged on May 28, 2011 by Debbie Harvey.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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Beth (Casbarian) Jones 
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