Mary (O'Brian) Doyle (abt. 1770 - 1859)

Born about 1770 in County Cork, Ireland or Maryland [uncertain]

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Died Aug 1859 at about age 89 in Marion County, Kentucky

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Biography

Mary O'Brien was born about 1770 in Maryland or County Cork, Ireland.

Mary O'Brien first married Walter Joseph O'Daniel Sr. in Maryland.

Her first husband, Walter Joseph O'Daniel Sr., was murdered by highwaymen soon after they passed through the Cumberland Gap from Maryland to Kentucky. He went back to a blacksmith shop they had passed on the way to have something made. When his oldest son, Joseph and a slave man went to look for him and found that Joseph, Sr. had been seized by highway men, slain and his money and valuable horse were taken. The family proceeded on to what is now Washington County, Kentucky. This happened before the 1810 Federal Census of Washington County, Kentucky, where she is shown as a widowed head of household.

Walter Joseph O'Daniel Sr. and Mary (O'Brien) O'Daniel were the parents of 5 girls & 3 boys:

Ruth O'Daniel 1789-1864 married Matthew Carrico 1791-1842, Elizabeth O'Daniel 1790-1864 married Joseph Molohon 1793-1863, Joseph Walter O'Daniel Jr. 1792-1864 married Anna Nancy Cambron 1796-1857 James O'Daniel 1793-1890 married Mary "Polly" Cambron 1810-1888, Walter Francis O'Daniel, Sr. 1799-1877 married (1) Ann "Nancy" Cambron 1801-1857 (2) Susan Ann Wheatley 1821-1895, Mary Ann O'Daniel 1803-1878 married Raphael Cambron 1798-1883, Sarah "Sally" O'Daniel 1805-1875 married Benedict Cambron, & Hester "Hettie" O'Daniel 1807- 1878 married Raphael Montgomery 1804-?.

1810 US Federal Census Mary O'Donald Head, is living in Washington County, KY. Total household members 9. Free White Males 3 & Free White Females 6.

5 January 1818 Marriage Bond, Washington County, KY, Matthew Doyle & Charles Crosgrove sum of 5o pounds current money Condition of Obligation a marriage shortly intended between Matthew Doyle & Mrs. Mary O'Daniel widow of Walter O'Daniel deceased.

16 January 1818 Marriage License, Washington County, KY, Mrs. Mary O'Daniel widow of Walter O'Daniel married Matthew Doyle.

1820 US Federal Census, Matthew Doil living in Washington County, KY. Free White Males 1, Free White Females 2, Total Free White Persons 3. Total Slaves 2.

1830 US Federal Census Matthew Doyle is living in Washington County, KY. Free White Males 3, Free White Females 3, Total Free White Persons 6. Total Slaves 2.

Matthew Doyle wrote his will on February 1, 1834, and it was probated on May 25, 1835, and recorded in Washington County, Kentucky Will Book #F on page 180. He left all his estate, his farm, and Negro girl, Phillis, to his wife, Mary, during her single life. After her death, this was left to his daughter [by his first wife], Catherine (Doyle) Ginnnott. He appointed Raphael Courier as his executor. He mentions his wife's daughter Hettie's children. The will is witnessed by Nathaniel Carrico and Pius Carrico.

Persons who died during the year ending 1 June 1860 in District One in the County of Marion, State of Kentucky. Source citation for U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885; Name: Mary Doyle, Gender: Female, Marital Status: Widowed, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1770, Birth Place: Maryland, USA, Age: 89, Death Date: August 1859, Cause of Death: Old Age, Number of Days Ill: 42, Census year 1860, Census Place District 1, Marion, Kentucky, USA, Line 15.

Died August 1859.

Burial Place: St. Rose Catholic Cemetery in Springfield, Washington County, KY.

Sources

• 1810 US Federal Census, Year: 1810; Mary O'Donald, [1], Census Place: Washington, Kentucky; Roll: 8; Page: 296; Image: 0181353; Family History Library Film: 00293, image: 11/57.

• 1820 US Federal Census, Year; 1820; Matthew Doil,[2], Census Place: Washington, Kentucky; Page: 21; NARA Roll: M33_29; Image: 42, Image 4/5.

• 1830 US Federal Census, Year; 1830; Matthew Doyle, [3], Census Place: Washington, Kentucky; Page: 162; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 42; Family History Film: 0007821, Image: 67/160.

• Kington, Margaret Clark. Washington County, Kentucky, Marriage Records 1792-1878, page 50.

• Marriage Records 1792-1878, Washington County, Kentucky, Fiscal Court, Book 1, page 176.

• Will Book F, Matthew Doyle, 1 February 1834, probated 25 May 1835, Washington County, KY, page 180.

• U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 for Mary Doyle, [4], 1860, Marion County, Kentucky.

• O'Daniel, Victor Francis. Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton, and allied ancestry and history in Maryland and Kentucky. Somerset, Ohio: Rosary Press, 1933.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104458237/mary-doyle: accessed 26 July 2023), memorial page for Mary O'Brien Doyle (27 Mar 1767–14 Aug 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104458237, citing Saint Rose Cemetery, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA.