Born about in Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of William Bell I
and Mary (Mcgowan) Bell
Wife of
Edward Beard
— married
15 Apr 1751 in Augusta Co, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
William Beard, Elizabeth (Beard) Craig, David Beard, Charles Beard, Samuel F Beard, Mary (Beard) Henderson and John Beard Sr.
Died
at about age 75
in Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Aug 2016
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Biography
Beard Family Bible, which was purchased in 1803, has her as the first entry on deaths, and states "Mary Beard departed this life October 19 1805 in the 75th year of her age".
She was probably born in Ireland and came to America with her father.
He was named as one of the executors of the will of his father-in-law, the other executor being David Bell, a brother-in-law of Edward Beard.
Some sources show her last name spelling as Baird.
The farm on which Edward Beard and his wife lived was conveyed to him by Samuel Lockhart, 17 May 1753, and lay on both sided of North River.
The will of her father, William Bell references her as Mary and also mentions her husband Edward Baird/Beard.
Sources
- Marriage Contract 4/15/1751 - Chalkley, - Augusta County, Virginia Court Abstracts
- Beard Family Bible in possession of profile manager D. Lee Beard III
- Descendants of Edward Beard Book by Pauline Beard, 1974.
- Beard family Bible from (c. 1802) listing her as having "departed this life October 19, 1805 in the 75th year of her age."
- Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
- U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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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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~1.56%
Anonymous (Bell) Anonymous
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A685702 [compare], Ancestry member A685702
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~0.78%
Al Beard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A703555 [compare], Ancestry member albeard
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~0.78%
Philip Hanna :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Michelle Beard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A959694 [compare], Ancestry member mbley
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A959694 [compare], FTDNA kit #B120701
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~0.78%
Edward Haynes :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Maharao [compare], FTDNA kit #132985
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Brenda (Thornburg) Baker :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Mary (Bell) Riddle (abt.1724-1813) › Sarah (Craig) Beard › Mary Bell (abt.1747-) › Mary (Bird) Maskey (bef.1733-)
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