Born in Rowan, Craven County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Simon Bright Sr
[uncertain]
and Mary Elizabeth (Graves) Bright
Sister of
Mary (Bright) House [half], Mary (Bright) Herring, Simon Bright II [half], Elizabeth (Bright) Harper [half] and Graves Bright [half]
Wife of
Peter Gilstrap Jr.
— married
1764 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Charity Gilstrap, Nancy Gilstrap, Benjamin Gilstrap, Hardy Gilstrap, Lewis Wiley Gilstrap, Richard Gilstrap, Eleanor Gilstrap, Mary Gilstrap, Bright Gilstrap, Welthy Gilstrap, Winnifred Swallow (Gilstrap) Crabtree and Nancy Gilstrap
Died about
at about age 59
in Rowan, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Profile managers:
Dolores Pringle 
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- Birth: 1743, Craven, North Carolina
- Source: #S34 Database online.
- Record for Benjamin Gilstrap
- Marriage, 1764, Newbern District, Craven Co, NC
- Source: #S00074
Death 1802, Rowan, North Carolina
- Source: #S34
Sources
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records
* Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. < http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12744898&pid=396762572 > Private Tree-Pringle
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Bright-505 created through the import of Gedcom ONE for WikiTree.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Dolores M. Pringle Pringle.
- This person was created through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011.
- WikiTree profile Bright-757 created through the import of nicholson.ged on Nov 16, 2012 by Jimmy Nicholson.
- This person was created through the import of Elise Free_2011-04-22.ged on 23 April 2011.
Research Notes
This gedcom file on GEDmatch (Ref: 3679033 : P1198) lists Mary Jane Bright as the daughter of Simon Bright . Simon may have had a daughter named Mary, but more proof is needed to determine if it is the Mary of this profile.
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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:
-
~1.56%
Janice (Moore) Cronan
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M894725 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M894725 [compare], Ancestry member jmcronan1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M894725 [compare], FTDNA kit #B4434
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~1.56%
Daniel Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ME6504676 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Tommy Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T850569 [compare], FTDNA kit #130051
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~1.56%
Jeanne (Gravely) Waggoner :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~12.50%
Zac Bond :
23andMe, GEDmatch M153339 [compare]
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~0.78%
Wanda (Harper) Shirley :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Bruce Gilstrap :
23andMe, GEDmatch FK8954624 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GN9504264 [compare], Ancestry member bagilstrap
-
~0.78%
Carol (Gilstrap) Scott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Z737309 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z737309 [compare], FTDNA kit #604307
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Helen Charles :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Gary Gilstrap :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
George Conrad :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Pamela (Anders) Yarborough :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch f324602 [compare], FTDNA kit #324602
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~0.78%
Wilma (Ketchum) Queen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #425711
-
~0.78%
Pamela Anders :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T640810 [compare], FTDNA kit #324602
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Lee Nelson :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Brooke (Burns) Walker :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Rob Cerjan :
23andMe, GEDmatch RK5854398 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB088fbcc9
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A298100 [compare], Ancestry member rhc86
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~0.39%
Heather Gilstrap :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Lily (Bohling) Spencer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Jv5015287 [compare], Ancestry member Lily_bohling22
-
~0.39%
Jessica Kent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jessicakent
-
~0.39%
Katie (Kent) Kuhman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A385721 [compare], Ancestry member kkatie87
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~0.39%
Hannah (Chapman) Ashworth :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hannahc_ashworth
-
~0.39%
Angela (Darnell) Vance :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member angie_vance3
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.39%
Rebecca Spencer :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Ryan Roeper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BK9818268 [compare], Ancestry member RyanRoeper
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #945024
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Brandi (Dunback) Dunback-Creekmore :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Sherry Martin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HM9934022 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE02636643, Ancestry member SherryMartin1963
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Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Bright-1806 and Bright-199 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse and child. Difference in dates to be noted in the biography until a source can be added.
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by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rejected matches › Rachel (Aydelott) Gilstrap (abt.1710-abt.1766) › Mary (Bright) Coolidge (1639-1712) › Mary Bright (abt.1742-) › Mary (Wright) Wetmore (abt.1745-1790)
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