Born about in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Cropley
and Mary (Marshall) Cropley
Sister of
William Cropley, Henry Alline Cropley, Catharine (Cropley) Miller, John Cropley, Rachel (Cropley) Gates, Edward Cropley, David Cropley and James Cropley
Wife of
James Downie
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine (Downey) Sevey,
Susan (Downie) Cleveland,
Allen Downie,
Edward Manning Downie and
Lucilla J. (Downey) Baker
Died
at about age 90
in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Apr 2009
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Biography
Born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia.[1]
Mother of Edward Downie.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWXF-2YX : 10 December 2014), Mary Cropley in entry for Edward M. Downie, 14 Jan 1902; citing Haverhill, Massachusetts, v 528 p 691, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,736.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," Mary Cropley in entry for Edward M. Downie
- History of the county of Annapolis : including old Port Royal and Acadia : with memoirs of its representatives in the provincia Biographical and geneological sketches of the families of the early English settlers and grantees of the county of Annapolis, p. 496, Calnek, W. A., Toronto, W. Briggs, 1897.
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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%
~25.00%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Becky (Nally) Syphers :
23andMe
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Paula Degree :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Susan (Bartlett) Hamill :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Chris Whitten :
23andMe, yourDNAportal CHR61965ed9
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820770 [compare], Ancestry member ciwhitten
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #330041
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
Jennifer (Hamill) Andreas :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Stephanie (Hamill) Goff :
23andMe
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~1.56%
James Hamill :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Dawn (Greenman) Walker :
23andMe, GEDmatch EB4206525 [compare], yourDNAportal DAW86669ca4, Ancestry member dawncherie64
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EB4206525 [compare], yourDNAportal DAW2822edcc, Ancestry member dawncherie64
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~1.56%
Hollis Bartlett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hbartlett72814
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Rejected matches › Mary Downie (1866-1946) › Mary Ann (Unknown) Cooke (bef.1803-) › Mary Unknown (abt.1803-)
Mary is 17 degrees from Robert Beheathland, 16 degrees from Bartholomew Gosnold, 13 degrees from Thomas Graves, 16 degrees from Anne Laydon, 19 degrees from Alice Longe, 15 degrees from Samuel Mathews, 19 degrees from Christopher Newport, 16 degrees from John Smith, 14 degrees from Nathaniel Tatum, 14 degrees from Temperance West, 16 degrees from Francis Wyatt and 18 degrees from Valerie Penner on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Date June 24 1891 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper Messenger and Visitor
"d. Evergreen, N.S., June 12, of paralysis, Mrs. Mary DOWNIE, age 90. She was the mother of 16 children and leaves 11 children, 55 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. L.J. Tingley."
https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/FullTextResults.aspx?culture=en-CA