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Mary Elizabeth (Hargis) Holbrook (1726 - abt. 1782)

Mary Elizabeth Holbrook formerly Hargis aka Hammon
Born in Goochland, Russell County, Virginiamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1750 in St James, Northam Parish Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Wife of — married 1763 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 55 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Unknown DOB/place/parents (see research notes).

Married first to John Hammond, they had one child.

Married second to John Holbrook.

From Rootsweb:

John Holbrook Sr. and Mary Hargis were married about 1763 in Goochland County, Virginia. Children were: William B. Holbrook, John Holbrook Jr., Randolph Holbrook, Hargis Holbrook.

Research Notes

Possible Parents
John Draper Hargis II (1695–1730) FS ID: LCB7-226 and Grace (Boswell) Hargis (1690–1790) FS ID: LZX1-LJ9 are connected as Mary's parents on FamilySearch.
John Hargis II (same as above?) and Ann Elizabeth Whitehead (not found on Wikitree) are named as Mary's parents on Yeahpot.com, an unsourced online tree.
Jane Weddington and Thomas Hargis were detached as her parents because the connection was not proved.

In source previously cited, Insightbb.com, no Mary Hargis Holbrook is named.

Mary was born 7 Feb 1726 in Goochland, Russell, Virginia.[1]

From Yeahpot.com:

Mary Hargis Hammons, b. 1730 in NC d. 1782 in Wilkes Co., NC, d/o John Hargis II and Ann Elizabeth Whitehead, married first to James Hammons Sr. (d. about 1763) they had one child:
  1. James Hammons Jr b 29 Jan 1760.
Mary Hargis Hammons, widow of James Hammons Sr. married second to John Holbrook Sr. (b.1725 in Goochland, VA, d.1807 in Dockery, Wilkes Co., NC), was the son of Randle Holbrook and Ann Mary Stanway in 1763 in Goochland, VA.
Children of John Holbrook Sr and Mary Hargis:
  1. John Henry Holbrook Jr., b. 1765 in Wilkes Co., NC, d. about 1815 in Russell Co., VA (killed while tending a whiskey still when the still exploded); m. 1784 in VA or NC to Mary Mollie Cooksey (b.1768 in Russell Co., VA, d. 1833 in VA, d/o LeMaster Cooksey and Nancy Ward).
  2. Larkin Holbrook, b. about 1767.
  3. Randolph Holbrook, b. about 1770 in NC, d. about 1847 in Letcher Co., KY; m. about 1795 in Wilkes Co., NC, to Elizabeth A. Adams (b. about 1775 in Wilkes Co., NC, d. about 1861 in Letcher Co., KY, d/o Benjamin Adams Jr and Henryetta Caudill).
  4. Hargis Holbrook, b. about 1775 in NC, m. Katherine Gross and stayed in the Dockery area of Wilkes Co., NC on the farm he inherited from his father. # Robert Holbrook, b. about 1789, m. Mary H "Polly" McCoy (b. about 1789 in Russell Co., VA, d/o George McCoy and Mary Brumfield).

Sources

  1. Birth Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.), _APID: 5769 . 13 MAR 2011

See also:

  • Birth of Son: "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRC-2VZ : 5 December 2014), Mary Hargiss in entry for John Hammond, 29 Jan 1760; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.




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Hargis-567 and Hargis-209 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be duplicates - same dob/place, dod/place and husband
posted by Traci Thiessen
Hargis-567 and Hargis-209 do not represent the same person because: There is no evidence of the parents of Mary Hargis and they have been now removed.
posted by K Hardcastle
Hargis-567 and Hargis-209 appear to represent the same person because: Husbands are the same
posted by Lance Martin

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