Informant on death cert. indicated that her father John (Anderson) was born in New Portland
Sources
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FR-6QC : 10 February 2018), Reuben A. Harper and Mary S. Henderson, 19 Oct 1851; citing Rockland,Knox,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,045.
Cyrus Eaton, History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston Maine, Masters, Smith & Co., 1865
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JB-F5W : 12 April 2016), Mary Henderson in household of John Henderson, Rockland, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family 264, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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: