Susan was born in 1827 to Sterling Pate Ivey and Susan Myrick. She had at least 9 siblings: Nancy H, James Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, Sterling M, Stokes Francis, Sarah, Robert H, Mary Marietta G.V.B., and Adam Abraham; and 1 half-sibling: George Washington.
Fact: Residence (1850) Warren County, Warren, Georgia
She married on 30 Dec 1850 in Hancock County to Thomas Jefferson Whaley (she was his 4th wife), son of Eli Whaley and Elizabeth Grace. She was about 32 years old. They had at least 2 children together:
Fact: Last Will & Testament of Thomas Whaley (1871) Hancock County. Susan M is named as his wife. (Proved 4 Mar 1872 Hancock County)
Fact: Last Will & Testament of Susan M Whaley (29 Jan 1875) Warren County, Georgia. Named: husband, Thomas Whaley, deceased; daughter, Ella Marietta Corilla Whaley; sister-in-law: Mary H Ivey, wife of her brother Stokes F Ivey; step-children: Mary Beddo, James T Whaley, Cortes P Whaley, and Cora F Whaley; brother: Robert H Ivey; Executor: Dr. M.R. Hall of Warren County (guardian of daughter Ella); Witnesses: A.J. Comer, W.E. Anderson Jr, B.F. Hubert Serv.
Susan passed away in 1875, probably in Hancock County, at the age of 47.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-76W : 12 April 2016), Susan N Ivey in household of Sterling Ivey, Warren county, Warren, Georgia, United States; citing family 346, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXJ2-H2H : 4 November 2017), Thomas Whaley and Susan M. Ivey, 30 Dec 1859; citing Marriage, Hancock, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 222,074.
Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Hancock County); Probate Place: Hancock, Georgia. entry for Susan M in the record for Thomas Whaley, 1871/1872.
Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Warren County); Probate Place: Warren, Georgia. record for Susan M. Whaley, 1875, Georgia.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 October 2019), memorial page for Susan Myric Ivey Whaley (14 Sep 1827–17 Mar 1875), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19378870, citing Horeb Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
Ivey-1212 was created by Rebecca Wilson through the import of Rebecca.ged on 26 Nov 2017. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rebecca and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susan 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 Susan: