Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Jessup
and Sarah (Blackleach) Jessup
Sister of
Sarah (Jessup) Wakeman, Elizabeth (Jessup) Couch, Abigail (Jessup) Allen, Blackleach Jessup and Ebenezer Jessup
Wife of
John Morehouse
— married
16 May 1745 in CT
Wife of
Gershom Sturges
— married
30 Jul 1754 [location unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Taylor
— married
7 Feb 1765 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Gideon Morehouse, Edward Morehouse, Mary (Morehouse) Raymond, John Morehouse, Joseph Morehouse, Ann (Sturges) Betts, Martha Sturges, Sarah (Sturges) Duncomb, Martha Sturges and Jesup Taylor
Died
at age 85
in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
In 1815, her widow's dower from John Morehouse's estate was set out to, Gideon Morehouse (eldest son), Joseph Morehouse, Mary, wife of Nathan Raymond, and the heirs of John Morehouse.[1]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 26-27, 1795-1819”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y4FG : 20 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627303, image 50-51, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 26, 1795-1819, Pages 83-84.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 426-7. Vol. 2, Page 927.
- Early Marriage Records,1742-1800, Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut (New Horizons Genealogy)
- TAYLOR, Samuel of Norwalk & Mary STURGES, Feb. 7, 1765.
- Morehouse, Cornelius Starr. Ancestry and Descendants of Gershom Morehouse, Jr., of Redding, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven Conn., 1894) Page 10
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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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~0.78%
Judith (Jessup) Horning
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lisa (Simpson) Beckstein :
23andMe, GEDmatch AY6671620 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YS4177401 [compare]
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~0.78%
James Simpson :
23andMe, GEDmatch HZ2108609 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EA2217808 [compare], yourDNAportal HOWb6cadeb2, Ancestry member SimpsonHJ3
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