Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Fredrick McCurry Sr.
and Elizabeth (Ledford) McCurry
Sister of
Amos McCurry, John McCurry, Margaret Peggy (McCurry) Melton, Phoebe (McCurry) Henderson, Elizabeth (McCurry) Ledford, William McCurry Jr., Nancy (McCurry) Wesson, Rebecca McCurry, Mack Silas McCurry, Cynthia Martha (McCurry) Harrison, Mahala (McCurry) Saunders, Metheney (McCurry) Mauney and James H McCurry
Wife of
Jesse Manson Ledford Sr
— married
11 Jan 1846 in Rutherford County, North Carolina USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Mathena J Ledford, Cynthia T (Ledford) Carpenter, Martha L W (Ledford) Stockton, Cornelia Rachel Ledford, Jason A Ledford and Melvin Lawson Ledford
Died about
at about age 89
in Prentiss, Macon County, North Carolina USA
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Marena was born in 1811. She was the daughter of William McCurry and Elizabeth Ledford. She passed away after 1880.
Marriage
Marena married Jesse Ledford on 11 January 1846 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA [1]
Residence
1850 Federal Census: Macon, North Carolina, USA [2]
1860 Federal Census: Macon, North Carolina, USA [3]
1870 Federal Census: Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, USA [4]
Note
Data from "Rutherford County, North Carolina, miscellaneous records, vol. II, 1750 - 1970," [5]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759 - 1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8BT-T8M : 14 February 2020), Jesse Ledford and Mareny McCurry, 11 Jan 1846, citing Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, p. p9, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 422,158.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BZ-BJS : 4 April 2020), Mathena Ledford in household of Jesse Ledford, 1860, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing family 242, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. ) .
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDT-Y3D : 19 March 2020), Marena Ledford in household of Jesse Ledford.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8V-TGQ : 19 March 2020), Marina Ledford in household of Jesse Ledford. 1870.
- ↑ url: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T9-NQF5-P?i=172 .
- 1820 Census - William McCurry - Residence: Rutherford County, North Carolina
Marena McCurry - [1 - Female - Ages (0 to 10)] - Age 9
- 1870 Census - Jesse Ledford - Residence: North Carolina
Marina Ledford - Wife - Female - Age 74 - Birthplace: North Carolina
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mareny by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mareny by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- William Longabaugh
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1c2
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare], Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~2.73%
~1.56%
Melva (Cook) Coffelt :
23andMe, GEDmatch M500563 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Elizabeth (Ledford) Landers :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Doris Ledford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T742893 [compare], FTDNA kit #667805
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Douglas Green :
23andMe, GEDmatch M735651 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Sonja (Anderson) Davis :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Melanie (Ledford) Raiford :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Van Craven :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Dawn Watson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JJ6244693 [compare], Ancestry member cadawaca
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Tracy Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A303756 [compare], Ancestry member btajjj50
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Ronald McKinney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A031833 [compare], Ancestry member ronwmckinney
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Patricia Belcher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A986005 [compare], Ancestry member psimpkins1
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Keivan Shahrokhi :
AncestryDNA
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Mark Burch
McCurry-428 and McCurry-197 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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by Mark Burch
Mark Burch
McCurry-296 and McCurry-197 appear to represent the same person because: same DOB, spouse
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by Mark Burch
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