Mary
Ann
(Polly)
Messacar
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Nelson Potts
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jane (Potts) Wilson
Died
at about age 62
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Sources
- *"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMJG-PBS : 10 April 2015), Mary Massecar in entry for Alfred Gilbert and Mary Potts, 24 May 1885; citing registration , Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,803.
- "Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLPY-H5J : 5 December 2014), Nelson Potts and Polly Massecar, 01 Apr 1838; citing Talbot District, , Norfolk, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,030,054.
- "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHHZ-ZMC : 9 December 2014), Polly Messegar in entry for Jane Wilson, 27 May 1914; citing Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, reference p242; FHL microfilm 967,176.
- "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXDD-62K : 25 June 2015), Mary Potts, 06 Nov 1884; citing Middleton, Norfolk, Ontario, yr 1885 cn 011392, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,479.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-N5HM : 11 July 2016), Mary Ann Masecar Potts, 1884; Burial, Delhi, Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Delhi Cemetery; citing record ID 64454331, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
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