William Henry Van Benschoten, Concerning the Van Buschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America, A Genealogy and Brief History (West Park-On-Hudson: 1907) p. 692.
"New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNKH-MYT : 11 March 2018), Mary E Ostrander in household of John P Ostrander, Richmondville, Schoharie, New York, United States; citing p. 13, line 8, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 868,882.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZF5-67F : 20 August 2017), Mary Ostrander in household of J P Ostrander, Seward, Schoharie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 194, sheet 294C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0931; FHL microfilm 1,254,931.
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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: