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Mary (Wisdom) Burris (abt. 1738 - 1826)

Mary Burris formerly Wisdom aka Burrus, Perry
Born about in Orange County, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married about 1752 in Orange County, Virginiamap
Wife of — married 1754 in Orange Co., VAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 88 in Orange, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Mary (Wisdom) Burris was a Virginia colonist.

Mary was born about 1738, the daughter of John Wisdom and Ann Collins. She married first to A. Perry, and married second to Edmund Burrus (his second wife). She was listed in the Virginia 1787 Census and Personal Property Assessment as a widow with: [1]

  • 1 male, age 16-21 (probably son William Burrus, born 1765/66, who married widow Littlepage)
  • 1 Black over 16
  • 4 horses, mares, mules, or colts
  • 10 cattle

Sources

  1. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987, p. 97

See also:

  • The Brockman Scrapbook, by William Everett Brockman. Albemarle County, Va.: 1952, p. 56
  • The Graves Family Newsletter, Vol. 1-6, 1976, p. 55

Imported Ancestry links:

  • Source: S28 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 . Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S28 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=27251848&pid=270. Repository: R1 Ancestry.com

Profile history:

  • This WikiTree profile was created through the import of indygrandma.ged on 02 January 2011.




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Wisdom-29 and Wisdom-432 appear to represent the same person because: Please reverse direction. Same mother same Perry marriage.
posted by David Wilson

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