Born in Richmond County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Petty Sr
and Catherine (Garton) Petty
Sister of
Elijah Petty, John P. Petty, Rebecca (Petty) Sims, Elizabeth Petty, Thomas Petty II, William Petty, Christopher Petty, Martha (Petty) Boston, James Petty Sr. and George Petty
Wife of
Thomas Knight Jr.
— married
about 1740 in Orange County, Province of North Carolina
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 46
in Cumberland County, Province of North Carolina
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Biography
Mary Petty[1] was born about 1714 in Richmond County, Virginia. She died sometime after 1760 in Cumberland County, North Carolina.[2]
She married Thomas Knight about 1740 in Orange County, North Carolina.[2]
Research Notes
Transcription of father's will gives her married name as Wright. Is this a transcription error as the image of will clearly shows Knight.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/17913036/person/692971491/facts
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Broderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1, May 6, 1997
- ↑ Father's Will From the Orange County, Virginia Will Book, II, page 144
- ↑ Image of Will
See also:
- Family Data Collection, - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Note: Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.).
- fortunefamily.org showing:
- Will transcription by Charlotte Petty and Sharon that incorrectly transcribes Wright instead of the correct Knight as daughter's married name. (Also attributed to the now defunct: GeoCities)
- On Sept 27, 1746, Thomas's daughter, Mary, and her husband, Thomas Knight, "left the county secretly" to avoid paying a debt.] (Orange Co., OB4a, p. 88)
- On Jan. 31, 1748/49, Thomas Patty drafted and signed his last will and testament. His wife Katherine was already dead, and most of his children had already received their shares in the estate. Thomas gave each of his married children, namely, John, Thomas, Christopher, William, James, Rebecca Sims, and Mary Knight, one shilling. To his other 2 children, George Patty and Martha Patty, he gave the remainder of his estate to be divided between them. He also chose them to be executors of his last will and testament. (Orange Co., WB 2, pp. 144-145)
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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:
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:
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~1.56%
Frank Petty
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LX255751 [compare]
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~0.78%
Coral (Raymond) Williams :
23andMe, GEDmatch M355149 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member clwss2
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~0.78%
Alice (Batchelor) Hambright :
23andMe, GEDmatch A531774 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A531774 [compare], Ancestry member hambrighta
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~0.78%
Howard Tiner :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T585084 [compare]
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Named Mary Knight in the will of her father dated Jan 31, 1748/9 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PX-XHSL
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