Mary was included in the 1850 heir listing in the distribution of her father's land in Jay County, Indiana court records: "Mary Emmons, a daughter of said Daniel Rigby, who intermarried with Jonathan Emmons, and are entitled to one ninth part of said estate".
Sources
HEIR LISTING - The heirs of Daniel Rigby of Columbiana Ohio were listed in the Jay County Indiana Court records. PARTITION OF LAND, Jay County, Indiana listed all heirs of Daniel Rigby, Partition Record Vol. 1, pg 111-124; CASE - Seth Rigby vs Jonathan Edmonds
QUAKER RECORDS Sandy Spring Monthly Minutes pg 916
Source Citation Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol· IV PG 196 U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Original data:Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.
Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928, and Samuel Lightfoot 1732-1894. [from old catalog] Smedley. GENEALOGY OF THE SMEDLEY FAMILY. Lancaster, Pa.: Wickersham printing company, 1901. --- book available online Hathitrust, pg 139, 345, 346;
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DNA Connections
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: