Born in East Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Russell Jr.
and Mary (Forbes) Russell
Sister of
Mabel (Russel) Porter and Amey (Russel) North
Wife of
Benjamin Smith
— married
2 Dec 1742 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at age 60
in North Haven, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2013
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Biography
Mary Russell, the daughter of John Russell and Mary Forbes, was born March 22, 1717/8 and died February 14, 1779 at the age of 61. On December 2, 1742 she married Benjamin Smith, the son of Thomas Smith and Sarah Dow.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol VII, page 1574 (Russell Family) and page 1646 (Smith Family).
Acknowledgments
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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 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 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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~0.78%
Patricia-Lee (Winn) Works
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #469623
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~0.39%
Kelly Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kgsmith76
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Rejected matches › Mary (Smith) Thomas (abt.1725-abt.1770) › Mary (Smith) Works (1720-1780) › Mary Lyndia (Smith) Mounts (1716-1781) › Mary (Smith) Mountney (bef.1712-bef.1803) › Mary Russell (abt.1720-)
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