Born in Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Skelton
and Elizabeth (Roberts) Skelton
Sister of
Joseph Skelton, Alexander Skelton, John Skelton, Nancy Skelton, William Ogborn Skelton, Thomas Jefferson Skelton, James Henry Skelton, Reuben Skelton and Abraham Carter Skelton
Wife of
John Christian
— married
about 1840 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James M Christian
Died
at age 68
in Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2012
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Biography
added on Jan 26, 2016 by Callahan-1605
Sources
- WikiTree profile Skelton-233 created through the import of Lane Family Tree.ged on Oct 17, 2012 by Sammy Lane.
- Source: S3470587117 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Note:
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/36930686/mary-elizabeth-christian : accessed 08 May 2021), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Skelton Christian (19 Mar 1819–25 May 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36930686, citing Goshen Valley Cemetery, Goshen, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Morris (contributor 47076296) .
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection?s=136333502&actionshowExtractWizard&ref=rmco&mid=68450
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
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~0.78%
Connie (Morrison) Cartwright
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Katie (Kuykendall) Hernandez :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QW2937556 [compare], Ancestry member Corsetiere06
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~0.78%
John Cherry :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lisa Hill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A582900 [compare], Ancestry member lisadhill1919
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Katie (Kuykendall) Hernandez
Katie (Kuykendall) Hernandez
Skelton-233 and Skelton-803 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles obviously represent the same person. They have the same spouse, same place of birth, same time frame of birth.
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on Skelton-803 (merged)
by Katie (Kuykendall) Hernandez
[Living Callahan]
adopted on Jan 26, 2016
posted
by [Living Callahan]
Rejected matches › Mary E (Skelton) Bolden (abt.1872-) › Mary (Bond) Skelton (1818-1860) › Mary Skelton (abt.1816-1846) › Mary Ann (Skelton) Cleveland (1817-1901) › Mary Ann (Christian) Ward (1821-1859) › Mary (Skelton) Thompson (1815-aft.1850) › Elizabeth (Shelton) Bates (abt.1819-bef.1864)
Featured National Park champion connections: Polly is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 22 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 15 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 20 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 15 degrees from John Muir, 18 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 19 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: Goshen Valley Cemetery, Hawkins County, Tennessee