Martha Smith was the daughter of Edward Smith and Mercy/Marcy Mowry of Providence, Rhode Island. [1]
She married William Gulley about 1730, by the birth of their first son.
Research notes
Smithfield Births
Gulley, Stephen, of William and Martha, Feb. 9, 1731-2.
Gulley, Jonathan, of William and Martha, Feb. 6, 1733.
Gulley, Christopher, of William and Martha, Feb. 24, 1735.
Gulley, Phebe, of William and Martha, Jan. 25, 1737.
Gulley, Mercy, of William and Martha, Jan. 9, 1740.
Gulley, William, of William and Martha, Mar. 2, 1743-4.
Gulley, Hannah, of William and Martha, July 4, 1748. (p. 195) [2]
Smithfield Rhode Island Deaths
Gulley, William departed this life January, 1762. [3]
Sources
↑ Mowry, William A., Supplement to the Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry of Rhode Island, The Everett Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900, p. 18
↑ THE RECORD OF OLD SMITHFIELD FROM 1730 TO 1850. Vol. IV, 1885-86 From Records in Town Clerk's Office, Lincoln. (p. 195)
↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 146, New England Historic Genealogical Society,Boston, Massachusetts, 1992, p. 347
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
There is needs to be a source provided that the Martha Gulley on Find a Grave Memorial 141970222 , mother of John Gulley born 1725 in NC, is Martha (Smith) Gulley of Rhode Island, as her children's births are recorded at Smithfield 1730-1748 .