Mary (Sunderland) Carlisle (bef. 1759 - aft. 1811)

Born before 26 Aug 1759 in Yorkshire, England

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Died after 1811 after age 51 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Sunderland was born to David Sunderland in 1759.^[1][2][3][4] She was baptized on 26 August 1759 at Christ Church in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England.^[1] Mary and her family immigrated to Pennsylvania, USA, by 1783. She married John Carlisle of Wayne Township, Cumberland (now Mifflin) County, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1774 and 1779. Mary's father named her in his 1808 will: "Item I do leave to my eldest daughter Mary Carlisle the sum of sixty dollars to be paid at four payments viz fifteen dollars to be paid to her fifteen months after my decease and fifteen dollars at the end of twelve months and every twelve months until all is paid."^[4] Mary was alive at the time of husband John's death in 1811 and is listed in his estate sale record as purchasing a bay mare on 4 April 1812 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 18 February 2018), Mary Sunderland, daughter of David Sunderland, baptised 26 August 1759; citing p. 68, 1759 Christ Church baptisms, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records, collection reference "WDP93/1/2," West Yorkshire Archives Service, Leeds.
2. ↑ Frank Ellis, editor, History of that part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys, embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), p. 585, David Sunderland, early settler of Wayne Township, Mifflin County; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/ : accessed 5 January 2018). "David died in 1808 and left his property to his children,—Mary (Carlisle), Samuel, William, Sarah (Neats) and David; to the latter most of the real estate was left."
3. ↑ Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Abstracts of Will Book No 2, 1803-1819, p. 117, David Sunderland, 1808; imaged via "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1863-1993," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/ : 2018).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "David Sunderland Sr," transcription of will dated 29 February 1808, member-created story originally shared by user "macomb70," 6 November 2009; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/ : 7 January 2018).