Born about 1773 [location unknown]
Ancestors
Wife of
Thomas Gresham
— married
1793 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Descendants
Died
1823
at about age 50
in
Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified 24 Jan 2024
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Biography
Research Note
There are three Mary Thorntons all dying in 1823 that are being confused in family trees.
1.Mary J.B. Thornton and her sister Elizabeth, both unmarried dau. of Capt. William Thornton died Sept. 20, 1823 in Cumberland, VA.
2. Miss Mary Thornton died Sept. 27, 1823 in Amherst, VA.
3. Mary Thornton Gresham/Grisham d. 1823 in Lauderdale, AL, wife of Thomas d. 1816
Mary Grisham's estate inventory for probate was done in 1829 in Lauderdale County, AL
married 1793
Fact: Burial Grisham Cemetery, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
Notes
Birth place: Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, United States Macon County was formed in 1838. There were no counties in Georgia in before 1777.
Sources
Virginia, US, Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61462/images/vavitalrecords-000429-196?pId=10006717
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6170362:8799?tid=&pid=&queryId=a8df8ed641baf7a5968f4f69701d994f&_phsrc=SZB72&_phstart=successSource
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Thornton-1459 was started by David England through the import of Ancestors of my Thomas Gresham.ged on Aug 31, 2013.
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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:
~1.56%
Stephen Freeman :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch T499594 [compare ] , Ancestry member sfreem
~0.39%
Katie (Kulwicki) Mayfield :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member mayfield4128
~0.39%
Jaimi (Rattray) Dawes :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member Monkeymom24_7
~0.39%
Lynette Jester :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T269178 [compare ] , yourDNAportal LYNb0a95fe1, FTDNA kit #527801
+
MyHeritage DNA , GEDmatch UL9129399 [compare ]
~0.39%
Wool Clayton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T972520 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #FT22342
~0.39%
Christine (Smith) Kelley :
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