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Mary Ann (Sparrow) Whitehouse (abt. 1791 - 1861)

Mary Ann Whitehouse formerly Sparrow
Born about in Mercer, Kentucky, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Wife of — married 9 Jul 1809 in Mercer, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 70 in Boyle, Kentucky, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Mary Ann "Polly" Sparrow, a daughter of Lucey Hanks and Henry Sparrow, was born in 1790 in Mercer County, Kentucky.

She married Benjamin Franklin Hardin Whitehouse in Mercer on July 9, 1808. Her father, Henry Sparrow, witnessed.[1]

Children of the marriage:
  1. Jane Whitehouse Edwards (c.1809)
  2. Samuel Whitehouse (c.1810)
  3. Cassandra Whitehouse Caton (c.1811)
  4. Dennis Whitehouse (c.1814)
  5. Henry Clay Whitehouse (c.1815)
  6. Clayton Whitehouse (c.1817)
  7. Austin Whitehouse (c.1819)
  8. Elizabeth Whitehouse Condor (c.1820)
  9. William Whitehouse (c.1822)
  10. Andrew Whitehouse (c.1824)
  11. Mary Whitehouse (c.1828)
  12. Sarah Whitehouse (c.1832)
  13. Lucinda Whitehouse (c.1834)
  14. Martha Ellen Whitehouse (c.1836)

They lived in Mercer with 5 sons and 2 daughters in 1820.[2]

By 1850 they were in Boyle County, with four daughters still at home. The daughters were Mary, 22; Sarah, 19; Lucy, 16; and Martha Ellen, 14.[3] In 1860, still in Boyle, the only daughter remaining at home was Mary, who had three young children by then. Polly's sister, Sarah Sparrow, lived with them.[4]

Mary "Polly" Sparrow Whitehouse died the following year, on September 4, 1861 in Boyle, Kentucky. She is buried at Whitehouse Cemetery #2, Forkland, Boyle, Kentucky.[5]

DNA

Maternal and paternals relationships confirmed by a triangulated group of 11 individuals on 23andme consisting of: Alan Grimm, T. Beaty, Son of Harold Owen Beaty, R. Shain, Grandson of Paul Raymond Sewell, G. Gibson, Son of Laura Moorman, P. Comfort, Son of Alice Louise Comfort, D. Ellerbrock, Daughter of Brenda L. Blentlinger, S. McTague, Granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin Dannenberger, L. Kaplan and D. Kaplan, Daughter and Grandson of Hobart Horton Gay and F. Crose, Grandson of Brenda L. Blentlinger who share a 15.89 cM segment on chromosome 3 with many sharing larger 25-55 cm segments with one to one comparison. Additionally C.Hair, Granddaughter of Shirley Ann Poulter shares parts of the same segment up to 7.77cM-24.32 cM with all except P. Comfort and T. Beaty. The most recent common ancestors shared by all ten individuals are James Wright Sparrow and Mary (White) Sparrow.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V653-1C7 : accessed 19 February 2018), Benj Whitehouse and Polly Sparrow, 09 Jul 1808; citing Mercer, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 192,267.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHGC-4WW : accessed 19 February 2018), Benjamin Whitehouse, Mercer, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 186,186.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Y-JQF : 12 April 2016), Mary Whitehouse in household of Ben Whitehouse, Boyle county, part of, Boyle, Kentucky, United States; citing family 167, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1M-KWH : 14 December 2017), Mary Whitehouse in entry for Benjamine Whitehouse, 1860.
  5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLH-CDDC : accessed 8 August 2015), Mary Ann Sparrow Whitehouse, 1861; Burial, Forkland, Boyle, Kentucky, United States of America, Whitehouse Cemetery #2; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #93595473, www.findagrave.com.

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Fetterling-18 Kirt Fetterling
Sparrows-2 and Sparrow-472 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge these two profiles as they are the same person. Please use name Sparrow.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93595473/mary-ann-whitehouse

posted by Kirt Fetterling
Douglas Grimm
Whitehouse-757 and Sparrow-472 appear to represent the same person because: Same individual. Maiden name was Sparrow and married name Whitehouse. Children match as well as husband. Month of death will need sorted but the date and year are the same.
posted by Douglas Grimm

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