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Mary (Winslow) Wilson (1713 - 1748)

Mary Wilson formerly Winslow
Born in Somerset, Marylandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1731 in Somerset, Marylandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at about age 35 in Anson, North Carolinamap
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Biography

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Mary (Winslow) Wilson is an ancestor of a US President/Vice President
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This person is an ancestor of President James Knox Polk 11th US President

Biography

Note: This person is an ancestor of President James Knox Polk[1]

Mary Winslow was born in 1713 in Somerset County, Maryland. She died in 1748 in Anson County (became Mecklenburg County in 1762), North Carolina.[2] No primary sources have been found for her parents, only a derivative source that indicates Benjamin and Mary[3][4]

Mary Winslow was the first wife of Samuel Wilson, whom she married in 1731 in Somerset County, Maryland.

Children of Samuel Wilson and Mary Winslow (1713-1748), married 1731

  1. Mary Jane Winslow "Maria" (Wilson) Polk (1746-1791), married LtCol Ezekiel Polk (1747-1824) in 1769[5]
  2. Violet Winslow (Wilson) Davidson (1742-1818), married John Davidson, Sr. in 1761 in Mecklenburg County[6]
  3. Samuel Wilson Jr. (1737 ?-1814), married Hannah Knox (1767-?)[7]
  4. Major David Wilson (1748-?), married Sally McConnel[8]
  5. Benjamin Wilson (1744-1800), did not marry according to Hunter (married Margaret Bowman in 1780 in Rowan County according to others sources)[9]
  6. John Wilson (?-?), did not marry according to Hunter[10]
  7. Rebecca Wilson (?-?), married John Henderson, both were killed by Indians on their way to Tennessee, their children returned to Mecklenburg County[11]

Research Notes

A copy of Benjamin WInslow's will is found at Find a Grave It names both John McConnell and Samuel Wilson as "sons".


Sources

  1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #78860397
  3. ↑ Edmund West-Family Data Collection - Births
  4. ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I38507
  5. ↑ #HistoryW
  6. ↑ #HistoryW
  7. ↑ #HistoryW
  8. ↑ #HistoryW
  9. ↑ #HistoryW
  10. ↑ #HistoryW
  11. ↑ #HistoryW
  • History of Western North Carolina, Samuel Wilson, Sr.Link




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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:

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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Winslow-3412 and Winslow-1033 appear to represent the same person because: same husband, Winslow-1033 is well sourced, while Winslow-3412 has no sources. It would appear they were intended to represent the same person
posted by Robin Lee
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Can you please add your sources? The death information is quite different than shown in other trees.
posted on Winslow-3412 (merged) by Robin Lee
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Winslow-1033 and Winslow-2747 are not ready to be merged because: While they look like the same person, Winslow-2747 has a son attached which does not fit into the family of Winslow-1033, there appears to be some issues
posted on Winslow-2747 (merged) by Robin Lee
Peppler-18 Jane Peppler
Winslow-1033 and Winslow-2747 appear to represent the same person because: THere are actually three of this person. The third is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winslow-3412
posted on Winslow-2747 (merged) by Jane Peppler

Rejected matches › Margaret (Jack) Wilson (1746-1804) › Mary (Wilson) Hall (abt.1680-)

Mary is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 18 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 15 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

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