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Mary Polly Brashears 1776–1908 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Mar 1776

Birth Location: Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 2 Mar 1908

Death Location: Roane, Tennessee, USA

Father: Robert Brashears

Mother: PHOEBE NICKS

Spouse(s): Daniel Mason, Robert Gilliland

Children(s): John Mason, Elijah Mason, Mary Mason, Patience Mason, Lettice Mason, Thomas Mason, Robert Gilliland, Leticia Gilliland, Jane Gilliland

The story of Mary Polly Brashears began in 1776 in Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA. Mary Polly Brashears married Daniel Mason, Robert Gilliland, and had children including Elijah Mason, Jane Gilliland, John Brashear Mason, Leticia Gilliland, Lettice Mason, Mary Polly Mason, Patience I Mason, Robert Samuel Gilliland, Robert Tunell Mason, Thomas Jefferson Mason. Mary Polly Brashears passed away in 1908 in Roane, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Polly Brashears began in 1776 in Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA.
  • Mary Polly Brashears married Daniel Mason, Robert Gilliland, and had children including Elijah Mason, Jane Gilliland, John Brashear Mason, Leticia Gilliland, Lettice Mason, Mary Polly Mason, Patience I Mason, Robert Samuel Gilliland, Robert Tunell Mason, Thomas Jefferson Mason.
  • Mary Polly Brashears passed away in 1908 in Roane, Tennessee, USA.

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Mary Brashears's Ancestors

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Mary Brashears
1776–1908
Birth Place: Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Robert Samuel Brashears
1731–1816
Brashear Meadows, Prince George, Maryland
PHOEBE NICKS
1738–1811
Talbot County, Maryland
Grandparents
Robert (Cager) Brashears
1704–1782
Queen Anne, Talbot, Maryland, USA
Charity Dowell
1711–1787
Saint James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Brashears
1673–1740
Anne Jones
1673–1720
Phillip Dowell
1677–1733
Mary Tydings
1683–1716
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Brashears
1646–1712
Alice (Spriggs)
1646–1720
William Jones
1655–1737
Dorothy Jones
1642–1702
Nicholas Dowell
1650–1705
Elizabeth Tydings
1667–1737
Richard Tydings
1625–1686
Charity Sparrow
1650–1687

Mary Brashears's Descendants

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Mary (Polly) Brashears (13 Mar 1776–2 Mar 1908) m. Daniel Mason (13 Sep 1770–17 August 1839) m. Robert Gilliland (12 Apr 1776–1797)
  1. 1. John (Brashear) Mason 1804–1881 m. Mary (E.) McFall 1812–1870
    1. 1. Daniel (William) Mason 1845–1914 m. Harriet (Cate (Hattie)) Camp 1844–1905
      1. 1. Polly (Anna) Mason 1874–1960 m. Joseph (Walter) Johnston 1870–1935
        1. 1. Anna (Mae) Johnston 1919–1983 m. Neal (Parke Watts) Sr 1894–1957
  2. 2. Elijah Mason –1875
  3. 3. Mary ("Polly") Mason 1799–1859
  4. 4. Patience (I.) Mason 1797–1865
  5. 5. Lettice Mason 1795–1865
  6. 6. Thomas (Jefferson) Mason 1806–1892
  7. 7. Robert (Samuel) Gilliland 1794–1862
  8. 8. Leticia Gilliland 1793–1840
  9. 9. Jane Gilliland 1795–1873

Mary Brashears's Timeline

5 Records

1776
13 Mar 1776
Birth of Mary Polly Brashears in Guilford Co., North Carolina, British Colonies
Guilford Co., North Carolina, British Colonies
1776
13 Mar 1776
Birth of Mary Polly Brashears in Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
1797
6 Mar 1797
Age 21
Mary Polly Brashears was married in Julian, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Julian, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
1819
12 July 1819
Age 43
Death of Mary Polly Brashears in Roane Co., Tennessee, USA
Roane Co., Tennessee, USA
1908
2 Mar 1908
Age 132
Death of Mary Polly Brashears in Roane, Tennessee, USA
Roane, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1776
    Event Place: Guilford Co., North Carolina, British Colonies

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1776
    Event Place: Orange, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1797
    Event Place: Julian, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 July 1819
    Event Place: Roane Co., Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1908
    Event Place: Roane, Tennessee, USA

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