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Mary Lavender Fortune 1762–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1762

Birth Location: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: McDowell, North Carolina

Father: John Fortune

Mother: Lucy WILLIAMSON

Spouse(s): Andrew Brown

Children(s): Elizabeth Brown, John Brown, Jim Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Anderson Brown

The story of Mary Lavender Fortune began in 1762 in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA. Mary Lavender Fortune married Andrew Brown, and had children including Anderson Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Jim Brown, John W Brown. Mary Lavender Fortune passed away in 1850 in McDowell, North Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Mary Lavender Fortune began in 1762 in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.
  • Mary Lavender Fortune married Andrew Brown, and had children including Anderson Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Jim Brown, John W Brown.
  • Mary Lavender Fortune passed away in 1850 in McDowell, North Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Fortune
1711–1790
Birth Location: Caroline County, Virginia, USA
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Lucy WILLIAMSON
1723–1789
Birth Location: Caroline County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Andrew Brown
1760–1804
Birth Location: North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Brown
1797–1888
Birth Location: Albemarle Co., VA
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John Brown
1782–1845
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia
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Jim Brown
1783–1850
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Brown
1781–1880
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Anderson Brown
1785–1851
Birth Location: Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Mary Fortune's Ancestors

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Mary Fortune
1762–1850
Birth Place: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Fletcher Fortune
1711–1790
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Lucy WILLIAMSON
1723–1789
Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mary Fortune's Descendants

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Mary (Lavender) Fortune (1762–1850) m. Andrew Brown (1760–1804)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Brown 1797–1888 m. Joel (B.) Yancey 1796–1865
    1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth (Sabra)) Haymond 1765–1815 m. William (E 'Black Bill") Snodgrass 1773–1845 m. John (Wilson) Haymond 1835–1881 m. Eugenius HAYMOND 1830–1904
      1. 1. WIlliam Snodgrass 1804–1872 m. Keziah Dawson 1798–1870
        1. 1. Mary Snodgrass 1827–1897 m. Hugh Masterson 1827–1893
        2. 2. Sarah (Drennan) Snodgrass 1825–1896
        3. 3. Elmira (J) Snodgrass 1829–1872
        4. 4. William (Franklin) Snodgrass 1833–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Snodgrass 1835–
        6. 6. Jane Snodgrass 1831–1872
    2. 2. John (Hampton Yancey) Sr 1830–1915
    3. 3. James (M.) Yancey 1825–1892
    4. 4. Andrew (Jackson) Yancey 1834–1928
    5. 5. Ann (Marie Catherine) Byrne 1827–1868
    6. 6. Sarah ("Sallie" Elizabeth) Yancey 1839–1930
    7. 7. Jeremiah (Willis) Yancey 1832–1841
    8. 8. Lucy (w) Yancey 1829–1892
  2. 2. John (W) Brown 1782–1845
  3. 3. Jim Brown 1783–1850
  4. 4. Elizabeth Brown 1781–1880
  5. 5. Anderson Brown 1785–1851

Mary Fortune's Timeline

2 Records

1762
1762
Birth of Mary Lavender Fortune in Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 88
Death of Mary Lavender Fortune in McDowell, North Carolina
McDowell, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1762
    Event Place: Beaverdam Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: McDowell, North Carolina
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