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Mary Polly Hearn 1766–1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1766

Birth Location: Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States

Death Date: 12 Jan 1816

Death Location: Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States

Father: Samuel Sr

Mother: Rhoda Parker

Spouse(s): Elijah Melson

Children(s): Samuel Rev, James Melson, Nancy Melson, Nancy Melson

Mary Polly Hearn was born in 1766 in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States, the child of Samuel Hearn Sr And Rhoda Mother Of Children Parker. Mary Polly Hearn married Elijah Melson, and had children including James J Melson, Nancy Ann Melson, Samuel Cannon Melson Rev. Mary Polly Hearn passed away in 1816 in Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States.

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Biography

  • Mary Polly Hearn was born in 1766 in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States, the child of Samuel Hearn Sr And Rhoda Mother Of Children Parker.
  • Mary Polly Hearn married Elijah Melson, and had children including James J Melson, Nancy Ann Melson, Samuel Cannon Melson Rev.
  • Mary Polly Hearn passed away in 1816 in Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Hearn's Ancestors

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Mary Hearn
1766–1816
Birth Place: Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States
Parents
Samuel Hearn Sr
1730–1803
Delmar, Sussex, Delaware, United States
Rhoda ((Mother of children)) Parker
1738–1785
Delmar, Sussex, Delaware, United States
Grandparents
Elizabeth Williams
1690–1736
Somerset, Maryland, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Frances (Williams)
1655–1706
🇬🇧 Williams*
1643–1720
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Robinson
1604–1658
Sarah Clarkson
1622–1671
Michael Williams
1617–1650

Mary Hearn's Descendants

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Mary (Polly) Hearn (1766–12 Jan 1816) m. Elijah Melson (1762–7 March 1824)
  1. 1. Samuel (Cannon Melson,) Rev 1785–1849 m. Grace ((Maddox)) Melson 1780–1861
    1. 1. Phoebe ("Feba" Ann (Melson)) Jones 1814–1898 m. Ezekiel (Henry Jones,) Jr 1807–1872
      1. 1. Samuel (Melson) Jones 1849–1932
      2. 2. Jacob (Merrill) Jones 1851–1928
      3. 3. Daniel (Benjamin) Jones 1855–1932
      4. 4. Nancy (Adams) Jones 1837–1923
      5. 5. Irena (Mariah (Jones)) Willey 1842–1868
      6. 6. Mary (Priscilla "Mollie") Jones 1844–1876
      7. 7. Clara (Jane) Jones 1846–1869
      8. 8. Ezekiel (Henry Jones) III 1847–1930
      9. 9. Martha (E Grace) Jones 1853–1869
      10. 10. Anne ("Annie" Elizabeth (Jones)) Walston 1835–1905
      11. 11. Charles (Thomas) Jones 1838–1843
      12. 12. Martha (Grace) Jones 1853–1870
    2. 2. Benjamin (Samuel "Sharp") Melson 1810–1898
    3. 3. Eliza ((Melson) Walston) Hearn 1812–1867
    4. 4. Daniel (Fookes) Melson 1818–1882
    5. 5. Maria ((Melson)) Short 1816–1896
    6. 6. Mary (M (Melson)) Hayman 1809–
    7. 7. Matilda (G (Melson)) Short 1823–1895
    8. 8. Priscilla (F B) Melson 1823–1889 m. Gilley (Colgan) Short 1814–1877
      1. 1. Samuel (Melson) Short 1843–1886
      2. 2. Agnes (T) Short 1844–1930
      3. 3. Maria (Priscilla) Short 1858–1937
      4. 4. Charles ("Chas" Hersrin) Short 1857–1935
      5. 5. John (E) Short 1854–
      6. 6. Sarah (A) Short 1852–
      7. 7. Francis ("Frank" A) Short 1849–
      8. 8. Elizabeth ("Eliza" Jane (Short)) Morris 1850–1931
    9. 9. Priscilla (F B) Melson 1813–1823
    10. 10. Sarah ("Sallie" (Melson)) Hearn 1807–1899
  2. 2. James (J) Melson 1819–1894
  3. 3. Nancy (Ann) Melson 1799–1878
    1. 1. Philip (Thomas) Truitt 1830–1916
      1. 1. Oliver (G) Truitt 1860–1938
        1. 1. Herman (Vinyard) Truitt 1899–1968
  4. 4. Nancy (Ann) Melson 1802–1880
    1. 1. Philip (Thomas) Truitt 1830–1916
      1. 1. Oliver Truitt 1860–1938
        1. 1. Herman (Vinyard) Truitt 1899–1968

Mary Hearn's Timeline

2 Records

1766
1766
Birth of Mary Polly Hearn in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States
Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States
1816
12 Jan 1816
Age 50
Death of Mary Polly Hearn in Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States
Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1766
    Event Place: Little Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jan 1816
    Event Place: Melson, Worcester, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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