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Mary Ann Polly Priest 1822–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Feb 1822

Birth Location: Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Richard Priest

Mother: Mary Burleson

Spouse(s): Henry Whitehead

Children(s): William Whitehead, William Whitehead, Mary Whitehead, Aaron Sr

Mary Ann Polly Priest was born in 1822 in Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States, the child of Richard Lee Priest And Mary Ann Burleson. Mary Ann Polly Priest married Henry Harvey Whitehead, and had children including Aaron Lemuel Whitehead Sr, Mary Ann Whitehead, William Monroe Whitehead, William Richard Whitehead. Mary Ann Polly Priest passed away in 1870 in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Mary Ann Polly Priest was born in 1822 in Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States, the child of Richard Lee Priest And Mary Ann Burleson.
  • Mary Ann Polly Priest married Henry Harvey Whitehead, and had children including Aaron Lemuel Whitehead Sr, Mary Ann Whitehead, William Monroe Whitehead, William Richard Whitehead.
  • Mary Ann Polly Priest passed away in 1870 in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Priest
1792–1859
Birth Location: Russell County, Virginia, United States of America
RP
Mary Burleson
1798–1876
Birth Location: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
MB

Spouses(s)

Henry Whitehead
1821–1895
Birth Location: Blount County, Tennessee, USA
HW

Children(s)

William Whitehead
1847–1897
Birth Location: Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States
WW
William Whitehead
1865–1909
Birth Location: Crockett, Houston, Texas, USA
WW
Mary Whitehead
1858–1935
Birth Location: Hopkinsville, Caldwell, Texas, USA
MW
Aaron Sr
1854–1927
Birth Location: Tishomingo, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States of America
AS

Mary Priest's Ancestors

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Mary Priest
1822–1870
Birth Place: Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States
Parents
Richard Lee Priest
1792–1859
Russell County, Virginia, United States of America
Mary (Ann) Burleson
1798–1876
Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Samuel PRIEST
1752–1825
Christ Luthern Church, York, Pennsylvania, USA
Jane (E) Padgett
1755–1839
Lee, Goochland, Virginia, Colonial America
Joseph (Burleson) Sr
1770–1849
Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Elizabeth Burleson
1788–1858
Great-Grandparents
William Priest
1721–1801
Aaron Burleson
1727–1782
Rachel Hendricks
–1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Priest
1697–1745
Susannah Field
1702–1739

Mary Priest's Descendants

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Mary (Ann Polly) Priest (13 Feb 1822–1870) m. Henry (Harvey) Whitehead (13 Feb 1821–Dec 1895)
  1. 1. William (Richard) Whitehead 1847–1897 m. Martha Christopher 1848–1934
    1. 1. Henry (Harvey) Whitehead 1878–1948 m. Minerva (Ann) Smith 1879–1973
      1. 1. Mary (Edna) Whitehead 1899–1996 m. David (Riley) Lynn 1896–1973
        1. 1. T (Mavion) Lynn 1920–1994 m. Marjorie (May) Mcneely 1923–1972
        2. 2. D (R) Lynn 1925–2002
        3. 3. Helen (Faye) Lynn 1927–2015 m. Charles (Ray) Tippie 1924–1976
      2. 2. Della (Mae) Whitehead 1902–2003 m. John (Henry) Rushing 1890–1947
        1. 1. Della (May (Mae)) Rushing 1922–1934
        2. 2. Jennie (Ann) Rushing 1937–1996
        3. 3. James (Henry) Rushing 1940–2013
        4. 4. John (William) Rushing 1924–2014 m. Diane (M) Lannon 1930–2007
        5. 5. Aleen (Grace) Rushing 1934–2007
      3. 3. Ollie (Maudie Lee) Whitehead 1910–2005 m. Bernard (Heinrich Wilhelm) Spiekermann 1905–1988
        1. 1. Edith (Marie) Spiekermann 1933–2019
        2. 2. Esther (Louise) Spickermann 1923–
      4. 4. Luthan (August) Whitehead 1906–1989
      5. 5. Martha (Elizabeth) Whitehead 1913–1990 m. William (Lauris) Rippy 1915–1990
        1. 1. Lauris (Lyndon) Rippy 1940–2004
      6. 6. Minerva (Ann) Whitehead 1915–2006 m. Miles (Oran) Meador 1916–1991
        1. 1. Glenda (Maurene) Meador 1948– m. Robert (Henry) O'Hair 1944–2002
      7. 7. James (Richard) Whitehead 1919–1944
      8. 8. Lillian (Marie) Whitehead 1908–1994 m. Alva (Pierce) Holbrook 1904–1965
        1. 1. Carl (Hubert) Holbrook 1936–2010 m. Carlee Johns 1942–2007
        2. 2. Virginia (Marlene) Holbrook 1932–2021 m. Edmund (Heinatz) Fry 1932–2021
        3. 3. James (Pierce) Holbrook 1934–2022
      9. 9. Manda (Savannah) Whitehead 1921–2012 m. George (Harvey Shed) II 1912–
        1. 1. Clinton (Harvey) Shed 1940–2023 m. Peggy (Sue) Webster 1942–1987
    2. 2. Henry Whitehead 1866–1887
    3. 3. Minerva Whitehead 1866–1949 m. Joseph Coquett 1856–1923
      1. 1. Richard (William) Coquat 1890–1947
      2. 2. George (Washington) Coquat 1897–1963
      3. 3. Henderson Coquat 1893–1958
      4. 4. James (Oliver Coquat) Sr 1902–1952
    4. 4. Rachel Whitehead 1866–1872
    5. 5. Kate Whitehead 1866– m. Ollie Trotter 1856–
    6. 6. Mary (Ann) Whitehead 1868–1890
    7. 7. Sarah (Sallie) Whitehead 1870–1918
    8. 8. Rebecca Whitehead 1874–1940
    9. 9. Frances (Jane) Whitehead 1872–1910 m. John (Thomas) Fulgham 1872–1916
      1. 1. Henry (Asa) Fulgham 1898–1954 m. Ida (Belle) Tuck 1900–1989
        1. 1. Irene (Louise) Fulgham 1925–1968 m. Ellsworth (Phillip) Shaffer 1925–2006
        2. 2. Lillian (Frances) Fulgham 1920–2010
      2. 2. Lillie (Elizabeth) Fulgham 1905–1982
      3. 3. Lela (May) Fulgham 1908–1987 m. Frances (Irvin) Humphrey 1899–1969
        1. 1. Wilma (Gertrude Humphrey) Cook 1930–2010
        2. 2. Dovie (E Jane) Humphrey 1929–1941
        3. 3. Frances (Louise) Humphrey 1926–2011
        4. 4. Evelyn (Lelia Humphrey) Musgrove 1936–
        5. 5. Henry (Gene) Humphrey 1932–1986
    10. 10. Aaron (William) Whitehead 1880–1903 m. Minnie Schobey 1892–1968
    11. 11. Mary (Kate) Whitehead 1883–1910 m. James (Ollie) Trotter 1879–
      1. 1. Dora (B) Trotter 1904–
      2. 2. Allie Trotter 1906–
      3. 3. Joseph (Lucien) Trotter 1908–1980 m. Mildred (Fern) McSwane 1910–1983
        1. 1. Billie (Fern) Trotter 1944–1945
        2. 2. Alice (Faye) Trotter 1943–2020
      4. 4. Essie Trotter 1910–
    12. 12. John (Haywood) Whitehead 1885–1959 m. Florence (Myrtle) White 1886–1980
      1. 1. Lula Whitehead 1908–
      2. 2. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Whitehead 1912–2006
      3. 3. Lillian Whitehead 1925–2010 m. William (Wilburn) Schobey 1923–2015
        1. 1. Connie (Marie) Schobey 1948–2021
  2. 2. William (Monroe) Whitehead 1865–1909 m. Mary (Alice) Lytle 1874–1907 m. Lela (Lacreasa Baxter) Weeden 1883–
    1. 1. William (Harvey) Whitehead 1896–1945 m. Gladys (Irene) Baxter 1901–1984
      1. 1. Ervin Whitehead 1931–2019
    2. 2. Joseph (Manos) Whitehead 1893–1967 m. Bertha (Mae) Lee 1914–2001 m. Ella (May) Lee 1877–1942 m. Mary (Alice) Baxter 1889–1927
      1. 1. Robert (William) Whitehead 1913–1968 m. Pauline (Virginia) Shelton 1923– m. Dora Whitehead 1918–
        1. 1. Ross (Bailey) Whitehead 1934–1946
        2. 2. LaQuetta (Joy) Whitehead 1947–2017
        3. 3. Linda (Lanell) Whitehead 1945–2003
      2. 2. Ruby (Lee) Whitehead 1935–1994
      3. 3. Willis (Cornelius) Whitehead 1915–1968 m. Dora (Elizabeth) Carson 1917–2002
        1. 1. Gerald (Wayne Whitehead) Sr 1942–2019
        2. 2. May Whitehead 1936–1936
        3. 3. Ralph (E) Whitehead 1940–1940
        4. 4. Billy (Joe) Whitehead 1938–2025
      4. 4. Mamie (Katherine) Whitehead 1921–2013 m. Ernest (Joseph) Parmer 1920–1976
        1. 1. Tommy (Joe) Montgomery 1940–2001
      5. 5. Elmer (Lawton) Whitehead 1910– m. Lena (Juanita) Mabra 1919–
        1. 1. Elsie (Iven) Whitehead 1936–2010 m. William (John) Reed 1939–2012
    3. 3. Lue (Ella) Whitehead 1905–1990 m. Fred (M O) Brannan 1885–1956
      1. 1. Fred (Marion Brannan) Jr 1925–1981 m. Geneva (Elizabeth) Mench 1932–1983 m. Maxine Hill 1932–2011
    4. 4. William (Manos) Whitehead 1910–1977 m. Flossie (Marie) Chandler 1909–1970 m. Sarah (Mae) Whitehead 1911–1951
      1. 1. Mary (Marie) Whitehead 1930–1996
      2. 2. Robert (J) Whitehead 1930–2005
      3. 3. Lela (Mae) Whitehead 1946–1946
      4. 4. Teddie (M.) Whitehead 1945–1945
      5. 5. William (Manos) Whitehead 1932–1955
  3. 3. Mary (Ann) Whitehead 1858–1935 m. Pierre (Auguste) Coquat 1846–1903
    1. 1. William (Richard Coquat) Jr 1880–1969
    2. 2. Fannie (Emmy Elizabeth) Coquat 1885–1965 m. Thomas (Anthony) Walsh 1879–1914 m. Gustaf (Adolph) Ekstrom 1894–1949
      1. 1. Delmar Walsh 1915–1969
      2. 2. Vivian Walsh 1902–1976 m. Levi Chambers 1898–
        1. 1. Alton (Oits) Chambers 1930–2003
        2. 2. Alvin Chambers 1924–
        3. 3. Flora (Ella) Chambers 1917–1997 m. James (T) Linebaugh 1917– m. Dewitt (Clinton) Slussler 1919–1975
        4. 4. Andy (Lee) Chambers 1920–2006
        5. 5. Paul (Dewey) Chambers 1922–1996
      3. 3. Norman Walsh 1911–1969 m. Laverne Albers 1913–2016
        1. 1. Betty (Lou) Walsh 1932–1936
        2. 2. Tommy (Ray) Walsh 1944–2017
        3. 3. James (David Walsh) Sr 1941–
      4. 4. Thomas (Anthony) Walsh 1902–1965
      5. 5. Burnice (Barney) Walsh 1905–1960
      6. 6. Anna (Belle) Walsh 1908–1967 m. Carl (Edgar Eugene) Jackson 1899–1982
        1. 1. Le (Roy Eugene) Jackson 1933–2020 m. Carolyn (Ruth) Peterson 1935–2013
    3. 3. August (Claudie) Coquat 1891–1935
    4. 4. Mary (Minerva Ann) Coquat 1883–1976 m. Richard (Vandon) Lunday 1874–1950
      1. 1. Emmie Lunday 1894–1928
      2. 2. Hazel (Lorraine) Lunday 1923–2003 m. Laudie (Wilburn) Pederson 1918–1992 m. Jacob (Melvin Van) Orden 1917–1996
        1. 1. Norma (Jean) Pederson 1948–2023 m. Thomas (Edward) Jackson 1948–
      3. 3. Mary (Velma) Lunday 1920–1977
      4. 4. Richard (L) Lunday 1916–1972
      5. 5. August (V) Lunday 1901–1981
      6. 6. Claud (H) Lunday 1905–1978
      7. 7. Milton Lunday 1910–
      8. 8. William (Garland) Lunday 1913–
      9. 9. Susie Lunday 1919–
    5. 5. Son ((Twin)) Coquat 1891–1891
    6. 6. Son Coquat 1895–1895
  4. 4. Aaron (Lemuel Whitehead) Sr 1854–1927 m. Elizabeth Haynes 1859–1928
    1. 1. James (Walter) Whitehead 1880–1939 m. Ida (B) Shaver 1887–
    2. 2. Verna (J.) Whitehead 1893–1952
    3. 3. Etta (Mae) Whitehead 1891–1966 m. Samuel (Lee) Shaver 1881–1944
      1. 1. Ernie (Lee) Strickland 1923–1990
      2. 2. Odell Shaver 1908–1969
      3. 3. Ella (Mae) Shaver 1910–1990
      4. 4. Elizabeth ("Lizzie" Idamae) Shaver 1913–1996
      5. 5. Myrtle (E) Shaver 1905– m. Allen Kelly 1905–1975
        1. 1. Winnie (Dell) Cox 1925–1966
        2. 2. George (Samuel) Kelly 1924–2009 m. Lella (Faye) Kelly 1940–2019 m. Bonnie (Bradley) Kelly 1928–2014
    4. 4. Samuel Whitehead 1897–1898
    5. 5. Bessie (Mae) Whitehead 1895–1969
    6. 6. John (Lemuel) Whitehead 1889–1956 m. Olivia (Hortence) Gentry 1895–1984
      1. 1. W (Eade) Whitehead 1924–
      2. 2. Eunice Whitehead 1926–
      3. 3. Ruth Whitehead 1927–2013 m. Odie (Alfred) Hamilton 1919–1978 m. John (Franklin) Butler 1920–2016
        1. 1. Delores (Kay) Hamilton 1949–
      4. 4. Adelle (Ida) Whitehead 1930–1980 m. Lewis (Warren Martin) Jr 1925–2000
      5. 5. Aaron (Decator) Whitehead 1921–
      6. 6. Mattie (Bell) Whitehead 1912–2010 m. Arlie (Eddie Nick) Sr 1910–1962
        1. 1. John (Trutt) Nick 1932–1935
        2. 2. Baby Nick 1929–1929
        3. 3. Alma (Marie) Reed 1934–2020
        4. 4. Lilly (Pearl) Nick 1930–2023
        5. 5. Mattie (Lou) Nick 1940–2022
      7. 7. Clifton Whitehead 1915–
      8. 8. Alma (Maurine) Whitehead 1917–1979 m. Cleburn (Rayford) Randall 1914–2009
        1. 1. Baby Randall 1936–1936
        2. 2. Delbert (Bryan) Randall 1951–1971
        3. 3. James (Roy) Randall 1937–2021
      9. 9. Eason Whitehead 1924–
    7. 7. Myrtle Whitehead 1886–1905
    8. 8. Aaron (Jr Whitehead) Jr 1880–1903
    9. 9. Ora (O) Whitehead 1900–1900

Mary Priest's Timeline

4 Records

1822
13 Feb 1822
Birth of Mary Ann Polly Priest in Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States
Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States
1844
12 Mar 1844
Age 22
Mary Ann Polly Priest was married in Alcorn, Mississippi
Alcorn, Mississippi
1870
1870
Age 48
Death of Mary Ann Polly Priest in Houston County, Texas, United States of America
Houston County, Texas, United States of America
1870
4 Mar 1870
Age 48
Mary Ann Polly Priest - Probate in Gonzales, Texas, USA
Gonzales, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1822
    Event Place: Madison, Madison, Alabama, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1299.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LWP
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1844
    Event Place: Alcorn, Mississippi
    Record Source: Mississippi Marriages

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Houston County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Index to Probate Case Files, 1832-1918; Probate Case Files, 1832-1890; Author: Texas, Probate Court (Gonzales County)
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1870
    Event Place: Gonzales, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Index to Probate Case Files, 1832-1918; Probate Case Files, 1832-1890; Author: Texas, Probate Court (Gonzales County)
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