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Mary Hannah Shelby 1725–1808 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1725

Birth Location: Wales, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 26 May 1808

Death Location: Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States

Father: Evan Shelby

Mother: Catherine (Davis)

Spouse(s): Adam Alexander

Children(s): Hannah (Blanton), William Hobbs

Mary Hannah Shelby was born in 1725 in Wales, Virginia, USA, the child of Evan Dhu Shelby And Catherine Morgan Davies Davis. Mary Hannah Shelby married Adam Alexander, Thomas Hobbs Jr, and had children including Elias Alexander, Hannah Rebecca Hobbs Blanton, Thomas Hobbs, William Hobbs. Mary Hannah Shelby passed away in 1808 in Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Mary Hannah Shelby was born in 1725 in Wales, Virginia, USA, the child of Evan Dhu Shelby And Catherine Morgan Davies Davis.
  • Mary Hannah Shelby married Adam Alexander, Thomas Hobbs Jr, and had children including Elias Alexander, Hannah Rebecca Hobbs Blanton, Thomas Hobbs, William Hobbs.
  • Mary Hannah Shelby passed away in 1808 in Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Shelby's Ancestors

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Mary Shelby
1725–1808
Birth Place: Wales, Virginia, USA
Parents
Evan Dhu Shelby
1690–1751
Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Catherine (Morgan Davies) (Davis)
1696–1760
Tregaron, Cardiganshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Grandparents
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Mary Shelby's Descendants

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Mary (Hannah) Shelby (1725–26 May 1808) m. Adam Alexander (1728–13 Nov 1790)
  1. 1. Hannah (Rebecca HOBBS) (Blanton) 1745–1809 m. John (William) Blanton 1745–1831
    1. 1. Rutha Hicks 1778–1855
  2. 2. William Hobbs 1755–1793

Mary Shelby's Timeline

3 Records

1725
1725
Birth of Mary Hannah Shelby in Wales, Virginia, USA
Wales, Virginia, USA
1735
6 Sep 1735
Age 10
Mary Hannah Shelby was baptized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1808
26 May 1808
Age 83
Death of Mary Hannah Shelby in Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States
Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: Wales, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Church Records, 1709-1760
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1735
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Church Records, 1709-1760

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Sketches of the Shelby, McDowell, Deaderick, Anderson families

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1808
    Event Place: Dryden, Lee, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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