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Mary Maple

born c. 1774

Born about 1774, probably in New Jersey. Married Abraham Marlatt in Berkeley County, Virginia, in 1795 and went with him to Ohio. Living in 1820.

Life events

Bornabout 1774probably New Jersey
Married2 December 1795Berkeley County, Virginiato Abraham Marlatt; her name is written Mapler in the record
Census1820Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohioin her husband’s household
Diedafter 1820probably Guernsey or Coshocton County, Ohioa woman of her age was living with her son James in 1840

Research note: mother of the two eldest sons?

Abraham and John were born before the 1795 marriage. No earlier wife of their father has been found, and a DNA segment shared by descendants of John, of his brother Jacob and of the Maple family suggests that Mary was John’s mother too.

Source: William P. Marlatt, Family of Abraham and Mary (Maple) Marlatt of New Jersey, Virginia and Ohio (30 September 2019).