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106. Mary "Polly" Ervin (Married Daniel Donnell (105) in 1778).

Born: 1760 of Robert Ervin (211) & Martha ? (212).

Died: 21 May 1814 in Guilford County, North Carolina. She is buried in Buffalo Presbyterian Church cemetery. (aged 55) According to Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled by Raymond Dufau Donnell, 1996, p. 23; she is buried at 5E-6E/5D-6D. (Her gravesite was verified during a visit to the cemetery on 29 September 2005 by Susan Snyder (#2) and her cousins Sandra Henson and Mary Lue Finch.)

 

[Her siblings included:

Isabella Ervin (Married: Robert Hanner, of the Alamance Church section, in 1773 , ) Born: ? Died: ?;

Robert Ervin (Married: Charlotte Mitchell, daughter of Adam Mitchell (215), 1794) Born: ? Died: ? (In War of 1812) [Note: Robert's wife was the sister of Mary Mitchell (108)];

Richard Ervin Born: ? Died: ?

Joseph Ervin (Married: Lavinia McComey, 1782) Born: ? Died: ? (In Revolutionary War)

Jane Ervin (Married Thomas Dick) Born: ? Died: ? (Thomas Dick located on Reedy Fork and owned two mills and 1500 acres of land)

Sarah Ervin Born: ? Died: ? (remained single)].(Much of the information about Mary’s siblings by Russell Leach's (#3) genealogical research, and the miscellaneous information below, has been verified by Susan Snyder (#2). Reference source is History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church And Her People, Greensboro, N. C. by Rev. S. M. Rankin, 1934, p. 32-33, and 126.

Miscellaneous:

She and her husband lived on the east side of the church on the north side of the North Buffalo.

Mary and her husband, Daniel, had 2, perhaps 7 children: Robert, Martha, Joseph, Mary, Ervin (53), Daniel, and Mary. (Further research is needed to confirm names in red).

Below: Mary’s tombstone at Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. (GPS 36° 6.596 minutes N, 79° 46.78 minutes W). These pictures were taken on 29 September 2005. Left: Her tombstone was "chalked" to better read the inscription. Her tombstone reads:

In
memory
of
MARY DONNELL
??????
???????? who
departed this
life may the
21st 1814 aged
55