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Mary Lucinda AVERY

Mary Lucinda AVERY[1, 2]

Female 1826 - 1856  (30 years)

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  • Name Mary Lucinda AVERY 
    Born 2 Feb 1826  Near Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 1E12C7CBFAF6408980E8095879DD4707E810 
    Died 29 Jul 1856  Black Hawk, Carroll, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5317  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2004 

    Father Samuel AVERY,   b. 4 Nov 1788, Johnston County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1867, Black Hawk, Carroll, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Lucinda LANE,   b. 17 Apr 1796, Near Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1872, Black Hawk, Carroll, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 19 Mar 1814  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2671  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Feb 1842  Tuscalloosa, Tuscalloosa, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F2669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Five Hundred First Families of America, Compiled & edited by Alexander DuBin,
      1978-1979, The Historical Publication Society, One East Forty Second Street, New York, New York, 10017:
      p.168
      The first of definite record of this line was James Purcell who married Sarah Dowell. Their son was George Dowell Purcell.
      George Dowell Purcell, bonr Va., 1811, died 1886; married 1842, Mary Lucinda Avery, born Feb. 5, 1826, died 1856, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda (Lane) Avery. Samuel Avery, born N.C., Nov. 14, 1788, died May 31, 1872, the son of William Avery, member of the N.C. House of Commons. His wife Lucinda Lane, born 1796, died 1870, was the daughter of Nathaniel Lane, born 1770, died 1852, and his wife Elizabeth Smith; descendant of Sir Ralph Lane, who's wife was first cousin to Catherine Parr, sixth Queen of King Henry VIII. Sir Ralph Lane, was 1st Governor of "Lost Colony of Roanoke," 1585-1586; returned to England with Sir Francis Drake. (Reference: Paul Greene's "The Lost Colony of Roanoke.") William Avery was the brother of Waightstill Avery, signer, Mecklenberg (N.C.) Declaration of Independence.
      James S. Purcell, Civil War Veteran, merchant and planter, the son of the above George Dowell and Mary Lucinda (Avery) Purcell, born 1843, died 1909, married Feb. 2, 1868, Frances Melinda Cole, born 1849, died 191? daughter of Richard W. Cole and wife Eliza Jane Jones; descendant of William Cole (1598-1664), who came from England, 1618.
      Rev. George Dowell Purcell, son of the above marriage, born 1870, died 1932; married May 24, 1899, Ela Lee Browne, born 1872, died 1915, the daughter of James Newton Browne.

  • Sources 
    1. [S393] Linda Schmehl, Linda Schmehl - Choctaw Lady.

    2. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.