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Mary "Polly" Dant

Mary "Polly" Dant

Female Bef 1779 - Aft 1808  (> 31 years)

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  • Name Mary "Polly" Dant  [1] 
    Birth Bef 1779  St Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1808  Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Baptist Dant,   b. 1745, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1808, Pottinger Creek, Washington Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  (Father) 
    Priscilla Heard,   b. Bef 1720, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1767, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 47 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I2194  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father John Baptist Dant,   b. 1745, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1808, Pottinger Creek, Washington Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Susanna Gough,   b. Bef 1752, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1770 (Age > 20 years) 
    Marriage Between 1764 and 1767  St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen Elliott,   b. Abt 1767, St Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1808, Pottinger Creek, Nelson County, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 42 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1797 
    Children 
     1. Susanna Elliott,   b. 1791   d. 1870 (Age 79 years)
    ▻ Joseph E. Spalding  m. 12 Nov 1810

    ▻ Joseph E. Spalding  m. 12 Nov 1810
     2. Matthew Elliott,   b. 1797, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Ralls County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    ▻ Mariah Elliott  m. Bef 1827;   Matilda Elizabeth Mitchell  m. 8 Feb 1841

    ▻ Mariah Elliott  m. Bef 1827;   Matilda Elizabeth Mitchell  m. 8 Feb 1841
     3. Elizabeth Elliott,   b. Bef 1808, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • According to Kentucky marriages (Ancestry.com), J. B. Dant married Elizabeth
      Shircliffe, 8/9/1792, Nelson Co., KY. I am assuming that this is Elizabeth
      Mattingly, widow of Thomas Shercliffe (d. 1787).

      I had not been aware that Thomas Shercliffe's will was also probated in KY.
      I would, therefore, assume that he made the will when he was living in St.
      Mary's County (June 15, 1786) and then left for KY and died there by July
      27, 1787 (probate date). If you'll notice, Bennett Mattingly was a witness
      to his will (brother of Elizabeth Mattingly, wife of Thomas Shercliffe).
      Also notice that Thomas Shercliffe (probably a son of Thomas Shercliffe and
      Elizabeth Mattingly) is one of the witnesses to the will of John Baptist
      Dant in 1808.

      I have Bennet and Elizabeth Mattingly (no indication her middle name was
      Hopewell) as the children of John Mattingly, Jr. (d. 1759) and his wife,
      Elizabeth Brewer. John Mattingly, Jr. was the son of John Mattingly (d.
      1744) and first wife (name not known). John Mattingly (d. 1744) was the son
      of Ceasar Mattingly and Jane Suttle.

      Mary Dant must have been the daughter of John Baptist Dant and Elizabeth
      Mattingly as she appears to have married Stephen Elliott (Ann's son by
      Matthew Elliott).

      Linda Reno

  • Sources 
    1. [S5407] Reno, Linda.