Mary Ann (Guyer) Draper (1775 - 1865)

Born 1775 in Pasquotank, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Nathan Draper — married 9 Dec 1797 (to 1 Jun 1822) in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA

Wife of John Ullom — married 1831 (to 1832) in Darke County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1865 at about age 90 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Mary was born in 1775. She passed away in 1865.

Research Notes

I am uncertain of the parents for Mary Ann Guyer. My best assumption is that Joshua Guyer is her father. Mary's husband was disowned for marrying out of society. Is it possible that Nathan married in a civil ceremony because Mary's father, Joshua was disowned by the Friends?

Mary was born in 1775 in Pasquotank County, NC. She moved to Indiana in 1816. After her husband died she moved with her son, Nathan, Jr. and family to East Melrose County, Iowa. "Although they had Quaker roots they were a part of a United Brethren congregation which met in the little Ead's Schoolhouse, one-half mile from their home." From memoir written by Elma Butler Gordon. She died 3 January 1865 and is buried in the Manley cemetery in Monroe County, Iowa.

Research Notes

• Other possible death location: Monroe County, Iowa

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 14 October 2018), memorial page for Mary Ann Guyer Draper (1775–3 Jan 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #21356514, citing Manley Cemetery, Monroe County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Ancestry Seeker (contributor 46913946) .
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• "North Carolina Genealogy" volumes 3 &4, NC:1957. p.365.
• Winslow, Ellen, "History of Perquimans County", Clearfield, 1999.
• "North Carolina Genealogy" volumes 3 &4, NC:1957. p.365
• Heiss, Hinshaw, William, "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, North Carolina, v.1", Edwards Brothers, 1936
• Heiss, Willard, ""Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Abstracts of the records of the Society of Friends in Indiana", Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1962.
• Weeks, Stephen B., "Southern Quakers and Slavery", Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1891.
• Sexton, N.K., "Hoosier Journal of Ancestry" July 1970, pp.8 & 9. Little York, Indiana: N.K. Sexton, publisher, 1970. FHL Book 977.2 B2hj.
• "Jackson, County Indiana Wills", Book 1.
• 1850 Census Monroe, County, Iowa.
• Memoir written by Elma Butler Gordon, 1911 in Pei Tai Ho, China.