Mary Unknown

1640 - 1736  (96 years)

• Name	Mary Unknown  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1640	, , Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Jan 1736	Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
  Person ID	I5349	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Jacob Henderson   d. 1751
  Marriage	Bef 1712  [3]
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mareen Duvall,   b. Abt 1629, Luval, Mayenne, France d. 5 Aug 1694, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1693  [2]
  Family ID	F886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Colonel Henry Ridgely
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  She was Mareen's last wife. She had 3 husbands herself, but she never had children by any of them. Her second husband after Mareen Duval was even wealthier than her first. His name was Colonel Hugh Ridgely. They apparently married withear of Mareen's death. Hugh Ridgely had the High Sheriff issue citations against Mary's step son, John Duvall, who had taken over the administration of his father's estate after Mary declined the "honor". According to Hugh, John was greatly misjudging the value of his father's estate. Colonel Ridgely was then assigned the administration of Mary's late husband's estate and she assisted him with this administration. She married a younger minister as her third husband who gained prominence after their marriage. She is said to be Mary Stanton by some second hand sources, but according to research by the respected genealogist, Harry Wright Newman, that is absolutely not so. Her gravestone said she died on Jan. 19, 1735, but remember this was the time period where the year would now be considered 1736 instead. She willed most of the land she was given to her by her third husband to her heirs, but previously had given her step-son Lewis Duvall 547 acres of "Middleton Plantation" by the year 1700.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1210] Ancestry.com, Maryland, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2015 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), 1,9068::0. [S505] I.G.I. Files at the Mormon Family History Centers and at www.familysearch.com. [S781] Newman, Harry Wright, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation (c1952, reprinted in 2000).