Mary Avery

(say 1730 - )

Five-greats-grandmother of Darrell Allen Martin.
Mary was born say 1730. She married Samuel Lawrence say 1750.
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Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin

Child of Mary Avery and Samuel Lawrence

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