Mary Ann Plant b. 1798 New York City, New York Co., NY d. Aft 1880: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1798 - Aft 1880 (83 years)

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Name	Mary Ann Plant
Birth	1798	New York City, New York Co., NY [1]
Gender	Female
Death	Aft 1880
Person ID	I49627	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	28 Sep 2023

Father	James Plant, b. Abt 1775, England d. Abt 1831, Harrison Co., VA (Age 56 years)
Mother	Frances "Fanny" Brailsford, b. Abt 1775, France d. Bef 1808 (Age 32 years)
Marriage	10 Jan 1797	New York City, New York Co., NY [2]
	Married by Rev. Joseph Pilmore, Rector of Christ Church, New York City, NY. Online databases misidentify the place of marriage as Philadelphia, PA. The marriage register notes of Rev. Pilmore, "On Thursday the 6th March A.D. 1794 took leave of Philadelphia and on Saturday the 8th arrived in New York to take the Pastoral Charge of Christ Burch in said City." [2]
Family ID	F17322	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 James Brison, b. Abt 1798, CT d. Abt 1822 (Age 24 years)

Marriage 17 Oct 1819 Harrison Co., VA [4]

Married by Josiah Henderson. [3]

Children

1. William E. Brison, b. 1822, VA

d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F17325 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Mar 2020

Family 2 Conrad Near, b. Abt 1775, MD d. 31 Dec 1849, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA (Age 74 years)

Marriage 16 Nov 1823 Harrison Co., VA [5, 6]

Children

	1. Rebecca A. Near, b. 8 Sep 1830, Harrison Co., VA d. 27 Jun 1911, Oneill, Harrison Co., WV (Age 80 years)
	2. Elizabeth Near, b. 8 Sep 1830, Harrison Co., VA d. 26 Feb 1907, Coal District, Harrison Co., WV (Age 76 years)

Family ID F17326 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 28 Sep 2023

Event Map

Birth - 1798 - New York City, New York Co., NY

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Notes
War of 1812 Widow's Pension for Mary Ann Near (nee Plant), widow of Conrad near, lists her age as: 50 years in 1851; 53 years in 1855; and 82 years in 1878.

Sources

[S1268] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register (marriage bond), 3: 273, Brison-Plant, 1819; accessed 26 Mar 2020. (Reliability: 3).
marriage bond states that both parties were "of lawful age" (i.e., 21 years old). The age of Mary Plant was proven on the oath of Samuel Plant.
[S2093] Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, ((http://www.ancestry.com : 2011)), 26 Mar 2020, accessed 26 Mar 2020), Plant-Brailsford, 1797, Old Saint Paul's Church, Philadelphia, PA. (Reliability: 3).
[S1268] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register (minister's return), 3: 81, Brison-Plant, 1819; accessed 26 Mar 2020. (Reliability: 3).
marriage bond states that both parties were "of lawful age" (i.e., 21 years old).
[S1268] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register (marriage bond), 3: 273, Brison-Plant, 1819; accessed 26 Mar 2020. (Reliability: 3).
[S1268] West Virginia. Harrison County., Harrison Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register (minister's return), 3: 14, Near-Brison, 1823; accessed 26 Mar 2020. (Reliability: 3).
[S1806] War of 1812 Pension Files, (fold3. http://www.fold3.com : 2011.), (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 28 Sep 2023); Conrad Near; widow, Mary Ann Brison Near. (Reliability: 3).