Mary "Polly" Thompson

Notes:

Mary Thompson, daughter of Elizabeth Lyle and William Thompson, was bom in Ireland about 1757; she died in 1797. She is frequently called Polly Thompson in the family record. She came with her mother and stepfather to America in I 775. She married Samuel Wear, in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1 778. Samuel Wear was a son of Robert Wear. Mary and Samuel Wear moved to what is now Tennesse and settled on Little Pigeon River, Sevier County, Tennessee, which was then a part of North Carolina. For history of Colonel Samuel Wear see Armstrong Family).

Samuel Wear married twice. After the death of Mary Thompson Wear he married Mary **Gilhan," or Gilliland, and had by her several children, though this record deals with the children by his first wife only, namely, Elizabeth, Robert, Rebecca, Samuel, Junior, John and Mary.

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Mary married Col. Samuel Wear, Sr in 1779 in Rockbridge Co, Virginia. Samuel (son of Robert* Wear and Rebecca* Carrell) was born in 1753 in Virginia; died on 3 Apr 1817 in Seviersville, Sevier Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Wear was born on 4 Oct 1780 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 5 Apr 1820 in of, 5 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee.
2. Captain Robert Wear was born on 4 Nov 1781 in Wears Fort, Sevier Co, Tennessee; died on 4 Aug 1846 in Riverbend Farm, Blount Co, Tennessee.
3. Rebecca Wear was born on 28 Oct 1787; died in 1837 in Fayetteville, Crittendon Co, Arkansas.
4. Samuel Wear, Jr was born on 16 Apr 1790 in Sevier Co, Tennessee; died after 1810.
5. John Wear was born on 14 Mar 1793 in Sevier Co, Tennessee; died on 6 Jul 1868 in Sevier Co, Tennessee.
6. Mary Wear was born on 10 Sep 1795 in Sevier Co, Tennessee; died in 1821.

William married Elizabeth Lyle about 1754. Elizabeth was born about 1734; died after 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]