Mary "Polly" Thompson

1757 - 1797  (40 years)

• Name	Mary "Polly" Thompson
  Birth	1757	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	1797	Sevier Co, Tennessee
  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. http://archive.org/stream/notablesouthern00frengoog/notablesouthern00frengoog_djvu.txt
  Person ID	I3109	Roots
  Last Modified	23 May 2013

  
  

  Father	William Thompson,   b. Abt 1734   d. Aft 1760 (Age ~ 27 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lyle,   b. Abt 1734   d. Aft 1760 (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1754
  Family ID	F17453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Col. Samuel Wear, Sr,   b. 1753, Virginia d. 3 Apr 1817, Seviersville, Sevier Co, Tennessee (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1779	Rockbridge Co, Virginia
  Children	1. Elizabeth Wear,   b. 4 Oct 1780, Augusta Co, Virginia d. 5 Apr 1820, of, 5 miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee (Age 39 years) + 2. Captain Robert Wear,   b. 4 Nov 1781, Wears Fort, Sevier Co, Tennessee d. 4 Aug 1846, Riverbend Farm, Blount Co, Tennessee (Age 64 years)   3. Rebecca Wear,   b. 28 Oct 1787   d. 1837, Fayetteville, Crittendon Co, Arkansas (Age 49 years)   4. Samuel Wear, Jr,   b. 16 Apr 1790, Sevier Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1810 (Age > 21 years)   5. John Wear,   b. 14 Mar 1793, Sevier Co, Tennessee d. 6 Jul 1868, Sevier Co, Tennessee (Age 75 years)   6. Mary Wear,   b. 10 Sep 1795, Sevier Co, Tennessee d. 1821 (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F1235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011