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Mary Wiley (Shelby)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hunts Cabin, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
Death: August 21, 1822 (75-76)
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Moses (Maj) Shelby, I and Isabella Shelby
Wife of Oliver Wiley
Mother of Hannah Liggett; Evan Shelby Wiley; Oliver Wiley; Isaac Wiley; Jane Wylie and 7 others
Sister of Evan Shelby; Thomas Shelby; Eleanor Shelby; Moses Shelby Jr.; William Shelby and 5 others

Managed by: Lila Buck Volner
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Immediate Family

About Mary Wiley

Mary Shelby was born 1746 at Hunts Cabin, Frederick County, Maryland and died 21 Aug 1822 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She married Oliver Wylie in 1768 in Cabarrus County. He was born 1744 in Clear Creek, North Carolina, and died in December of 1802 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Mary received the following mention in her father’s will:

Item: I will to my beloved daughter, Mary Wylie, the sum of five shillings sterling together with what I have already given her.

Oliver and Mary Wylie were recorded on the census of Mecklenburg County in 1790 as having four sons under sixteen, five daughters and four slaves. In total they had eleven children: Evan, William, Eleanor, Isabel, Moses Cicero, Margaret, Hannah, Oliver, Isaac, Jane, and Jeanette.



Source: FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File (LDS site). Surety=1: "a less reliable secondary source..."

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Mary Wiley's Timeline

1746
1746
Hunts Cabin, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
1754
1754
1777
1777
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
1783
1783
Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
1785
1785
1789
1789
1804
1804
1805
1805
1822
August 21, 1822
Age 76
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States