Mary KITTS

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Mary KITTS

• Some sources claim our subject is the Mary KITTS who married Thomas NORRIS, but an examination of the available evidence supports that this is a different Mary KITTS (c1798-c1818).
• At least one secondary source is claiming that two of Mary's children (viz., Nancy and Calvin) were fathered by John HUBBS (1800-1877), husband of Nancy HILL. This John HUBBS and his family are enumerated next to Mary KITTS in the 1840 Census and two households from her in the 1850 Census, so a liaison is certainly possible.
• This same source also claims to have DNA proof that Nancy KITTS is John's daughter, but doesn't supply the evidence (viz., the test subjects' relevant paper genealogy and test results). Speaking here as a long-time project administrator for FamilyTreeDNA, I can say that proving such a relationship (i.e., the connection of a daughter to her father back five or more generations from the test subject) is difficult, at best. Given the importance of this connection to the descendants of Nancy and Calvin, I urge the person making this claim to share the evidence.
• A far easier connection to support would be that of Calvin's patrilineal line. This John HUBBS is a proven Y-DNA patrilineal line descendant of Robert HUBBS, progenitor for the HUBBS project at FTDNA. If a male surnamed KITTS who is descended from Calvin KITTS on a patrilineal line could be found and Y-DNA tested, it would prove whether or not he could be a HUBBS.

Subject: Mary "Polly" KITTS
Birth: 1802/3, Wythe Co., VA
Death: 1 Apr 1879, Union Co., TN
Disposition: buried Dyer Cemetery, Luttrell, Union Co., TN

Children:

1. (Son A) KITTS, b. ca. 1825
2. (Daughter A) KITTS, b. 1825-30
3. [William Coalman] Coleman KITTS, b. 1828, Grainger Co., TN; d. ca. 1862; m. 26 Dec 1848, Grainger Co., TN, Nancy MERRITT
4. Martha KITTS, b. 1834/5
5. Nancy KITTS, b. 12 Dec 1837
6. (Son B) KITTS, b. 1835-40

Is this Son B?
. Calvin KITTS, b. 2 Jun 1839; d. 18 Aug 1938, Knox Co., TN; m3. 13 Aug 1883, Union Co., TN, Rebecca HARRIS (1847- )

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Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Hubbs, John Churchman, Nancy Mar 3, 1813 Grainger Co., TN

Kitts, Henry Cline, Polly Mar 22, 1815 Wythe Co., VA

Hubbs, John Hill, Nancy Aug 8 1822 Grainger Co., TN

Kitts, Andrew Leedy, Polly May 24, 1825 Wythe Co., VA

These are the only KITTS-Mary/Polly/Polley/Pollie marriages on the CD; both couples have been accounted for, and neither Polly is our subject. There is no marriage of a John HUBBS to a Mary/etc. KITTS.

1b. Byron Sistler & Barbara Sistler. 1987. Early East Tennessee Marriages, Vol. 1, Grooms. Byron Sistler & Assoc., Inc., Nashville, TN (said to include every ex.

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p. 207 Kitts, Coleman to Nancy Merritt 12-26-1848 (1-7-1849) [Gr]

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There are no male KITTS marriages to a Mary/Polly/etc. in this book.
Calvin's marriage not found.

1c. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (online at Ancestry.com):

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Calvin Kitts Rebecca Harris 13 Aug 1883 Union Co.

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2. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 118; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 TN Grainger Co. Roll M19_180 p. 359 Ln. 5 Polly Kitts 110 - 300 020 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 = Coleman (b. 1828)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Son A (b. 1825)

3 females 4 or under 1825-1830 = Daughter of "unknown"?
= Daughter of "unknown"?
= Daughter A

2 females 20-29 1800-1810 = Polly (b. 1803)
= "unknown"

3. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #88-89 of 109; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 TN Grainger Co. pp. 131B-132A Ln. 28 Mary Kitts 102 - 111 001 no occupation no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Son B

2 males 10-14 1825-1830 = Coleman (b. 1828)
= Son A (b. 1825)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Nancy (b. 1836/7)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Martha (b. 1834/5)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Daughter A

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Mary (b. 1803)

Listed next to John HUBBS (æ 40-50) and family.

4. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 18): District No. 14, Grainger Co., TN, Roll M432_880, p. 120B, 1701/1782, enumerated 8 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Polly Kitts 47 F Virg

Martha " 15 F Tenn

Nancy " 13 F "

Listed two households from John HUBBS (æ 49, b. TN), his wife, Nancy (æ 48, b. VA), and their family.

. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #

. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): there is a Calvin KITTS (æ 21, b. TN) living in Union Co., TN (p. 443A), with the H.M. HUBBS family.

. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name - - - - Calvin Kitts

Gender | Age - - - - Male | 99y 2m 16d

Birth Date - - - - 2 Jun 1839

Birth Place - - - - Tennessee

Death Date - - - - 18 Aug 1938

Death Place - - - - St. Marys Hospital
Knoxville, Knox Co., TN

Father's Name - - - - Kitts

Mother's Name - - - - Unknown

Spouse - - - - Rebecca H. Kitts

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. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Mary Kitts

Birth 1803
Wythe Co., VA

Death 1 Apr 1879 (aged 75-76)

Note

Burial Dyer Cemetery
Luttrell, Union Co., TN

Inscription [supplied images unreadable]

Father

Mother

Spouse

Children

Memorial # 65099566

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