Mary Estes

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Estes was born in 1785, in Henry, Virginia, United States, her father, William Estes, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Evans, was 47. She married John T Carter about 1799, in Chester, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died before 1850, in Chester, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John T Carter
1779–1857
Mary Estes
1785–1850
William Carter
1800–1859
Levi Sylvanus Carter
1807–1865
Blake Anderson Carter
1820–

Sources (2)

  • Will of William Estes, Sr.
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary(Polly) Estes (John) CARTER -

World Events (3)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’, denoting someone ‘from the east’ or someone living in the eastern part of a village or settlement. Today the name is still pronounced as two syllables, as it was in medieval times.

History: This name was brought to New England by Matthew (1645–1723) and Richard (born 1647) Estes, sons of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, England. Probably unconnected is the founder of the VA and TN family of this name, Benjamin Estes (born 1736 in VA; died 1811 in TN).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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