Mary Prettyman Houston

Daughter of Margaret Saunders and Shepard Prettyman.

Granddaughter of William and Comfort Kollock Prettyman.
Comfort was the daughter of Shepard Kollock granddaughter of Simon and Comfort Shepard Prettyman Kollock. Comfort Shepard Prettyman Kollock was the widow of Thomas Prettyman who died in 1720, she then married Simon Kollock. She was the daughter of Hercules and Mary Avery Shepard. And granddaughter of Captain John Avery.

William and Comfort had the following children:

William born 1755
Thomas born 5/17/1764 and died 11/19/1824
Sarah (Sallie) who married John Wolfe and had 9 children:
Joel, Mary,Comfort,Anna,Sallie,John Wesley, Charlotte,David, William.

John who died 3/4/1823
Mary who married John Wolfe and had 4 children
Shepard born 9/24/1759 and died 1836

She was the greatgranddaughter of John Prettyman who died in 1754

Mary married Liston Alexander Houston on 7/26/1803. He was the son of Robert and Priscilla (Laws) Houston.
They had 5 children:

Robert born 1804
Shepard born 1808
Henry W. born 10/2/1809 who married Typhane LeCompte
2 unknown children

She was 43 yrs old.

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