Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameMary Agnes ALDREN 
85, Last Name as TALLON,470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny
85, Last Name as TALLON,470, Mary Agnes Aldren DennyBirth1718470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny
Death1770, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny
BurialAlamance Presbyterian Church, 4000 Presbyterian Road, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny
Spouses
Birth1715, Ireland470, Pvt James Denny
DeathGuilford County, North Carolina470, Pvt James Denny
BurialAlamance Presbyterian Church, 4000 Presbyterian Road, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Pvt James Denny
Obituary Online notes for Mary Agnes ALDREN
Wife of James Denny, Sr.
Married December 24, 1742
Talbot Co., Maryland
Mother of:
Elizabeth [Denny] Donnell
NOTE:
Mis-information on name...researched by:
Kent Smith
The mis-information may have come from the marker plaque posted to her memorial that lists her as Agnes Tallon Denny. From what all I can find, that may have come from an incorrect translation of her husband's will, where some say that the will says "Agnes, I allow....." and it was transcribed as Agnes Tallon. Below is what the actual will says with the I allow BEFORE her name:
James Denny's Will is accessible on the North Carolina Probate Records section 1735-1790, for Guilford County Wills (1771-1813), Vol. A, page 94 (image 56 of 227). The full paragraph that mentions Agnes reads: "Thirdly all that remains of my estate from the above bequeathments I allow Agnes my wife and William my son to have an equal interest during the time of her natural life and at her decease I allow her part to become his property together with the plantation which I give and bequeath to my son William Denny his heirs and assigns forever. But if my dear wife would chuse rather to live with any other of her children I allow her to have her mare & saddle, her bed & wheel and five pounds in money each year during her life, and if any money remains after my debts are paid it shall be hers & at her death she may leave these articles to whom she will." I don't know what records exist that either confirm or refute Agnes' last name, but James' Will is not one of them.
Additional note by LoRetta Hughes:
I have not seen the original register of
their marriage record. The transcription
of the Maryland marriage record
list their names as follows
James Denny & Mary Aldren (3 TA-41)
In his will James names her as Agnes.
470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny
Married December 24, 1742
Talbot Co., Maryland
Mother of:
Elizabeth [Denny] Donnell
NOTE:
Mis-information on name...researched by:
Kent Smith
The mis-information may have come from the marker plaque posted to her memorial that lists her as Agnes Tallon Denny. From what all I can find, that may have come from an incorrect translation of her husband's will, where some say that the will says "Agnes, I allow....." and it was transcribed as Agnes Tallon. Below is what the actual will says with the I allow BEFORE her name:
James Denny's Will is accessible on the North Carolina Probate Records section 1735-1790, for Guilford County Wills (1771-1813), Vol. A, page 94 (image 56 of 227). The full paragraph that mentions Agnes reads: "Thirdly all that remains of my estate from the above bequeathments I allow Agnes my wife and William my son to have an equal interest during the time of her natural life and at her decease I allow her part to become his property together with the plantation which I give and bequeath to my son William Denny his heirs and assigns forever. But if my dear wife would chuse rather to live with any other of her children I allow her to have her mare & saddle, her bed & wheel and five pounds in money each year during her life, and if any money remains after my debts are paid it shall be hers & at her death she may leave these articles to whom she will." I don't know what records exist that either confirm or refute Agnes' last name, but James' Will is not one of them.
Additional note by LoRetta Hughes:
I have not seen the original register of
their marriage record. The transcription
of the Maryland marriage record
list their names as follows
James Denny & Mary Aldren (3 TA-41)
In his will James names her as Agnes.
470, Mary Agnes Aldren Denny