Daughter of John Jesse Jr. and Mary Frances Lea.
First married Abednego Kiser, son of John Kenton Kiser and Susannah Stacy. Their children are Frances, Martha, Noah, and Elihu.
Second married James "Jimmy" Chafin. (James, b. about 1795, is recorded in the 1850 US Census living with the Jessee Family. Head of Household is Archer Jessee, age 73)
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From "Pioneer Recollections" by E. J. Sutherland:
Pg. 168 "Polly Jessee married Abednego Kiser, and after his death at the fight at ____ Creek, she married Jimmy Chafin. He had no children by her, but later married and had children?" (Priscilla Harding, dau. Of Aaron Gose, son of Elizabeth Jessee and John Jessee)
Pg. 389 "?Years later, Abednego's widow married Jim Chafin, but no children were born to them. They lived in Reeds Valley among the Jessees." This was from the interview of Mahala Kiser Sutherland who said she had married herself in 1851 and that Mary had died before she (Mahala) married, but "I saw her several times before I married." In one of the stories, it says that Jim Chafin mistreated Polly Jessee Kiser Chafin so bad that one day her son-in-law went to their home and brought Polly back to live with him and her daughter. After Jim sobered up, he came the daughter's home and said he was taking Polly home but they would not let her go with him, which made Jim very angry. According to the story, Polly died soon after this and Jim married again and had a family. Mahala thought Polly was buried at Little Arch Jessee Graveyard in Reed's Valley."
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Speculation/Rumor:
Mary Polly's mother, Mary Frances Lea, could be of Cherokee descent.
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"Polly" was a common nickname for "Mary."
First married Abednego Kiser, son of John Kenton Kiser and Susannah Stacy. Their children are Frances, Martha, Noah, and Elihu.
Second married James "Jimmy" Chafin. (James, b. about 1795, is recorded in the 1850 US Census living with the Jessee Family. Head of Household is Archer Jessee, age 73)
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From "Pioneer Recollections" by E. J. Sutherland:
Pg. 168 "Polly Jessee married Abednego Kiser, and after his death at the fight at ____ Creek, she married Jimmy Chafin. He had no children by her, but later married and had children?" (Priscilla Harding, dau. Of Aaron Gose, son of Elizabeth Jessee and John Jessee)
Pg. 389 "?Years later, Abednego's widow married Jim Chafin, but no children were born to them. They lived in Reeds Valley among the Jessees." This was from the interview of Mahala Kiser Sutherland who said she had married herself in 1851 and that Mary had died before she (Mahala) married, but "I saw her several times before I married." In one of the stories, it says that Jim Chafin mistreated Polly Jessee Kiser Chafin so bad that one day her son-in-law went to their home and brought Polly back to live with him and her daughter. After Jim sobered up, he came the daughter's home and said he was taking Polly home but they would not let her go with him, which made Jim very angry. According to the story, Polly died soon after this and Jim married again and had a family. Mahala thought Polly was buried at Little Arch Jessee Graveyard in Reed's Valley."
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Speculation/Rumor:
Mary Polly's mother, Mary Frances Lea, could be of Cherokee descent.
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"Polly" was a common nickname for "Mary."
Daughter of John Jesse Jr. and Mary Frances Lea.
First married Abednego Kiser, son of John Kenton Kiser and Susannah Stacy. Their children are Frances, Martha, Noah, and Elihu.
Second married James "Jimmy" Chafin. (James, b. about 1795, is recorded in the 1850 US Census living with the Jessee Family. Head of Household is Archer Jessee, age 73)
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From "Pioneer Recollections" by E. J. Sutherland:
Pg. 168 "Polly Jessee married Abednego Kiser, and after his death at the fight at ____ Creek, she married Jimmy Chafin. He had no children by her, but later married and had children?" (Priscilla Harding, dau. Of Aaron Gose, son of Elizabeth Jessee and John Jessee)
Pg. 389 "?Years later, Abednego's widow married Jim Chafin, but no children were born to them. They lived in Reeds Valley among the Jessees." This was from the interview of Mahala Kiser Sutherland who said she had married herself in 1851 and that Mary had died before she (Mahala) married, but "I saw her several times before I married." In one of the stories, it says that Jim Chafin mistreated Polly Jessee Kiser Chafin so bad that one day her son-in-law went to their home and brought Polly back to live with him and her daughter. After Jim sobered up, he came the daughter's home and said he was taking Polly home but they would not let her go with him, which made Jim very angry. According to the story, Polly died soon after this and Jim married again and had a family. Mahala thought Polly was buried at Little Arch Jessee Graveyard in Reed's Valley."
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Speculation/Rumor:
Mary Polly's mother, Mary Frances Lea, could be of Cherokee descent.
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"Polly" was a common nickname for "Mary."
First married Abednego Kiser, son of John Kenton Kiser and Susannah Stacy. Their children are Frances, Martha, Noah, and Elihu.
Second married James "Jimmy" Chafin. (James, b. about 1795, is recorded in the 1850 US Census living with the Jessee Family. Head of Household is Archer Jessee, age 73)
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From "Pioneer Recollections" by E. J. Sutherland:
Pg. 168 "Polly Jessee married Abednego Kiser, and after his death at the fight at ____ Creek, she married Jimmy Chafin. He had no children by her, but later married and had children?" (Priscilla Harding, dau. Of Aaron Gose, son of Elizabeth Jessee and John Jessee)
Pg. 389 "?Years later, Abednego's widow married Jim Chafin, but no children were born to them. They lived in Reeds Valley among the Jessees." This was from the interview of Mahala Kiser Sutherland who said she had married herself in 1851 and that Mary had died before she (Mahala) married, but "I saw her several times before I married." In one of the stories, it says that Jim Chafin mistreated Polly Jessee Kiser Chafin so bad that one day her son-in-law went to their home and brought Polly back to live with him and her daughter. After Jim sobered up, he came the daughter's home and said he was taking Polly home but they would not let her go with him, which made Jim very angry. According to the story, Polly died soon after this and Jim married again and had a family. Mahala thought Polly was buried at Little Arch Jessee Graveyard in Reed's Valley."
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Speculation/Rumor:
Mary Polly's mother, Mary Frances Lea, could be of Cherokee descent.
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"Polly" was a common nickname for "Mary."
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