Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameTOMLINSON, Mary 
Spouses
Birth Date4 Feb 1749
Birth PlaceAlbemarle County, Virginia
OccupationFarmer
Death Date7 Jul 1834 Age: 85
Death PlaceTalbot County, Georgia
FatherAVENT, John (1705-1755)
MotherCAREY, Margaret Mary (~1706-1756)
Misc. Notes
Steve Avent was contacted by a Greg Pierson, who was adopted but whose biological family was the Avance family, of Anderson County, Tennessee. He was interested in determining the link between the Avance family and the Avent family, so he set up a DNA project on the website familytreedna.com, and then requested members of the Avent or Avance families to participate.
Participants so far are his biological brother, with the last name of Avance, a Gerald W. Avance (whose earliest known ancestors came from TN), a Roy Avants (whose earliest known ancestors came from South Carolina and Tennessee), and two members of the Avent family - myself, and a Robert Avent from the Mississippi Avent family.
Robert Avent's participation was particularly important because the link between the Mississippi Avents and Col. Thomas Avent has never been definitively proven.
The founder of the two oldest Mississippi Avent families was a Peter Avent, who first shows up in Talbot County, Georgia, in the 1830's. While it seems very likely that this Peter Avent was a descendant of Col. Thomas Avent, no proof of this Peter Avent's parents has ever been found. Circumstantial evidence has made it seem likely that he was a grandson of Col. Thomas' son Peter, but documentary evidence for this has not been found.
Stephen Avent’s participation in this project was necessary because, like most North Carolina Avents, his descent from Col. Thomas is rock-solid, and has been proven by hard documentary evidence. Therefore, if the DNA of the Avances, Roy Avants and of Robert Avent of Mississippi matched his, it would suggest that the Avance family, the Avants family and the Mississippi Avents were likely descended from Col. Thomas. The results are in, and they either match or very closely match, so I believe it can be stated with a reasonable degree of certainty that the Avance family of Anderson County, Tennessee, the Avants family of Tennessee and the Mississippi Avents are likely descended from Col. Thomas Avent of Virginia.
Note to DNA Chart-Steven Avent’s Kit Number is #114097 and Robert Avent’s is #289044
Participants so far are his biological brother, with the last name of Avance, a Gerald W. Avance (whose earliest known ancestors came from TN), a Roy Avants (whose earliest known ancestors came from South Carolina and Tennessee), and two members of the Avent family - myself, and a Robert Avent from the Mississippi Avent family.
Robert Avent's participation was particularly important because the link between the Mississippi Avents and Col. Thomas Avent has never been definitively proven.
The founder of the two oldest Mississippi Avent families was a Peter Avent, who first shows up in Talbot County, Georgia, in the 1830's. While it seems very likely that this Peter Avent was a descendant of Col. Thomas Avent, no proof of this Peter Avent's parents has ever been found. Circumstantial evidence has made it seem likely that he was a grandson of Col. Thomas' son Peter, but documentary evidence for this has not been found.
Stephen Avent’s participation in this project was necessary because, like most North Carolina Avents, his descent from Col. Thomas is rock-solid, and has been proven by hard documentary evidence. Therefore, if the DNA of the Avances, Roy Avants and of Robert Avent of Mississippi matched his, it would suggest that the Avance family, the Avants family and the Mississippi Avents were likely descended from Col. Thomas. The results are in, and they either match or very closely match, so I believe it can be stated with a reasonable degree of certainty that the Avance family of Anderson County, Tennessee, the Avants family of Tennessee and the Mississippi Avents are likely descended from Col. Thomas Avent of Virginia.
Note to DNA Chart-Steven Avent’s Kit Number is #114097 and Robert Avent’s is #289044
Marr Date25 Aug 1777