Contains an overview of Mabry immigrants to America; a summary of Francis [who immigrated to Virginia between 1672 and 1679], Elizabeth Gilliam Maybury, and their seven children; listings of nearly ten thousand descendants; an index of the Mabry census records from 1790-1860; and immigration charts for the third through seventh generations.

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