Individual Details

Provisional child of Mastin Crutcher - circumstances and matching atDNA suggest Maria "Jennie" - probably Maria Jane - belongs here.

I believe that Maria & William Ferrell were not married until after 1840 - that the first two children - Martha & James - were likely his children by a first wife that had died. There is a 7-year gap between James and Mary J. - not likely in a time of no birth control.

1850 Census. 3rd Division, Tippah Co, MS, Hh 1189
William Ferrell, 31, b. TN, Wagon Maker
Maria J., 28, b. NC
Martha J., 10, b. MS
James L., 7, b. MS (Martha & James probably from a different wife)
Mary J., 10 months

1860 Census. Tishomingo Co, MS, Hh 570
William Ferrill, 41, Wagon Maker, b. TN
Maria J., 38, b. NC
James L., 19, Farmer, b. MS
Mary J., 11, b. MS
William T., 4, b. MS
Mary Smith, 25, b. AL

1870 Census. 5th Civil Dist, McNairy Co, TN, Hh 58
William Ferril, 52, Farmer, b. TN
Maria, 48, b. NC
Mary J., 20, b. MS
William, 14, b. MS
Orlevia, 8, b. MS (Olivia)

There is a marriage in McNairy Co, 1 Dec 1874, for William Ferrill to Nancy Rose. They are in the 1880 census with two of her sons.

Birth	1820	North Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1835	William Lowe Ferrell
Death	Bef 1874

Spouse	William Lowe Ferrell (1819 - )
Child	Martha Ferrell (1839 - )
Child	James Lewis Ferrell (1842 - 1935)
Child	Mary J. Ferrell (1849 - )
Child	William Thomas Ferrell (1856 - 1920)
Child	Olivia Virginia Ferrell (1862 - 1942)

Father	MASTIN Crutcher (1797 - 1847)
Mother	Mary "Polly" Hancock ( - 1826)
Sibling	Charles D. Critcher (1817 - 1861)
Sibling	Sarah Crutcher (1822 - 1901)