News:Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.
Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
Mary Bertha Oakes was born on 20 Oct 1913 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Mary married Hugh Volney Reynolds on 20 Jun 1936. Hugh (son of William Andrew Reynolds and Mary Olive Aaron) was born on 13 May 1912 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 25 Oct 1988 in Newport News, Va; was buried in Pennisula Burial Park, Newport News, Virginia. [Group Sheet]