Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Ancestors of Mary "Polly" Dant
1795 - 1879 (84 years) ┌── John Dant (of St. Mary's County, Maryland - ??)
┌── John Baptist Dant (1745 St. Mary's County, Maryland - 1 Feb 1808 Washington County, Kentucky)
│ (m. St. Mary's County, Maryland)
┌── Joseph Dant (1765 Virginia - 26 Jun 1833 Washington County, Kentucky)
│ (m. Aug 1792 Nelson County, Kentucky)
│ │ ┌── James Gough
│ └── Susannah Gough (m. St. Mary's County, Maryland)
│ └── Priscilla Heard
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Mary "Polly" Dant (1795 Nelson County, Kentucky - 10 May 1879 Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky)
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│ ┌── Thomas Shercliffe
└── Elizabeth Belinder Shercliffe (m. Aug 1792 Nelson County, Kentucky)
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│ ┌── Bennett Hopewell