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- Note on Find a Grave:
The son of William & Mary (Jones) Mavity of Franklin Co VA, late of New Marion, Ripley Co IN, John married Dorothea Real [aka Reel/Rhaal] on 25 Jun 1795 in Franklin Co VA, the daughter of Michael & Anna Elizabeth Real [aka Reel/Rhaal] of Germany, late of Franklin Co VA.
Virginia Marriage Bonds 1786-1858, Franklin Co Pg 153:
"Mavity, John and Dorotha Reel, June 25, 1795. 65."
By 1803 John and Dorothea and four children had migrated to Montgomery Co KY, where in that year John became a Methodist minister. Five more children were born to them.
By 1826 they lived on a farm near Rexville in Ripley Co IN. There, John died in October of that year.
Children with Dorothea:
1) Michael Mavity (1796-1855); m. Sarah Shively (1791-1877).
2) Mary "Polly" Mavity (b. 1797); m. James McCormick (1793-1856).
3) Anna Mavity (1799-1878); m. Reverend Jacob Banta Shively (1797-1868).
4) John Wesley Mavity (1802-1847); m. Sarah Thomas (1808-1885).
5) Reverend William Fletcher Mavity (b. 1804); m. Marie Antoinette Raisond (1811-1858).
6) Reverend Jesse Mavity (1806-1840); m. Sarah Tilford (d. 1839).
7) James Mavity (1808-1872); m. Kesiah Evans (1803-1863).
8) Reverend Henry Real Mavity (1810-1901); m1. Susannah Ryan Penn (1810-1877); m2. Ann Clark (1826-1899).
9) Eliza Mavity (1813-1904); m. Pascal Vawter (1813-1899).
New information indicates John and wife Dorothea are buried in the Mavity family graveyard located on farmland once belonging to John's father William. This land is located off Old Michigan Rd, near Rexville in Ripley Co IN.
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