Mary Adams Maverick
1818 - 1898
Mary Adams was born in 1818 in Alabama and in 1836 married Samuel Maverick. At the end of 1837 they migrated to Texas and she may well have been the first American born white woman to live there. She is credited with giving birth to the first American white child born in Texas. She made a significant contribution to Texas in that she kept diaries and journals of her experiences. During her life time she was present at Comanche raids, battle times of the war with Mexico fought in order for Texas to become a state of the United States, and she was active in the confederate relief effort. She also attempted to revive the dying art of home spun cloth production in order to supply the need of the Confederate cause. In 1895 her son helped her consolidate her diaries and have them published. Her words are often quoted in studies of Texas pioneer life. For those interested in reading her memoirs they are available online for free HERE. Mary Ann's mother was Agatha Lewis whose father was William Lewis. William's mother was Elizabeth Givens and she had a brother named John. John Givens had a son named William who had a son named Robert. Robert Givens had a daughter named Mary Polly and she married George Duffield. George and Mary had a daughter named Isabella who married Robert Norvell. They had a daughter named Emma who married Bert Coffman. Bert and Emma gave birth to my children's great grandmother on their father's side who would have been my ex father in law's mother. Please follow the link in the text above to read Mary Adams Maverick's memoirs and enjoy the short video that follows.
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