Mary Coryell (maiden name unknown) was born around 1814 in New York. She married A. C. Coryell, and they had at least five children: Mary, born on September 3, 1835; Josephine, born around 1840; Lafayette, born around 1842; Lyman, born around 1845; and LeRoy, born around 1849. They lived in Catharine, New York, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $4,000 of real estate. She died sometime after 1861.