Elijah
Willis
Christian
Sr.
Born in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Hunt Christian
and Mary (Leake) Christian
Brother of
John Christian, William Christian [half], Lucy (Christian) Woodson [half], Judith Woodson (Christian) Daniel [half], Elizabeth Christian, Charles Christian, Turner Christian, Mary (Christian) Gresham, Judith (Christian) Lacy, Morning Christian, William Christian, Walter Christian, George Christian, Mary (Christian) Green [half] and Sarah Christian [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Britt) Christian
— married
before 1775 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
William Charles Christian, Elizabeth Antoinette (Christian) Connally, Hannah (Christian) Hunter and Elijah Willis Christian Jr.
Died
at about age 53
in Lamar Creek, Franklin, GA, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2011
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Biography
Elijah Willis Christian was born in around 1743-1748, the son of Charles and Judith (Woodson) Christian. He served in the Revolutionary War attaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenant from Virginia. In around 1774 he married Elizabeth Britt, the daughter of William and Hannah (Connally) Britt, in Amherst County, Virginia.
Together, Elijah and Elizabeth would have the following children:
William Christian (1776-1850)
Elizabeth (Christian) Connally (1777-1842)
Obediah Mask Christian (1779-1816)
Charles Christian (1783-1852)
Jennie (Christian) Gaddis (1784- )
Hannah (Christian) Hunter (1785- )
John Christian (1786- )
Mary "Polly" (Christian) McCarty or McCardy (1787-ca. 1840)
Martha "Patsy" (Christian) Sewell (ca. 1794- )
Elijah Willis Christian, Jr. (1798-1874)
Elijah would pass away in 1801 at about 53 to 58 years of age.
Sources
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. : Ancestry.com Operations Inc <http://person.ancestry.com/tree/41041517/person/19569389863/facts>
- Ancestry Family Trees: Online - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. PRIVATE TREE <http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=54585233&pid=3545
- Ancestry Family Trees - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18551314&pid=6033 [private tree]
- The Christian Family with Britt on Angelfire. [1]
- The Christian Family. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jan., 1907), pp. 56-59. Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. [2]
See Also
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP53-H8T : accessed 6 December 2019), entry for Elijah Willis /Christian/; file (2:2:2:MMSR-DP7), submitted 10 May 2011.
- WikiTree profile Christian-537 created through the import of Christian Family Tree(6).ged on Apr 13, 2012 by Michael Christian.
- WikiTree profile Christian-131 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~1.56%
Kathleen Christian
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M130516 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member walkingbackward
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B1709
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Don Allen :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member donallen5
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Myra Vanderpool :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #858293
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~0.78%
V. Speck :
23andMe, GEDmatch M284270 [compare]
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~0.78%
Robert Allen :
23andMe, GEDmatch AJ7492086 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bill Schultz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A502338 [compare], yourDNAportal BIL9a325efa, Ancestry member bill11170
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T687960 [compare], yourDNAportal BIL9a325efa, FTDNA kit #686813
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~0.78%
Ed Lacy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Durangoedd1
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~0.78%
Lawana Lyle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
K (Hunter) Sullivan :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Margaret (Miller) Bearse :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Tommie Merritt :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A980390 [compare]
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Pulliam) Gilland :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
Isabella Fiske :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member IsabellaFMc
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~0.39%
Deborah (Ashford) Warnock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JC7992378 [compare], yourDNAportal DEB2feea203, Ancestry member Debbie_Warnock
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~0.39%
Stephanie Brady :
AncestryDNA
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