Thankful Smith Leigh (1687-1731) is an ancestor of great interest, because she apparently is our link to her great-grandfather Samuel Hinckley (1589-1662), who is a common ancestor of three US Presidents (GHW Bush, GW Bush, B Obama). See http://www.farmingdale.edu/faculty/joseph-betz/bo.pdf
Other websites depict Thankful's parents as Ichabod Smith (1660-1722) and Hannah Smith. Ichabod's parents are listed as Rev John Smith (1614-1710) and Susannah Hinckley Smith (1620-1675).
DNA
Descendant of yDNA group NE09 John Smith-6919 (c1620 ENG - 1710 Sandwich, MA) m Susanna Hinckley-55. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[3]
Sources
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 September 2021), memorial page for Thankfull Bennett Smith Leigh (1691–1 Feb 1731), Find A Grave: Memorial #6837146, citing Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; maintained by Wade Schultz (contributor 46543825), two headstone photos.
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 September 2021), memorial page for Thankfull Bennett Smith Leigh (1691–1 Feb 1731), Find A Grave: Memorial #6837146, citing Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; maintained by Wade Schultz (contributor 46543825), two headstone photos.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QSL-5K4 : accessed 2017-01-19), entry for Thankful /Smith/.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
Smith-117195 and Smith-8317 appear to represent the same person because: they share similar vital statistics (the exact same death date), along with the same parents.