Elijah
Athy
Jr.
Born in Wakefield Plantation, Charles, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Elijah Athey
and Mary (Simms) Athey
Husband of
Mary Jane Thurman (Greene) Athy
— married
1786 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 83
in Licking County, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2012
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Biography
Private Elijah Athy Jr. served with Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.
Elijah Athy Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003566.
Elijah Athy Jr. son of Elijah and Mary Athy, was born on 2 June 1755 at Wakefield Plantation, Charles County, Maryland.[1]
He married Mary Jane Thurman (born Charles Co., Maryland circa 1764; died Licking Co., Ohio, 1 August 1839), daughter of Elizabeth and Francis Greene, circa 1786 at Prince George's County, Maryland.[1]
Served during the Revolutionary War in Captain Hezikiah Wheeler's Company, Eleventh Battalion, Prince George's County, Maryland Militia, April 1781, and Captain McPherson's Company, Twenty Sixth Battalion, Charles county, Maryland Militia.[2]
Lived at "Wakefield Plantation," Charles County, Maryland.
Appears tax list, Prince William County, Virginia, 1785 and 1787.
Elijah Athy found in the following Census:
- 1810, Prince William County, Virginia
- 1820 Prince William County, Virginia
- 1830 Frederick County, Virginia
Migrated to Licking County, Ohio about 1833.
Elijah died on 24 Dec. 1838 in Licking County, Ohio.[1]
Children of Elijah and Mary
- Augustin. b. ca. 1789.
- Levi. b. ca.1791; d. ca. 1840.
- William (Willis), b. ca., 1793.
- Emily, b. ca. 1795.
- Sarah, b. ca. 1799.
- Robert Palmer, b. 1801; d. 1884.
- Thomas Lewis, b. 1803; d. 1885.
- John. b. 1804; d; in infancy.
- Walter Scott, b. 1806; d. 1885. [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 CAPTAIN GEORGE ATHY [ OF GALWAY AND MARYLAND ] AND HIS DESCENDANTS, A GUIDE TO THE FIRST SIX GENERATIONS OF THE ATHY - ATHEY - ATHA - ATHON FAMILY IN AMERICA. by Lawrence F. Athy Jr. 1999.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 March 2024), "Record of Elijah Athey", Ancestor # A003566.
See also:
- Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
- 1810 US census;
- Prince William : the story of its people and its places
- 1830 US census; Eastern District, Frederick, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 190; Page: 39; Family History Library Film: 0029669
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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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- George Athey
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup G-FGC52629, FTDNA kit #8468, MitoYDNA ID T13711 [compare] - Whit Athey :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup G-F1760, FTDNA kit #14739 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup G2a-FGC41973
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~1.56%
Kurt Herrel :
23andMe, GEDmatch M810331 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F241823 [compare], FTDNA kit #241823
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~0.78%
George Athey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T673925 [compare], FTDNA kit #8468
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