Born about in Westmoreland County, Virginia,Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Awbrey Jr
and Hannah (Tanner) Awbrey
Sister of
Elizabeth Awbrey, Chandler Awbrey, Hannah (Aubrey) McAwley, Kerenhappuch (Awbrey) Crafton and Jemima Awbrey
Wife of
Youell Atwell
— married
1726 [location unknown]
Wife of
William Rice
— married
1731 in Westmoreland Co. VA
Mother of
Winifred (Atwell) Dulin
Died about
at about age 38
in Virginia, Virginia Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2014
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Biography
Keziah (also Kezia) was born about 1700 in Westmoreland county, Virginia to John and Hannah (Tanner) Awbrey.[citation needed]
She married (1) Youell Atwell,[1] (2) William Rice.
- "Youell Atwell, b. ca. 1695/6, son of the first wife, Winifred Youell, married Keziah Awbrey, daughter of John and Hannah (Tanner) Awbrey, and died, apparently without issue, in 1731, his wife being married (2) to William Rice by 1732. Will of Rice, William, ----; 17 May 1733. Wife Mary; sons William, Zerobabel and John; dau. Rebecca Payne. After Keziah's death William m Mary Paine."[2]
She died in Virginia about 1738.[citation needed][3]
Sources
- ↑ Marriage Record Name: Keziah Awbrey Marriage Date: Abt 1726 Spouse Name: Ewell Atwell Marriage Location: Virginia, United States Source Information Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
- ↑ note from Youell Atwell's profile
- ↑ "1738, Virginia" from Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), citation for Awbrey-207. 1738 is not compatible with her second husband's May 1733 will (naming wife Mary)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Keziah 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 Keziah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Keziah 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 Keziah:
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~0.78%
Ken Barker
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Karen Marshall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A886201 [compare], Ancestry member marshakar56
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~0.78%
Rick Fryrear :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lois (Oliver) Carter :
MyHeritage DNA
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Awbrey-207 and Awbrey-80 appear to represent the same person because: Robert - if your Ancestry tree has a source for the death date, please add that to the merged profile. Thanks!