Peter
Bither
Sr.
aka Biter
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eunice (Strout) Bither
— married
4 Feb 1777 in Cape Elizabeth (South Portland), Cumberland, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 74
in Freedom, Waldo, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2010
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Biography
Peter Bither was born around 1753 in Portsmouth, England. He settled in Limington, Maine, around 1783.[1]
Corporal Peter Bither Sr. served with Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Peter Bither Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A010556.
Peter served as a corporal in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. He also had service as a private. He served with Captains Williams, Josiah Jenkins - Cumberland County Militia, and Sewell, and with Colonels Phinney, Brewer, and Sprout. Pension Number: S36913 [2]
He married Eunice Strout on 4 February 1777 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. They had eleven children:[1]
- 1. Eunice, born 24 Dec 1781; married William Dyer
- 2. Rebecca, born 23 Feb 1783; married John Gerry
- 3. Lydia, born 19 Apr 1785; married Elisha Strout
- 4. Peter, born 1 Aug 1787; married Sally Kilbroth
- 5. Peggy, born 14 Dec 1789; married Amos Tebbetts
- 6. John Johnson, born 23 Sep 1792
- 7. Benjamin, born 23 Sep 1792; married Anna Tyler
- 8. Joseph, born 16 Feb 1794
- 9. Elisha, born 21 May 1796
- 10. Sarah, born 28 Jul 1799; married Isaac Strout
- 11. Lavina, born 29 Mar 1803
Peter passed away on 4 March 1827 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Bradford, Maine[3].
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taylor, Robert L. Early Families of Limington, Maine. Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007. Page 19.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 January 2023), "Record of Peter Biter", Ancestor # A010556.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #74440217
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter:
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~1.56%
Gary Mason
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Sprague :
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Janet Reynolds :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member janet_lopez91
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Dana Burns
DAR is for Nahum Green. Must be a copy/paste error? I added SAR, and searched for DAR but found nothing.
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