Born in Hartford, Washington Co., NY
Ancestors 
Daughter of Aaron Hugh Calkins IV
and Rachel Truesdell
Sister of
Elizabeth Calkins, Esther (Calkins) Bovier, Diadama (Calkins) Gates, Betsey (Calkins) Potter, Charlotte Calkins, Abigail (Calkins) Chidsey, Aaron John Calkins, Phebe Louisa (Calkins) Persons and Obed Hotchkiss Calkins
Wife of
Lathrop Colton
— married
24 Sep 1823 in Hartford, New York
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth (Coulton) Kemp, William Greenleaf Colton, Alonzo Colton, Aaron Colton, George Colton, Thankful (Colton) Smith, James Colton, Joseph Lynn Colton and Elizabeth (Colton) Murray
Died
at age 87
in North Dakota
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2014
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1799. She was the daughter of Aaron Calkins and Rachel Truesdell. She passed away in 1886.
Sources
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2H-JPGV : 11 July 2016), Rachel Calkins Colton, 1886; Burial, Lisbon, Ransom, North Dakota, United States of America, Oakwood Cemetery; citing record ID 62686558, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~1.56%
Kathy (Gibson) von Seggern
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a749150 [compare], Ancestry member parothdldy
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John Elkin
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Calkins-6283 and Calkins-434 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same date and place of birth and the same spouse
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