Born about in Albemarle, Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John D. Coffey Jr.
— married
1755 in Albemarle, Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 75
in Grainger, Tennessee, United States
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| Created 19 Feb 2012
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Biography
Dorcas Carter was born about 1735 in Virginia and married John Coffee Jr. in 1755, in Albemarle county, Virginia. John Coffey is the son of John Coffey and Jane Graves. After Dorcas' death, John married Nancy Richardson. [1] Children of Dorcas and John include:
- Thomas Coffeey, born 1757, in Albemarle county, Virginia [2]
- Meredith Coffey, born about 1769, died in 1838 in Grainger County, Tennessee, married Ester (Hester) ___ about 1797 [3] Meredith Coffee appointed as one of the grand jurors for the first quarter of 1813 Grainger County, Tennessee court dates. Hereby appointed for the term of August 16, 1813, Grainger County, Tennessee [4]
- Sally Coffee [Coffey] married Benjamin Rhea, in 1802, in Grainger county, Tennessee. [5]
- Jenney Coffee [Coffey] married Levi Miller, on September 23, 1806, in Grainger county, Tennessee. [6]
Researchers Notes
From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZWX-NKX: Dorcas is possibly the daughter of John Carter and Jane Claytor, who were residing in Amherst county, Virginia, at the time of her birth.
Dorcas (Carter) Coffey died in 1810, in Grainger county, Tennessee
Sources
- ↑ COFFEY COUSINS, North Side of Clinch Mountain, Tennessee and Beyond by Bennie Louis Coffey Loftin, page 9 http://www.coffey.ws/familytree/CCCNewslettersOnline/BCL019.pdf
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GDDW-Y6C
- ↑ http://www.coffey.ws/familytree/CCCNewslettersOnline/BCL019.pdf
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77TV-YJ2W
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YZ-FQR : 16 March 2020), Sally Coffee in entry for Benjamin Rhea, 1802
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD9K-5MP : 16 March 2020), Jenney Coffee in entry for Levi Miller, 1806
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Carter-5203 created through the import of Leehawk201202171001146495.ged on Feb 18, 2012 by Chilton Hawk
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
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~1.56%
Katherine Hanson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132212 [compare], Ancestry member Roseydoveluvsjesus
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~0.78%
Carla (Parker) Grytdal :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AU5807121 [compare], Ancestry member gcgrytdal
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~0.78%
Jimmy Parker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EY1393692 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Sandra Nowak :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Deborah Patty :
23andMe
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