Born in Chenango County, New York, United States of America
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Collins
and Sylvia Higley
Sister of
Nancy Higley (Collins) Tibbetts
Wife of
Tolford Durham
— married
1823 in Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Amasa Tolford Durham, Henry Francis Durham, Charles E Durham, Sameul Tolford Durham, Andrew Tolford Durham, Emma Francis Durham and Elain Ann Durham
Died
at age 102
in Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jun 2015
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Biography
Sylvia Collins was born 23 Nov 1797 in Chenango County, New York.
She married in 1823 at Port Byron, New York, Tolford Durham They had the following children:
- Amasa Tolford Durham
- Henry Francis Durham
- Charles E Durham
- Samuel Tolford Durham
- Andrew Tolford Durham
- Emma Francis Durham
- Elain Ann Durham
Sylvia (Collins) Durham died 07 Feb 1900 at Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan. Her grave is represented to be in Coopersville-Polkton Cemetery, Coopersville, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA [1]. No grave marker is depicted.
Notes
The caption of her online memorial site states that Sylvia (Collins) Durham had 17 children, but only two survived by the time of her death.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #97088078
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvia 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 Sylvia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvia 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 Sylvia:
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~6.25%
Gwen Sharp
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A153320 [compare], Ancestry member Gwendolynn_sharp
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~0.78%
Linda (Smith) Ryno :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A267364 [compare], Ancestry member MeganRyno
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Denise (Severance) Cook :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H488526 [compare]
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John French Ph.D.
Collins-33142 and Collins-9699 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the spouse of Tolford Durham, who also is duplicated.
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by John French Ph.D.
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