Born
about 1759 in
Johnston County, North Carolina
Ancestors
Wife of
Isham Peacock
— married
about 1775 in Dobbs County, North Carolina
Descendants
Died
about 1834
at about age 75
in
Georgia
Profile last modified 20 Apr 2024
| Created 22 May 2016
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Biography
Martha Easterling was born about 1759. She was the daughter of Rev. Henry Easterling and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Bennett . Martha married a neighbor, Isham Peacock, just a the beginning of the Revolution. The date is unknown, but most likely took place in early 1776. Their daughter Sarah was born that year. Isham served three tours of duty during the war. Afterwards, he became a Primitive Baptist minister. They moved to Georgia, where Martha died by 1834.
Sources
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia Vol I - Folks Huxford
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other
carriers of her mitochondrial DNA .
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with Martha:
~1.56%
Scott Peeler :
23andMe , GEDmatch CE4625322 [compare ]
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AncestryDNA , Ancestry member ScottPeeler96
~1.56%
Julie (Warren) Conn :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member JulieWarrenConn
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T504113 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #832084
~1.56%
Carol (Easterling) Essick :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member coastalnative
~0.78%
Jim Tareco :
23andMe , GEDmatch UQ9023011 [compare ]
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AncestryDNA , GEDmatch CR2868547 [compare ] , Ancestry member jct325
~0.78%
Michael Taylor :
23andMe , GEDmatch M165058 [compare ]
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AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A892272 [compare ] , Ancestry member MICHAELTAYLOR1956
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T016316 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #80625
~0.78%
Jeffrey Jones :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch GB362259 [compare ] , Ancestry member jwjone
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZY4486350 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #231289
~0.78%
Darlene (Simmons) Logan :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member logandarlene
~0.78%
Murph Thorp :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch WV8595354 [compare ] , Ancestry member William_K_F
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WV8595354 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #473670
~0.78%
Rosa (Hudson) Hitchcock :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A141558 [compare ] , Ancestry member 123rhg123
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B167864
+
MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
~0.78%
Tracy Tripp :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch RS2182669 [compare ]
~0.78%
Mary Mcclelland :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member johniken1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch t630624 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #653415
~0.78%
Sharon McClelland :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member TWUGradstudent
~0.78%
Christopher Pierce :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A214179 [compare ]
~0.78%
Andrea (Norton) Foley :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GV9923629 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #MK46247
~0.39%
Joyce Williams :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A438482 [compare ] , Ancestry member jlamkin58
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Martha is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt , 17 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , 15 degrees from George Catlin , 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas , 21 degrees from Sueko Embrey , 14 degrees from George Grinnell , 25 degrees from Anton Kröller , 16 degrees from Stephen Mather , 21 degrees from Kara McKean , 14 degrees from John Muir , 14 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 22 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree .
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