Born before in Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Howell Edmunds
and Mary (Unknown) Edmunds
Sister of
Howell Edmunds III
Wife of
John Myrick
— married
11 Feb 1773 in Southampton, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Edmunds Myrick, John Myrick, Susanna (Myrick) Lundy, David Myrick, Mary Ann (Myrick) Wall and James Myrick
Died
after age 48
in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2014
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Biography
Will abstracts show Martha Edmonds to be a daughter of Howell Edmonds and Mary (Unknown)
john Myrick, Son of John and Ann Myrick married Martha Edmonds 11 Feb 1773 < Southampton County VA Register of Marriages> and lived in Southampton County, Va until about 1790. <The Story of Myricks> Prior to 1803 John Myrick died and Martha Myrick applied for dower's rights, and named John Myrick's children, Edmunds, John, Susanna, David Mary Ann, and James (a minor). <Halifax County, NC Deed Book 19 p 108>
Sources
Wills and Administrations of Southampton
County, Virginia 1749-1800 by Blanche Adams Chapman, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1980, p 45, p 70
The Story of Myricks by Allie Goodwin Myrick Bowden (2015) pp192-194. Note page number in the book's index are about 10 pages off, probably due to corrections inserted in earlier sections.
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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. 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~1.56%
Fred Wallace
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fredwtx1
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~1.56%
William Perkinson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Steven Stuteville :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A835190 [compare], Ancestry member 1stuteville
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