Philip was born 14 Jan 1728 and baptised at Rynbek - sp. : Susanna Agnesa, the grandmother, and Henr. Scheffer, the grandfather (N.Y. City Luth. Chbk.). She was confirmed 7 July 1745 at Rynbek (Loonenburg Luth. Chbk.). She married Philip Feller 20 Nov 1748 (Rhinebeck Luth. Chbk.)[1]
Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710, by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. (Universal City, California 1985) In the Feller entry, p. 232, Jones gives Phillips wife's name as Susanna Elizabetha Schaffer.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philip by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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Feller-112 and Feller-28 appear to represent the same person because: I propose the match of these profiles as there is data that matches and so do the wives. Thanks!