Benjamin
Grigsby
Born about in Harrison, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Grigsby
and Hester (Sharp) Grigsby
Brother of
Crawford John Grigsby, William Grigsby, Elizabeth (Grigsby) Mead, John Grigsby, Ruth Ann (Grigsby) Edens, James Grigsby and Robert Hinds Grigsby
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died after
after about age 6
in Republic of Texas [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jul 2015
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Biography
Benjamin Grigsby was the son of John Grigsby and Hester Sharp, he was born about 1829.
Benjamin was the twin of James.[1]
His mother, Hester Sharp, died in about 1831.
John Grigsby remarried to Elizabeth (or Eliza) Louisa Thompson in 1833.
John and Louisa moved from Illinois to Texas in 1834 along with the 8 children of John and Hester Sharp.
John Grigsby, Louisa and all 8 of their children appear in the Tax Records taken in 1835 in the Teneha District of the Texas Territory, Benjamin appears as:[2]
Name: Benjamin Grigsby
State: TX
County: Texas Territory
Township: Teneha District
Year: 1835
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839
This is the last (and only) official record of Benjamin Grigsby. His twin bother James appears in later census, marriage and other records, but this is the last thing we ever see about Benjamin Grigsby.
It is supposed that he died shortly after the above Tax Record, or within a few years. There is no mention of Benjamin during probate after his father John Grigsby's death in 1841.
Sources
- ↑ Detailed in the article "'TEXAS JOHN' GRIGSBY c. 1787 - 1841" (starting on page 79 of this larger document): https://grigsbyfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/39-Early-Texas-Grigsbys-Joseph-Grigsby-and-Grigsbys-Bluff.pdf
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999, Souced from TX Tax List Index, 1830-1839
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Margaret (Kovach) Foster 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RP5618888 [compare], Ancestry member William_K_F
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RP5618888 [compare], FTDNA kit #411036
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~3.12%
Mark Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UY5560671 [compare], yourDNAportal MARa9430299, Ancestry member mark_j_jones_55
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~1.56%
~12.50%
John Bradley :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~12.50%
William Foster :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FV8739260 [compare], yourDNAportal WIL5a0a4916, Ancestry member William_K_F
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FV8739260 [compare], yourDNAportal WIL5a0a4916, FTDNA kit #B49727
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Melissa (Foster) Fetter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BL4160822 [compare], Ancestry member William_K_F
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch BL4160822 [compare], FTDNA kit #B61850
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~0.78%
Terri (Smokey) Deskins :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZV4817442 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member TerriDeskins
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZV4817442 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Carolyn Ann Howard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TL2322356 [compare], Ancestry member CarolynAnnHoward
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