Shuah Hanscome, b. 1775, d. 1803, m. 19 Apr 1798 Samuel Hamilton
Military
Occupation: Shipwright.
Joseph a sailmaker on the ship Ranger for the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War, 1779-1780
Death
Joseph wrote his will on 17 Feb 1780 in Kittery, York, Maine. Died serving in the Continental Navy in 1780.
Sources
Stackpole, Everett S. Old Kittery & Her Families , New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire, 1981 Note: Originally published in 1903
Brother's Keeper file of John Raitt
Old Eliot A Quarterly Magazine of the history and biography of the Upper Parish of Kittery, now Eliot, Maine.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Joseph: