Born in Harbour Island, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jeremiah Higgs
and Henrietta Ruth (Curry) Higgs
Wife of
Joseph Cleare
— married
1 Sep 1831 in Nassau, Bahamas
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 28
in Bahama Islands
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Feb 2016
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Jane (Higgs) Cleare is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Jane Frances Higgs was born in 1810 in Harbour Island, Bahamas to Jeremiah Higgs and Ruth Curry Higgs.
She married Joseph Cleare - likely son of Reuben Cleare and Patience Curry Cleare - 1 September 1831 at Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas. The couple had a daughter Eliza Jane Cleare, born before 1838, who died 3 October 1840 in Nassau.
Jane Frances Higgs Cleare died 10 July 1838 in her 29th year in Nassau, Bahamas.
Sources
St. John's Anglican Church, Birth and Baptism Records, Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1810.
Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas Marriage Records, 1831, #20.
Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas Burial Records, 1840. Death record of daughter.
Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas Burial Records, 1838, #133. Death of Jane Frances.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Jane:
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~3.12%
Vivian (Sands) Knowles
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A861223 [compare]
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~3.12%
Edith (Farrington) McLeod :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FX9606181 [compare], FTDNA kit #MI52614
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~1.56%
Cathy Roth :
23andMe, GEDmatch M966462 [compare]
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~1.56%
Carolyn Suhl :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Tonya (Johnson) Draughon :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Susan (Higgs) Goulet :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T371345 [compare], FTDNA kit #236991
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~1.56%
Fiona (Mcleod) Taylor-Williams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UR9925203 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN60739
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~0.78%
Rebecca Lake :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A001338 [compare], Ancestry member RebeccaLake
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~0.78%
Pearl Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A526784 [compare]
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Carla (Cleare) Bedgood :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KQ6290427 [compare], FTDNA kit #112445
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~0.78%
Iris (Lowe) Powers :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T045225 [compare], FTDNA kit #324242
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Carol (Roberts) Lawrence :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T444698 [compare], FTDNA kit #194267
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~0.78%
Fred Albury :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JL7208014 [compare], FTDNA kit #868373
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