Born in Montgomery County, Virginia
Daughter of Zopher (Johnston) Johnson
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Moses Johnston and Zopher Johnson
Wife of
Jotham Brown
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Brown) Stapleton, Jane (Brown) Cooper, Sylvanus Brown, John Wiles Brown, Esther (Brown) Willis, David Brown, Elizabeth (Brown) Wilson, Mercy (Brown) Babb and William Brown
Died
at about age 68
in Greene, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2015
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Biography
Phoebe Ellen was born in 1742, daughter of Zopher Johnston. She married Jotham Brown and they had 11 children:
- Jane/1768 (Mrs Christopher Cooper, Sr)
- Sylvanus/1771 m. Ruth Johnston
- David/1773 m. Ann Craig
- John/9 Jul 1774 m. Elizabeth Wilson
- Esther/1775 (Mrs John Willis)
- Elizabeth/1780 (Mrs Joshua Wilson)
- Mary/1780 (Mrs William Stapleton)
- Jotham, Jr./2 Oct 1783 m. Margaret "Peggy" Maloney
- William/1789 m. Martha Blair
- Mercy "Massa"/1784 (Mrs William Babb)
- Lydia/1790 (Mrs William Crumley)
Phoebe was buried at Old Cooper Burial Ground, Greene, Tennessee [1][2]
Phoebe was born in 1742. She passed away in 1799. [3]
Sources
- ↑ http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Birth: 1742 Virginia; Death Montgomery County, Virginia
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 63526945 provided by Sue McDuffe, Record added: Dec 31, 2010
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to James Powers.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 July 2018, 12:21), entry for Pheobe Ellen Johnston(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KPQW-RYW); contributed by various users.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #63526945
- http://dna-explained.com/2015/11/22/phebe-c1747-c1803-is-jotham-browns-wife-zopher-johnsons-daughter-52-ancestors-99/
- Phoebe is NOT the daughter of Zopher Johnson. She is the daughter of John Cole and Mary Mercy Kent. https://dna-explained.com/2019/01/10/mitochondrial-dna-bulldozes-brick-wall/
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phoebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phoebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- James Powers
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup L3e5b, FTDNA kit #674936
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~0.78%
Sherri Steele :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member SHSTEELE46
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Winona Lunsford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kljae
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~0.78%
~1.56%
James Powers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jpowers7_1
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~0.78%
~6.25%
William Wood :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Debra Steele :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MX4798616 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B848994
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
William Lunsford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T297248 [compare], FTDNA kit #420159
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~0.39%
Justin Vitovsky :
23andMe, GEDmatch RK4852931 [compare]
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~0.39%
Donald Merriman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member merrimandc
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~0.39%
~0.78%
K A (Teegarden) Anonymous :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A444615 [compare], Ancestry member NewtonTurp
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~0.39%
Ronald Teegarden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A967902 [compare], Ancestry member RTeegard
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