Martha (Jones) Ragsdale (abt.1701-1772) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Martha Ragsdale formerly Jones

Born about 1701 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of Peter Jones II and Mary (Batte) Jones

Sister of Peter Jones III, Abraham Jones Sr, Mary Jones, Ann Jones and Wood Jones

Wife of Benjamin Ragsdale Sr. — married 1723 in Prince George, Prince George, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Mother of Daniel Ragsdale, John Drury Ragsdale Sr., John Ragsdale, Mary Hannah (Ragsdale) Rowland, Winnifred Ragsdale, Richard Ragsdale, Benjamin Ragsdale Jr., Peter Ragsdale, Thomas Ragsdale, Jesse Ragsdale, William Ragsdale and Godfrey Ragsdale

Died 9 May 1772 at about age 71 in Mecklenburg, Virginia

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Biography

Martha (Jones) Ragsdale was a Virginia colonist.

Martha was born about 1701, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, Colonial America. She married about 1723 in , Prince George, VA.

Probably the daughter of Captain Peter Jones & Mary Batte, who were neighbors.

Death date unknown; Martha is mentioned in husband's will dated Dec 9, 1770 so we know she lived at least until then.

Probably buried on the Ragsdale's land on Bluestone Creek. No headstone has been found.

Children

Daniel RAGSDALE b: 9 MAY 1724 in , Prince George, VA
Rachael RAGSDALE b: 26 JUN 1726 in Bristol Parish, Prince George, VA
John RAGSDALE b: 23 JUN 1728 in , Prince George, VA
Mary RAGSDALE b: ABT 1729 in , Prince George, VA
Winnifred RAGSDALE b: 17 FEB 1731 in , Prince George, VA
Richard RAGSDALE b: 1732 in , Prince George, VA
Benjamin RAGSDALE b: 28 MAR 1734 in , Prince George, VA
Peter RAGSDALE b: 1736 in , Prince George, VA
Thomas RAGSDALE b: 1738 in , Prince George, VA
Godfrey RAGSDALE b: 1740 in , Prince George, VA
Jesse RAGSDALE b: 1742 in , Prince George, VA
William RAGSDALE b: 1745 in , Prince George,VA

Martha died April 1772, Virginia, Colonial America

Sources

Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry Family Trees, Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Ancestry database links 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, providing the following user-submitted information:

Birth date: 1698Birth place: VAMarriage date: 1723Marriage place: VA

Birth date: 1699Birth place: Henrico Co, VADeath date: 1772Death place: Mecklinburg Co, VAMarriage date: 1723Marriage place: Prince George Co, VA

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Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Ancestry Online Publication, 2000;APID: 1,4725::0)
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online Publication, 2004; APID: 1,7836::0). Original data... extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Martha:

~1.56% David Williamson : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Curry (Kidd) Walker : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A051097 [compare], Ancestry member Oma2004 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Jack Lewis : 23andMe, GEDmatch SZ4941501 [compare]
~0.78% Rick Leipert : 23andMe
~0.78% Al Yates : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CN4071261 [compare], Ancestry member alyates10
~0.78% Julia House : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GT5528708 [compare], Ancestry member jehouse0306
~0.78% Jacque (Ragsdale) Koscheski : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A082184 [compare], Ancestry member JEKoscheski
~0.78% Tim Ragsdale : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% James McInvale : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.39% Gary McInvale : 23andMe
~0.39% Carolyn (Torbett) Johnson : 23andMe
~0.39% Lena (Yates) Seng : 23andMe, GEDmatch T380344 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T380344 [compare], Ancestry member lenaseng + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T380344 [compare], FTDNA kit #100546 + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A723859 [compare]
~0.39% Kristen (Ragsdale) Dixon : 23andMe, GEDmatch RV635216 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A011599 [compare], Ancestry member kdixon0918
~0.39% Russell Matchett : 23andMe, GEDmatch TF3633142 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SV4467395 [compare], Ancestry member rmatchett56 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RZ312095C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #1004911 + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JZ2273192 [compare]
~0.39% Patsy Franklin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A197270 [compare], Ancestry member Qltwizard
~0.39% Marjorie Keith : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mlkeithriggs28
~0.39% Jerry Mead : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T154498 [compare], FTDNA kit #527312 + MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Avery Torbett : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member avery_torbett92
~0.39% Annette (Broome) Rowland : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A336881 [compare], yourDNAportal ANN3ae21ab5, Ancestry member evaannetteb4
~0.39% Catherine (Phillips) Mills : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member donzie1947
~0.39% ~1.56% Kimberley Phillips : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1951kap
~0.39% Heather Taylor : AncestryDNA
~0.39% P Damon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A098096 [compare], Ancestry member nomadpsd1
~0.39% Marybeth (Ragsdale) Richards : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RS3476441 [compare]
~0.39% Bernadette Germain : AncestryDNA
~0.39% R D Rowland : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% Elizabeth (Nash) Wallace : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #483942

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Comments: 6

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Teresa Downey

Jones-80462 and Jones-5212 appear to represent the same person because: almost to the bottom of this multi-generational set of merges. fathers in process of merge, mothers in process of merge, same husband name on both profiles should be merged too. son Peter on both profiles to be merged last. Thank you for reviewing, Teresa (WikiTree Arborist)

posted Jun 05, 2019 by Teresa Downey

Robin Lee

Jones-11625 and Jones-5212 appear to represent the same person because: same parents (once fathers merge is done), same married name

posted Jul 23, 2016 by Robin Lee

Linda Plummer

Both profiles have the same information, and you are the profile manager for both profile, plus all changes are saved, so I think you should go ahead with the merge.

posted on Jones-8761 (merged) Apr 02, 2014 by Linda Plummer

Danielle Jean (Mc Donough) Stevenson (1963-2019)

Jones-9296 and Jones-8761 are not ready to be merged because: Hi

SORRY I Am unable to merge until I get the go ahead from wiki a few profiles I merged were wrong trying to sort it .this is the best I can do till then. regards DANIELLE

posted on Jones-8761 (merged) Apr 01, 2014 by Danielle Jean (Mc Donough) Stevenson (1963-2019)

Linda Plummer

Jones-9296 and Jones-8761 appear to represent the same person because: they have the same parents.

posted on Jones-8761 (merged) Mar 21, 2014 by Linda Plummer

Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie

This profile is a work-in-progress. Under the developing rules on historically-significant ancestors over 300-years-old supervisors are doing expedited merges. We need one manager to take primary responsibility for each profile. Management rights and/or trusted status may be terminated per policy. Please see http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Historically-significant_ancestors for more details. Please feel free to contact me with any questions as well. Thanks!

posted on Jones-8761 (merged) Feb 21, 2012 by Lindsay (Stough) Tyrie

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Martha (Jones) Ragsdale (abt. 1701 - 1772)

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