Elizabeth was born about 1752. Elizabeth Keener ... She passed away in 1830.
Birth:
Date: 1765
Place: Millerstown, Shenendoah Co., PA
Marriage:
Date: 1764
Place: Millerstown, Shenendoah Co., PA
Fact: Residence (1810) Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States[1]
Fact: Residence (1830) Eastern District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States[2]
Fact: Residence (1840) Shenandoah, Virginia, United States[3]
Research Notes
Alternate birth date: 1752 - she cannot have married a year before she was born if born in 1765. 1752 might be reasonable for marriage at 12, but that will require more research.
She was kidnapped by native americans for 15 years as a child. The story is available on her FS profile below.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-GTZ : accessed 7 February 2023), Elizabeth Keaner, Woodstock, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing p. 45, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 181,431.
↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5N-YBT : 20 February 2021), Elizabeth Keener, Eastern District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing 43, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 200; FHL microfilm 29,679.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT2-BVK : 1 October 2021), Elizabeth Keaner, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing p. 326, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240567438/elizabeth-dobbins: accessed 22 October 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Keener Dobbins (1765–3 Dec 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #240567438, citing Houston-Carr Cemetery, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Steve (contributor 47913178) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth: