Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Johnson
— married
7 Feb 1785 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Johnson, John Knight Johnson, Mary Knight (Johnson) Lamar, Martha (Johnson) Thrasher, William Johnson, Rebecca (Johnson) LaMar and Baker A Johnson
Died
at about age 67
in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Oct 2013
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Biography
Bethany was born in 1766. She died in 1833. [1]
Some genealogies say that Bethany was born in North Carolina and married Robert Johnson there. More sources for Bethany are needed.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 June 2022), memorial page for Bethany Knight Johnson (1766–23 Aug 1833), Find A Grave: Memorial #15519743, citing Johnson-Ridgely Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; maintained by J. Colin Clark (contributor 47094715), headstone photo.
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85W-12R : 14 February 2020), Theaney Knight in entry for Robert Johnson, 1785.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9G-RJM : 9 March 2021), Robert Johnson and Theaney Knight, 07 Feb 1785; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,471.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethany 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 Bethany:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethany 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 Bethany:
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~4.69%
~12.50%
Tom Lamar Coughlin 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A752578 [compare], Ancestry member tlc356
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~1.56%
V. (Davis) Casteel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T307643 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sharon Casteel :
23andMe, GEDmatch M371518 [compare]
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