Samuel
Oakes
Born in Chester, Pennsylvania Colony
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Flower) Oakes
— married
1733 in Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Died after
after age 62
in Chester, Pennsylvania Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2015
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Biography
Born: Samuel Oakes was born in 1711.
Married: Samuel Oakes married Elizabeth Flower in 1733 at Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania. [1]
Land Ownership: By Warrant dated November 16, 1737, the Proprietors of Pennsylvania granted Samuel Oakes title to 200 acres of land in the Township of Whiteland, County of Chester, Province of Pennsylvania. [2]
Chester County Tax Records: Samuel appears on the Chester County Tax Rolls in 1732, Freeman, Goshen Township; 1739, Whiteland Township. Landower;1749/50, Goshen Township; 1753, Goshen Township; 1763, Goshen Township; and 1764, Goshen Township.[3][4] He received tax discounts (poor) in 1768, 1771, 1773.[5][6]
Research Notes
A Pennsylvania Warrant dated July 25, 1775 issued John, Samuel and Flower Oakes suggests that Samuel may have had a son named John.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41975382
- ↑ Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, Chester County, 1737 Ancestry Record 2350 #103351
- ↑ 18th Century Tax Records, 1715-1764 Chester County Tax Index O-S available here
- ↑ Futhey, J.S., Cope, G., History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, p. 178 (L.H. Everts, Philadelphia, PA 1881) available here
- ↑ Provincial Tax Minutes, 1756-1778 available here
- ↑ 1740-1803 Tax Discounts (Chester County, Commissioners Minutes & Pay Orders) available here
- ↑ Penn. State Archives, Patentee Index, Book A-AA, p. 233
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~0.78%
Alice (Horton) Pickering
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #956309
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~0.39%
Jeremy Dunaway :
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~0.39%
Bob Pickering :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bob_pickering
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B568301
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~0.39%
Roxie Mayfield :
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