Born about in Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Peters
and Lydia (Phillips) Peters
Sister of
Elizabeth (Peters) Myers, Catherine (Peters) Bell, Rachel (Peters) Willis, Unknown Peters, Peacha Peters, Eliza (Peters) Dixon, Mary (Peters) Jones, John Peters, Lydia Minerva (Peters) Turner and Jackson Peters
Wife of
Phebes Callihan
— married
28 Dec 1828 in Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Maria Callihan was born about 1810 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. She is the daughter of John Peters and Lydia Phillips.
1810 census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: John Peters
- Home in 1810: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 (John)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 (Elizabeth, Maria)
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 (Lydia)
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
- Number of Household Members: 4[1]
1820 census -- Bennington Twnp, Licking County, Ohio, USA
- Name: John Peters
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Bennington, Licking, Ohio
- Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 (Peache)
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 (John)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 (Catherine, Rachel, ?)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 (Elizabeth, Maria)
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (Lydia)
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 8
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8[2]
She married Phebes Callihan 18 Dec 1828 in Licking Co., Ohio.[3] The marriage was solemnized by Maria's uncle Bryant Thornhill.
It is unknown where the young married couple lived in 1830 -- they do not appear to be included in the Peters or Callihan households.
In 1832, Phebes and Maria along with her uncle, Bryant Thornhill, were involved with a court case involving her father's estate, Thornhill vs Peters
1840 census -- Bennington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Name: Phebus Calahan
- Home in 1840: Bennington, Licking, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 (John, Henry)
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (Phebes)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Eliza)
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Maria)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 5
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5[4]
1850 census -- Burlington Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Phebes Calihan, age 40, male, , farmer, $1000 real estate, born Virginia; Maria Calihan, age 41, female, , born Virginia; John Calihan, age 19, male, , farmer, born Ohio, attended school; Henry Calihan, age 17, male, , farmer, born Ohio, attended school; Eliza J Calihan, age 12, female, , born Ohio[5]
1860 census -- Milford Twnp., Knox Co., Ohio, USA
- Phebe Callihan, age 50, male, , farmer, $1600 real estate, $600 personal property, born Virginia; Maria Callihan, age 49, female, , born Virginia[6]
1870 census -- Wabash Twnp., Clark Co., Illinois, USA
- Phoebus Calahan, age 61, male, white, farmer, $2200 real estate, $400 personal property, born Virginia; Mariah Calahan, age 60, female, white, keeps house, born Virginia[7]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2Q-DF4 : accessed 10 Jan 2014), John Peters, 1810.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLQ-W9Z : accessed 10 Jan 2014), John Peters, 1820.
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZHL-6BQ : accessed 13 November 2015), Pebes Or Phebes Callanham and Maria Peters, 18 Dec 1828; citing Licking, Ohio, United States, reference v.1,p.304; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 384,300.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHTC-SSV : 8 September 2017), Phebus Calahan, Bennington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing p. 315, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 408; FHL microfilm 20,170.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQJ-1KX : 12 April 2016), Maria Calihan in household of Phebus Calihan, Burlington, Licking, Ohio, United States; citing family 1551, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCG1-1WQ : 13 December 2017), Maria Callihan in entry for Phebe Callihan, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M64N-2GB : 12 April 2016), Mariah Calahan in household of Phebus Calahan, Illinois, United States; citing p. 41, family 314, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,694.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria 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 Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria 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 Maria:
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~0.78%
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Amy Bruington 
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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