Samuel
Pleasants
Born in Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Pleasants
and Margaret (Jordan) Pleasants
Brother of
Mary Jane (Pleasants) Burton, Robert Pleasants, Anne (Pleasants) Atkinson, John Pleasants Sr, Dorothy (Pleasants) Briggs [half] and Martha (Plesants) Suddreth
Husband of
Mary (Pemberton) Pleasants
— married
13 May 1762 in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Pleasants
Died
at about age 70
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Aug 2014
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Biography
Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807), also a son of John and Margaret Pleasants, was born at "Curles" Plantation.
At the age of twenty five, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and established himself as a merchant. He married Mary Pemberton (1738-1821) in 1762. He was also active in the abolitionist movement.
In 1777, Samuel Pleasants, along with several of his brothers-in-law and other prominent Quakers, were arrested and imprisoned as "Torries" because they refused to bear arms. General George Washington intervened and personally signed an order for their release.
Sources
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. II Pennsylvania New Jersey by William Wade Hinshaw, Thomas Worth Marshall compiler (page 623).
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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%
Monica (Pleasants) Molinar
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132570 [compare], yourDNAportal MON9c905e67, Ancestry member MonicaLynnMolinar
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Samuel Pleasants and Mary Pemberton had a son, Charles Pleasants (1772-1837).
Charles Pleasants m. Ann Emlen (1774-1844), daughter of Caleb Emlen (1744-1797) and Mary WARDER (1746-1811). Their son was George Emlen Pleasants (1800-1871).
G.E. Pleasants m. (1) Elizabeth Kirby (1805-1827), then after her death, married her sister, Ann Kirby (1813-1868). There were 15 children in total from these two marriages. I descend from their son, William Pemberton Pleasants (1844-1921).
W.P. Pleasants married Catharine Strain (1850-1914). Their son was Walter Charles Pleasants.
W.C. Pleasants m. Evelyn Eleanor Stevens (1877-1965). Their son was Walter Charles Pleasants II.
W.C. Pleasants II m. Margaret Magdalena Mruk (1907-1983). Their son, Kenneth Paul Pleasants (1942-LIVING) is my dad.