David
Porter
Born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Florah (Brownfield) Porter
— married
about 1786 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Juliet Granville (Porter) Jones, Robert Brownfield Porter, Samuel Shaw Porter and David Porter
Died about
at about age 43
in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Sep 2011
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Biography
Immigrated to America from Ireland in 1777, arriving PA. Married Flora Brownfield 1786 in Mecklenberg County, NC. Parents of Anna, William, Jane, Robert, Dr. Samuel, Florah & David. He is buried at Fishing Creek in Chester Co., SC
Based on findagrave David is buried in S.C. His marker is located in Furgeson Cemetery, Carroll Co. Tn where his wife is buried.
Landed in New Castle, DE in 1767. He served with General George Washington at Valley Forge in the bitter winter of 1777-1778. He sustained a lung injury at Valley Forge and died a young man because of that injury. He died at Fishing Creek, Chester County, SC. In 1780 he married Florah Brownfield in Chester County, SC and they had nine children.
Sources
- US & Canada Passenger & Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s - 1790 US Federal Census - SAR Membership application dated 20 Apr 1890 - "The Descendants of the Brownfield & Porter Families", by Max Perry - Findagrave # 118879702
- History of Carroll County, Tennessee, Volume 1 By Turner
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David 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 David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David 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 David:
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~1.56%
Don Downing
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Richard Arwood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PD8312844 [compare], yourDNAportal RIC83e96e14, Ancestry member Richard_Arwood
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PD8312844 [compare], yourDNAportal RIC79662204, FTDNA kit #863934
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Porter-2024 and Porter-6813 appear to represent the same person because: same information
Rejected matches › David Potter (1752-)
David is 21 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 22 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 45 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 26 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 26 degrees from Michael Chow, 21 degrees from Ree Drummond, 22 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 22 degrees from Matty Matheson, 24 degrees from Martha Stewart, 30 degrees from Danny Trejo and 29 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
I have photograph of this marker which I will try to load later. Downing