Born in Province of North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Pridgen
and Sarah Elizabeth (Taylor) Pridgen
Sister of
Matthew Pridgeon, Francis Pridgen, William Pridgen, Elizabeth (Pridgen) Johnson and Elizabeth (Pridgen) Sellars
Wife of
Frederick Merritt
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Matthew Merritt, Frederick Merritt, Luke Merritt, Peter Merritt, Nancy Anna (Merritt) Harper, Mary (Merritt) Burke and Sarah Ann (Merritt) McClelland
Died after
after age 84
in Coffee County, Georgia, USA [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2017
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Biography
Anna Jane Pridgen was born in 1776 in North Carolina. She married Frederick Merritt. In 1850, Anna and Frederick were living in Irwin County, Georgia.[1]
Notes
- Burial: Smith-Merritt Family Cemetery Pridgen, Coffee County, Georgia, USA
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYR-SHT : 9 November 2014), Anna Merate in household of Fredrick Merate, Irwin county, Irwin, Georgia, United States; citing family 376, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anna 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 Anna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anna 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 Anna:
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~3.12%
Eileen (Harper) Worthington
:
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Tom Matthews :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UN9037028 [compare], yourDNAportal TOM093cc457, Ancestry member t_m_matthews
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Daphne Folsom :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PL9084255 [compare], yourDNAportal DAPd2dc621f, Ancestry member Daphnefolsom1
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~0.78%
Dustin (Lott) Johnson :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Robert Sneeden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CC2847371 [compare], Ancestry member sneedenj
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HB9487726 [compare], FTDNA kit #B860720
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