Seth
Purdy
Born in Amityville, Suffolk, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Purdy
and Charity Wetmore
Brother of
Anna Hannah (Purdy) Merritt [half]
Husband of
Phebe (Ketcham) Purdy
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Keziah (Purdy) Platt, Josiah Purdy, Ann (Purdy) Berry, Joshua Purdy, Melinda (Purdy) Chichester and Seth Purdy
Died
at age 89
in Amityville, Suffolk, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Sep 2014
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Biography
Seth Purdy, buried on his Purdy Family Farm, where he was born, 1 mile North-east of Amityville. He was the son of Josiah Purdy (1718-1760) and Charity Wetmore (1719-1752). He married Phebe Ketchum (1760-1838), 9 Aug 1781 at St George's Episcopal Church in Hempstead. Together they had 10 children, all born on the family farm here in Amityville.
Sources
- Baird, Charles W. Chronicle of a Border Town (Anson D. F. Randolph and Co., New York, 1871) Page 439-40
- Family history as told by Elizabeth Roe Child Hall, Roe family records, Albany library geneology on Stickney family.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107347975/seth-purdy
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Seth 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 Seth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Seth 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 Seth:
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~3.12%
Joseph Budd
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Laura Pieper :
23andMe, yourDNAportal LAUa9b92184
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AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal LAU0e1680bd, Ancestry member LauraPieper62
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Stephen Muff :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TZ3835682 [compare], yourDNAportal STE136cbcbf, Ancestry member SGMuff
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~0.39%
Nancy Whitlock :
AncestryDNA
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Roland Carter
Donald did not see you comment until, I was editing bio.
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by Roland Carter
Donald Child
The name Seth Purdy is not that common, one would think, but the two records have different descendents. I believe the Purdy-771 line came from French sources tracing the Fouconnier/Falconer line. I don't have any further sources, so not sure what to do with this proposed merge.
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by Donald Child
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