Born in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Samples Sr.
and Ruth (Wood) Samples
Sister of
Mary Francis (Samples) Scaggs [half], Elizabeth Samples, Moses Samples Jr., John Samples Sr., Alexander Samuel Samples, Betsy Samples, Jane (Sample) Campbell, Peggy Samples, Catherine (Samples) Carrigan, William Samples, Matthew (Sample) Samples, Ruth (Sample) Norwood, Robert A. Samples, Agnes (Sample) Kirkpatrick, Amy (Samples) Blackburn and Elizabeth (Sample) Crider [half]
Wife of
Holden Shanks
— married
1784 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Eleanor (Shanks) French
Died about
at about age 37
in Green County, Tennessee, United States
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Contents |
Biography
Elenor was born Dec. 6, 1758. She was the daughter of Moses Sample and Ruth Wood. She passed away about 1796.
HOLDEN SHANK’S BIBLE RECORD[1]
- Holden Shanks, born March 22, 1757
- Elender Shanks, born Dec. 6, 1758
Children:
- Martha Car. Shanks, born Sept 1785
- Jane Crothers Shanks, born Dec 3rd, 1787
- Moses Sample Shanks, born July 9th, 1789
- James Shanks, born June 9th, 1791
- Elender Shanks, born June 18th, 1795
Elenor Shank is named in the will of her father, Moses Samples which was recorded on 24 January 1824 in the Jefferson County, Tennessee Probate Records. [2]
- "And the heirs of my daughter Elener Shanks I leave fifty cents each. "
Notes
Birth and Death dates as recorded in the DAR record for Holden Shanks Ancestor #: A102790 Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 June 2019), "Record of Holden Shanks", Ancestor # A102790. Eloner Sample born on 6 - Dec - 1758 at Augusta Co VA and died at Greene Co TN on about 1824 (Death would have been after January 24, 1824 as she is named in the will of her father. ) They married on about 1785
Sources
- Moses Samples' Will dated January 24, 1824 mentions Elenor Shank.
- ↑ Sawyer, Wilna Powell. James Lewis French: His Ancestors and Descendants with Allied Lines. (FamilySearch, 1973), Pages 20 & 21. James Lewis French — His Ancestors and Descendants page 21; Note: This Bible record was copied by Mrs. Z. R. Peterson for the DAR from the Henshaw family at Waco, Texas. It is recorded in files from the Michigan Book Bible Records.
- ↑ Probate Records, 1792-1960; Author: Tennessee County Court (Jefferson County); Probate Place: Jefferson, Tennessee . Notes: Index to Wills and Probate, 1792-1921; Wills and Settlements, Vol 1-2, 1792-1826. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 [1] Image 531. "And the heirs of my daughter Elener Shanks I leave fifty cents each. "
Acknowledgements
- information as entered by Patricia Thomas, Monday, March 17, 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elenor 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 Elenor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elenor 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 Elenor:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Johnny Putman 
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~1.56%
Joe Ann (Gann) Hancock :
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~1.56%
James Samples :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SA7511336 [compare], Ancestry member carl_samples
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Cheryl Keen :
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~1.56%
Janice (Samples) Gilbert :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Glenna (Cordill) Tolliday :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PZ4279753 [compare], Ancestry member GCordillTolliday
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~0.78%
Gary Samples :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Allice (Burns) Reynolds :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A775543 [compare], Ancestry member alliceburnsreynolds
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A775543 [compare], FTDNA kit #B40559
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~0.78%
Mel (Gilbert) Lambert :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B188642
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~0.78%
Jimmie (Outlaw) Shrader :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A249626 [compare], Ancestry member FayeOutlawShrader
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A249626 [compare], Ancestry member FayeOutlawShrader, FTDNA kit #95937
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~0.78%
Charles Thomas :
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~0.78%
Adrian Nichols :
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~0.78%
Linda Scrivner :
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Cindy (White) Boyd :
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~0.78%
Claudette Colbert :
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~0.78%
David Kingsella :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A083319 [compare], Ancestry member David_Kingsella
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Fay (Hill) Adkins :
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~0.78%
Ernest Allen :
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~0.78%
Carl Samples :
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~0.78%
James Fultz :
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~0.78%
Patrick (Hogue) Payne :
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~0.78%
Bob Floyd :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Teresa (Hughey) Araiza :
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Betty Jones :
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~0.78%
Bill Foster :
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~0.78%
Katherine (Foster) Galloway :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LL217522 [compare]
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~0.78%
Robert Foster :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LL238875 [compare]
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~0.78%
J. Samples :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch M065598 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lisa Tharp :
MyHeritage DNA
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Mel (Gilbert) Lambert
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Hi I have added some sources and think the death date needs adjusting per the DAR records and her fathers will
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