Margaret
Ann
Sawyer
Born in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Ancestors 
and Wife of
Uriah Saunders
— married
9 Sep 1885 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth (Saunders) Pinder, Henry Ward Beechar Saunders, Eufleetie Constance Saunders, Ella Rebecca (Saunders) Albury and Katherine Madeline (Saunders) Albury
Died before
before age 46
in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Nov 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Margaret Sawyer is part of a Bahamian family.
Margaret Sawyer was born to Robert Henry Sawyer and Caroline Gates.
Margaret Ann Sawyer married Uriah Saunders in 1885 at Green Turtle Cay in the house of Uriah SAUNDERS Esq. Uriah was 21 years of age. A farmer. Margaret Ann, the daughter of Robert Henry Sawyer and Caroline Gates, was 18: a spinster. James Jenkins, Wesleyan Minister, married the celebrants. Witnesses: George Sawyer & Olivia Sweeting.
Margaret Ann Sawyer Saunders died of fever at 46 years of age at Green Turtle Cay.
Sources
Bahamas Civil Registration, Births, Green Turtle Cay, 1866.
Bahamas Civil Registration, Marriages, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, 1885.
Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959, Deaths, Green Turtle Cay, 1910-1912
DNA
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 345 cM autosomal match between third cousins Robinson Weatherford GEDmatch T251923 and Alton Lowe GEDmatch T405605
- Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on mitoYDNA.org. Brenda Brandt, mitoYDNA kit # T15334, and her half 5th cousin, Robin Weatherford, mitoYDNA kit # T10872, compare kits), have an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Bianca Curry, the 4x great grandmother of both Brenda Brandt and Robin Weatherford.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Priscilla Weatherford for creating Sawyer-1516 on 5 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Priscilla and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Robin Weatherford
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K, FTDNA kit #63938, MitoYDNA ID T10872 [compare] - Brenda Brandt :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup K, FTDNA kit #331274, MitoYDNA ID T15334 [compare]
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Robin Weatherford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T251923 [compare], FTDNA kit #63938
-
~6.25%
~12.50%
Priscilla Weatherford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T364991 [compare], FTDNA kit #243393
-
~6.25%
Susan (Sawyer) Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GS9586519 [compare], FTDNA kit #978470
-
~6.25%
A. Curry :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #997452
-
~3.12%
M. Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T420766 [compare], FTDNA kit #26830
-
~3.12%
Brent Bethel :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T373232 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN15329
-
~3.12%
Rolly Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XM9309326 [compare], FTDNA kit #937291
-
~1.56%
Stuart Munro :
23andMe, GEDmatch KC2627995 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHe4efc5c3
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KC2627995 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHe4efc5c3, Ancestry member jstuartmunro
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KC2627995 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHe4efc5c3, FTDNA kit #859386
-
~1.56%
Glenn Bethel :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Tina Bethel :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EE4190827 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Joseph Higgs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LL4694669 [compare], FTDNA kit #94001
-
~1.56%
George Phillpot :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JT9164217 [compare], FTDNA kit #1014742
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
I. (Bethel) Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83900
-
~1.56%
Sharon Weech :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H519214 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jacky (Boles) Duncan :
23andMe, GEDmatch PC8490654 [compare], yourDNAportal JACf6a4beae
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CS8252564 [compare], Ancestry member JackyBolesDuncan
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B781051
-
~0.78%
Daniel Munro :
23andMe, GEDmatch MT1869787 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Ruth (Pinder) Bennett :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Keith McAllister :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UK3015518 [compare], Ancestry member KeithRMcAllister
-
~0.78%
Richard McNeece :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A958628 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Susan (Higgs) Davies :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GR7473087 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Amanda Diedrick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T166386 [compare], FTDNA kit #287579
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Mike Higgs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T097478 [compare], FTDNA kit #413690
-
~0.39%
Kathaleen Amende :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #424128
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