Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Christian Shell
and Sarah (Havens) Shell
Sister of
Nancy (Shell) Sawyers, John Shell, William H. Shell, Lewis Christian Shell, Elizabeth (Shell) Heavin, Juliet (Shell) Harris, Lilly (Shell) Rector and Ruth (Shell) Rector
Wife of
Reece Bowen
— married
23 Nov 1805 in Tennessee
Mother of
Charles Bowen and Sally Bowen
Died after
after about age 30
in Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Susannah was probably Christian and Sally's second born. She apparently had two children by Reece Bowen that were given into her father's custody after Reece died in 1815/16. She was mentioned as alive when her father wrote his will in November 1819. No records found of her remarrying.
Sources
- Knox, TN court records.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah 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 Susannah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah 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 Susannah:
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~0.78%
Bill Porter
:
23andMe, GEDmatch RM4282027 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GZ1472890 [compare], Ancestry member lmubill
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~0.78%
Sara Peterson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member saraelizabeth22
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