Born in Machias, Washington Co., Maine
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Francis Layton
— married
5 Mar 1801 in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Ann West (Layton) Jenks, Jacob Stevens Layton, Charles Ryan Layton, Francis Layton Esq., Ezra Stevens Layton and James Munro Layton
Died
at age 71
in Great Village, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2015
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Biography
Abigail (Stevens) Layton was born in 1783 to Jacob Stevens and Ruth Richardson. She married Francis Layton in 1801 and had 13 children (see Francis's profile). She died in 1854 and is buried at Mahon Cemetery.
Sources
- Birth records of Machias, Maine - 1783
- Vital Statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
- Maine Church Record Abstracts 1630-1920
- Find a Grave Memorial #85682006 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85682006/abigail-layton
- Canada Census's
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail 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 Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail 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 Abigail:
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~3.12%
John Layton
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Rich Mayo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A460254 [compare], Ancestry member Richmayo75
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~1.56%
David Jenks :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Alan Jenks :
23andMe
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