Elizabeth Betty (Tarpley) Bennett (1746-1824)

Elizabeth Betty Bennett formerly Tarpley

Born 6 Aug 1746 in North Farnham, Richmond , Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of James Tarpley II and Mary Anne (Camp) Tarpley

Sister of Thomas Tarpley, Lucy Tarpley, Sarah (Tarpley) Elmore, Mary (Tarpley) Camp, William Tarpley, James Tarpley, John Tarpley, Winnifred (Tarpley) Camp, Nancy Anne (Tarpley) Camp and John Oldham Tarpley [half]

Wife of Reubin Bennett — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of Rueben Bennett Sr. — married about 1779 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Mother of Alexander Bennett, Jenny (Bennett) Laws, Richard Bennett, Winston Bennett, Peter Bennett, Elizabeth Bennett, Aristides Bennett, William M. Bennett, Reuben Bennett Jr, Ann Elizabeth (Bennett) Strozier, Mary Ann Bennett, Mary Ann (Bennett) Jenkins, Elizabeth (Bennett) Jackson, Malissa Bennett, Nancy Bennett, Ascenith (Bennett) Fleming and Polly Bennett

Died 1824 at about age 77 in Morgan County, Georgia, USA

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Biography

Betty Tarpley, the daughter of Col. James Tarpley and his wife Mary, was born about 6 Aug 1746 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia.^[1] Although her name is listed as Betty in the North Farnham birth records, later records consistently list her given name as Elizabeth. Note: There is some controversary as to exactly who her mother Mary was.^[2]^[3]

Residence 1820, Wilkes, Georgia, United States^[4]

Sources

↑ Betsy Lusby, Extracts from the Register of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 52-64. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4242223 : accessed 23 Feb 2022)
↑ Elroy Christenson, James Tarpley Mary Oldham Argument (https://oldham.one-name.net/members_data/0030aa/documents//James%20Tarpley%20-%20Mary%20Oldham%20Argument.pdf : accessed 3 Jan 2021) and sources cited therein
↑ Margaret Macdonald, "Who was the Mary, wife of James Tarpley of Richmond and Brunswick Co., VA?", The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1, p. 38, Jan.Mar. 1993
↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-B3G : accessed 4 October 2019), Elizabeth Bennet, Wilkes, Georgia, United States; citing p. 185, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 175,768.

"On Through The Years With Abner Jenkins", Doris Holden, published 1971.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Jane (Day) Siefferman : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup T2b4, FTDNA kit #802389

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:

~2.34% ~3.91% Jane (Day) Siefferman : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T136593 [compare], FTDNA kit #802389
~1.56% ~3.12% Lorene (Dutton) Bryant : 23andMe, GEDmatch XT9663597 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CY1874056 [compare], Ancestry member jtrichardson280 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T012082 [compare], FTDNA kit #314811
~1.56% ~6.25% Cheryl (Welch) Gerard : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~1.56% Ottis Dutton : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T339241 [compare], FTDNA kit #210811
~1.56% ~3.12% Irene (Dutton) Pope : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T077351 [compare], FTDNA kit #313451
~1.56% Louie Dutton : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T580071 [compare], FTDNA kit #327951
~0.78% ~3.12% Jack Smith : 23andMe
~0.78% ~3.12% Linda (Keever) Rice : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lrice
~0.78% ~0.78% Karen (Ramsey) Fontenot : AncestryDNA
~0.78% ~1.56% Mary Cameron : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A330762 [compare]
~0.78% ~3.12% Priscilla (Sowell) Pelham : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member priscillapelham
~0.78% Kelley (Broome) Gingles : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member undomiel_1
~0.78% Marshall Moss : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A811342 [compare], Ancestry member Marshall_Moss
~0.78% Sarah Sharpless : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A215298 [compare], Ancestry member sks374
~0.78% Connie Beverly : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Darline (Brady) Smith : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Laflutterby
~0.78% ~3.12% Roy Squires : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T494992 [compare], FTDNA kit #833001
~0.78% Angela Cofer : Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HQ5950393 [compare], yourDNAportal ANG73e4c273
~0.78% Douglas Keever : MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% ~3.12% Sarah (Carter) Dolan : MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% ~3.12% Tushanna Boaz : 23andMe, GEDmatch M134422 [compare]
~0.39% Chase Clift : 23andMe, GEDmatch AL8270600 [compare], yourDNAportal CHAe999b723 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SM1081703 [compare], yourDNAportal CHAe999b723, Ancestry member ChaseClift + Living DNA, GEDmatch YC8152093 [compare]
~0.39% Todd Bergeron : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XD4036145 [compare], Ancestry member t8778
~0.39% Steven Tarpley : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kinshaw
~0.39% David Fritz : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% Sandra (Tarpley) Tarpley-Mooney : MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Matt Ashe : MyHeritage DNA

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Liz (Noland) Shifflett

a lead, but "1 Feb 1750" seems fairly specific (and not what I've found):

Born, Betty, daughter of James & Mary Tarpley, Aug. 6, 1746.
Born, Elizabeth, daughter of James & Mary Tarpley, Feb. 2, 1701.

from http://genealogytrails.com/vir/richmond/northfarnhamparishregister.html

posted Oct 01, 2016 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Rejected matches › Mary Elizabeth (Frost) Tarpley (1818-aft.1880) › Elizabeth (Bennett) Collis (1745-1824)

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Elizabeth Betty (Tarpley) Bennett (1746 - 1824)

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