Josiah
Trotter
Born in Choptank Hundred, Caroline, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Ephraim Trotter
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Elizabeth (Trotter) Cranor [half]
Husband of
Jane Hannah (Manlove) Trotter
— married
1757 (to 1759) in Dorchester, MD
Husband of
Jane (Russell) Trotter
— married
1760 in Abbeville, South Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Trotter, Hannah (Trotter) Way, Ephraim B. Trotter, George Trotter, Joseph Trotter, Jane (Trotter) Cranor, Mary (Trotter) Wadsworth, Edward Trotter and Nancy Trotter
Died
at about age 60
in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2017
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Biography
File Format: jpg. Revolutionary-War-Flag-web Format: doc. J Trotter Chart. Format: htm. Josiah Format: htm.
Slaves
In his 1792 Will, Josiah bequeathed “One Negro Woman named Beck and one Negro girl named Alce” to his wife Jane. At the death or marriage of Jane, Beck to go to daughter Betsy. At the death or marriage of Jane, Alce to go to daughter Hannah Cranor.
- Beck Trotter
- Alce
Sources
- South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965 Hunting For Bears
- US, Census Reconstructed Records, Document: Series: General Assembly; Box: Apr - May 1782 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Joint Petition; Page Number: 1; Family Number: 4, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21604:2234?ssrc=pt&tid=116587444&pid=262388872176
- North Carolina, Land Grant Files, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/839434?mark=5d675714cfbd81cf8992258496fa373dc0ea522655b5f588276655d9e7c2d1fa
- North Carolina, Land Grant Files, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/839434?mark=5d675714cfbd81cf8992258496fa373dc0ea522655b5f588276655d9e7c2d1fa
- 1790; Census Place: Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 496; Image: 290; Family History Library Film: 0568147; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/172438:5058?tid=&pid=&_phsrc=LCq7601&_phstart=successSource
- North Carolina Wills and Probate Records, Guilford County, Original Wills, https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/818607?mark=461cbf67979401ddf7bcf6b4b34b89602f4d2b060962751a8c82377c7b9c866f
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josiah:
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~1.56%
Diane Clark
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A400855 [compare], Ancestry member CDianeClark
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~1.56%
Ray Clark :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NQ4687829 [compare], FTDNA kit #B1714
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~0.78%
Randy Coggeshall :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Mary Ellen (Spencer) Goree :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Kelly (McCulley) Knight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A245268 [compare], Ancestry member bestrecipe
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~0.78%
Martin Riley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129830 [compare], Ancestry member macmadman
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~0.78%
Debra (Miller) Loveless :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ9556625 [compare]
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~0.39%
Vicki (Long) Kea :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vlkea01
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T225742 [compare], FTDNA kit #179230
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Scott Kessler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Melissa Springer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch f89932 [compare], Ancestry member Melissa_Robards
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F89932 [compare], FTDNA kit #89932
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~0.39%
Terri Rene DaVar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A063362 [compare], Ancestry member TRDaVarHoward
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~0.39%
Amanda (Goff) Vernon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mandyv31
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~0.39%
Jim Sexton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A867681 [compare]
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Donnie Blackstone
Virginia Winslett
Something is wrong with this analysis. If the first wife named Jane was still alive how would he have remarried. Looks like two families are comingled.
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by Virginia Winslett
Donnie Blackstone
Sources. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5058&h=172438&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=LCq7601&_phstart=successSource
posted
by Donnie Blackstone
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Categories: Guilford County, North Carolina, Slave Owners