Born in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Whitehead
and Sarah Elizabeth (Burcher) Whitehead
Sister of
Marble Whitehead, Susan (Whitehead) Stinette, Elizabeth Ann (Whitehead) Wright, James Whitehead, Mary (Whitehead) Smith, Burcher Whitehead, John Whitehead Jr., Cary Whitehead, Edith Burcher (Whitehead) Campbell, Bartlett Whitehead, Richard Whitehead Sr, Wyatt Whitehead, James Whitehead [half] and Floyd Lee Whitehead [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 41
in Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Contents |
Biography
This profile is part of the Whitehead Name Study.
Francis Whitehead was one of sixteen children of John Whitehead and Sarah Burcher. [1] After the American Revolutionary War, Francis' father paid supply tax in Amherst county, Virginia, for which he is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as Ancsestor #A124466. [2]
On September 24, 1792, in Amherst county, Virginia, Frances Whitehead married John Powers. [3]
Frances (Whitehead) Powers died in 1811, in Frederick county, Virginia and was buried on the grounds of the family farm. [4]
Researcher's Notes
- Source S16
- Abbreviation: Turley Family Records
- Title: Turley Family Records
- Author: Beth Mitchell
- Publication: Turley Family Historical Research Association, 1981
- Repository: #R1
- Call Number: US Book 929.273; T844m
- Italicized: Y
- Paranthetical: Y
- Repository R1
- Name: R. Steven Turley
- Address: R. Steven Turley
- 1481 W. 1170 North
- Provo, UT 84604 United States
- Phone Number: 801-377-5668
- Phone Number: 801-372-1935
- Marriage Record
Name: Frances Whitehead Gender: Female Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1792 Marriage Place: Amherst County, Virginia Spouse: John Powers FHL Film Number: 30273 Reference ID: P 77 Source Information Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Timeline
| When | Age | Who and What | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1770 | Frances Whitehead born to John Whitehead and Sarah Burcher | Amherst, Amherst Co., Virginia |
Sources
- ↑ Amherst County Virginia Heritage, by S.E. Grose, 200, page 248
- ↑ LIB OF VA, AMHERST CO, VA PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, 1782-1803, REEL #18
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR77-72J : 11 February 2018), John Powers and Frances Whitehead, 24 Sep 1792; citing Amherst County, Virginia, reference P 77; FHL microfilm 30,273
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132907221/frances-powers
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frances by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Mike Little
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1e1, FTDNA kit #83215
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~0.78%
Katy (McCarty) Fairclo :
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Ellie (Gresser) Jenkins :
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~0.78%
Mary Sue Magee :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Bernadette Germain :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Woodworth) Kent :
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~0.78%
Jim Mundy :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T309905 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jeremy Jones :
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