Born about in Frederick, Washington, Maryland
Daughter of [father unknown] and Lucinda (Messer) Wright
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John J. Harlan Jr.
— married
about 1770 in Frederick, Maryland [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Aaron Harlan, Jacob Harlan, Nancy (Harlan) Ragsdale, George Barton Harlan, Thomas Harlan, Joel Wright Harlan and Elijah Wright Harlan
Died
at about age 80
in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jun 2013
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Biography
Jemima Wright was born in 1752 in Maryland. She married John Harlan. She died in 1832 in Tompkinsville, Kentucky.[1]
Jemima was the daughter of Elijah Wright, a farmer and mechanic who was born in Ireland in 1725, and his wife Lucinda Messer who was also from Ireland. She married John Harlan about 1770 in Frederick, Maryland. About 1782 John and Jemima moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky. They were there until 1818, when they moved to Barren, near Tompkinsville. Jemima died there in 1832. They had 10 children: Aaron, Jacob, John, William, George Barton, Thomas, Nancy, Joel Wright, Elijah Wright, and Hannah.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #72710703
- ↑ History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan Who Settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687, compiled by Alpheus H. Harlan, 1914, page 101, viewed on Ancestry.com.
- entry for Barton Harlan, Kentucky deaths & burials 1843-1970
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
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~0.78%
Barry Adam
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeff Thompson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A498386 [compare], Ancestry member JeffTRPh
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~0.78%
Thomas Sterling :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A474046 [compare], Ancestry member valdezs321
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T805407 [compare], FTDNA kit #252467
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~0.78%
Debra (Bolen) Burnsworth :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bolenroots
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan Strickler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A169272 [compare], Ancestry member famousenuff
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jo (Meredith) Roberson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Josephine_Roberson
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~0.78%
P Damon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A098096 [compare], Ancestry member nomadpsd1
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~0.78%
Robert Stone :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T847019 [compare], FTDNA kit #242928
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~0.78%
R. Greenup :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T163348 [compare], FTDNA kit #790211
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Heather Dewar :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PW4910061 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Shawn (Martin) Faherty :
23andMe, GEDmatch M788204 [compare]
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~0.39%
Stacy Toy :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YN5174063 [compare], Ancestry member stacytoy
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Lenora (Gilbert) Willey :
23andMe, GEDmatch WX5502607 [compare]
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~0.39%
Sharon (Sterling) Valdez :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 3068040 [compare], Ancestry member valdezs321
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T462626 [compare], FTDNA kit #409734
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~0.39%
Lee Razer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AF6386321 [compare]
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~0.39%
Angela Keeney :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A908261 [compare]
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