Benjamin was born in 1852. He was the son of Anderson VanWinkle and Sarah Burris. He passed away in 1934.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Philip Wayne Van Winkle and M.E. his double 3rd cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great, great grandparents Anderson W. VanWinkle and Sarah C. Burris. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 151 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Fairly Low. Ancestry doesn’t calculate double relationships, so they think that this match should be closer to a 2nd cousin. Benjamin Jesse’s sister Hester Elizabeth Van Winkle was married to 2 brothers of Serena Clementine Wilson.
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