Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Eleazer Dewey
and Freelove (Boren) Dewey
Sister of
Jesse Dewey, David Dewey, Hannah (Dewey) Cole, Aaron Dewey, Eleazer Dewey, Rachel (Dewey) Sweet, Amos Dewey and Freelove (Dewey) Stephens
Wife of
Clemmont Shaw
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Clemmons Shaw
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jan 2020
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Biography
Sylva was born in 1804. She is the daughter of Eleazer Dewey and Freelove Boren.
Sources
- Life of Admiral Dewey page 444 ID 1731
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylva 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 Sylva:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylva 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 Sylva:
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~1.56%
Deborah Dewey
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Shannon (Keeter) Denbow :
23andMe, GEDmatch A233313 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A233313 [compare], Ancestry member skdenbow
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