Benjamin
Etter
Born about in Braintree, Massachusetts
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Peter Etter UE
and Elizabeth (Vesey) Etter
Brother of
John Etter [half], Elizabeth Etter [half], Peter Etter [half], Franklin Germenis Etter [half], Daniel Etter [half], Benjamin William Etter, Elizabeth Etter, Anna Sophia (Etter) Conkey and Sarah Etter
Husband of
Mary (Bessonett) Etter
— married
before 15 May 1789 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Husband of
Margaret Elizabeth (Tidmarsh) Etter
— married
5 Jan 1798 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah (Etter) St. Clair, Mary Ann (Etter) Black, James Tidmarsh Etter and Margaret Ann (Etter) Silver
Died
at about age 63
in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Nov 2016
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Biography
Benjamin Etter was born about 1764 (assumed from date of baptism.) He was the son of Peter Etter and Elizabeth Vesey, baptized[1] August 5, 1764, at Christ Church, Braintree, Massachusetts.
Sources
- MD Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
- ↑ MD vol 35(1985), p 152. Records of Christ Church [Braintree/Quincy, Mass.] Transcribed by Warren Parker. "1764 ... Benj. Etter son of Peter & Elizabeth bapt. Aug. 5"
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78644671/benjamin-etter : accessed 14 March 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Etter (1765–3 Sep 1827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78644671, citing Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Marj Golub (contributor 47200047) .
- Donald C. Mackay, “ETTER, BENJAMIN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed March 14, 2022, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/etter_benjamin_6E.html.]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Glenn Legge
:
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~0.78%
Jean (Weathered) McFarland :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus :
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~0.39%
Wanda Millett :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
D (X) LX :
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~0.39%
Gail Keating :
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~0.39%
David Hilchie :
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~0.39%
Barb Millett :
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