Born about in Woolwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jacob Wright
— married
about 1777 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Wright, Ezekiel Wright Jr, Sarah Elizabeth Wright, Anthony Wright, James Wright and Enoch Wright
Died [date unknown]
in Salem County, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2015
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Biography
Dorcas Harker was born on March 1, 1755, in Woolwich, New Jersey, her father, Samuel, was 25, and her mother, Sarah, was 16. She married Jacob Wright on October 11, 1773, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had eight children in 19 years. She passed in 1825 in Salem Cove, New Jersey, at the age of 70.
Sources
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 1597.086; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82346925/person/40498347749/facts
New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 for Dorcas Harker Volume XXXIX, Abstracts of Wills, 1801-1805
Harker-258 was created by Scott Wright through the import of LW_Wright_2210803.ged on Aug 2, 2015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
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~1.56%
Yvonne (James) Henderson
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A256381 [compare], yourDNAportal YVO5e5c9df0
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A256381 [compare], yourDNAportal YVO5e5c9df0, Ancestry member daisysroots
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~1.56%
Jesse James :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A577829 [compare], Ancestry member PJ, FTDNA kit #B218763
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