When Sylvanus Edward Hinds was born in 1771, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Henry Hinds, was 26 and his mother, Abigail Seaton, was 26. He married Mary Sharkey on 4 February 1803, in Roane, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Roane, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1845, in Bradley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74.
Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-66HL : 22 December 2016), Edward Hinds and Polly Sharky, 04 Feb 1803; citing Roane, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 560,087.
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-Q2S : 7 September 2017), Slvanus Hinds, Roane, Tennessee, United States; citing 40, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-PNZ : 8 September 2017), Silvenus Hinds, Roane, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 78, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 535; FHL microfilm 24,549.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvanus 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 Sylvanus: