Born about in South Carolina, United States
Daughter of William Mercer
and Martha Elizabeth (Walker) Mercer
Sister of
James Messer, Joseph Messer, Charity (Messer) King, Samuel Messer, Patience (Messer) Hand, Elizabeth (Mercer) Knowles, William Messer and John Wesley Messer
Wife of
John Hand
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Boling Starke Hand
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2018
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Biography
Martha was born about 1788. She is the daughter of William Mercer.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-ZPW : 12 April 2016), Martha Hand in household of John Hand, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 680, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Donna Brown 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Randy Noles :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member randynoles
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F246337 [compare], FTDNA kit #246337
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Cathy (Vickers) Reed :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Benjie Blair :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T959780 [compare], FTDNA kit #5822
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Terri Ballard :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
-
~0.78%
Wallace R Jarrett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A832864 [compare], Ancestry member rustyj00
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Eddie Gorham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669235 [compare], Ancestry member EddieGorham
-
~0.78%
Ron Johnston Forbus :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RP6267805 [compare], Ancestry member ronjforbus170619
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~0.78%
Timi (Greene) Rosenbaum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A904185 [compare], Ancestry member Timirose
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~0.78%
Wayne Ray :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Linda (Payne) Kitchens :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #746950
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Robert Curtis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Anita Barrett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member anitaigou7
-
~0.78%
Teresa (Cameron) Smith :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LN7006541 [compare]
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