Born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Tenney
— married
3 Sep 1720 (to about 1 Mar 1749) in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
William Tenney, Mehitable Tenney, Oliver Tenney, Jane Tenney, Ruth (Tenney) Blanchard, Eunice (Tenney) Ellsworth, Hannah Tenney, Benjamin Tenney, Richard Tenney and Mary (Tenney) Noyes
Died about
at about age 53
in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2012
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Biography
Mehitable was born in 1695,[1] the daughter of Benjamin Pearson and Hannah Thurston.[2]
She married Wiiam Tenney in 1720.[3]
She may have passed away suddenly in 1749.[4]
Children
- William
- Mehitable
- Oliver
- Jane m. Jewett
- Ruth m. Blanchard
- Eunice m. Ellsworth
- Hannah m. Pearson
- Benjamin
- Richard
- Mary m. Noyes
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-C256 : 18 October 2022), Mehittable Pearson, 18 May 1695; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMT-F36 : 15 January 2020), Mehittable Pearson, 1695.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNZ-QW5 : 20 May 2022), William Tenney, 3 Sep 1720; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.
- ↑ The Tenney family, or the descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638-1890 (1904), p. 28. [1]
- George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 277 & 376 - 377. Also available at: [2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable 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 Mehitable:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable 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 Mehitable:
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~0.39%
Cheryl (Leonard) Burdick
:
23andMe, GEDmatch Cr3322011 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jackie Wilkins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A775411 [compare], Ancestry member JackieBurke
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Michelle (Ashby) Ramsey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A087232 [compare], Ancestry member mmramsey2015
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