Born about in Richmond County, Virginia Colony
Daughter of John Grimes Travenor
and Elizabeth (Stephenson) Travenor
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joshua Hightower III
— married
1720 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Charnel Hightower, Catherine (Hightower) Thorn, Sarah (Hightower) Hackney, Susanna (Hightower) Hammond, Lettice Hightower, Joseph Hightower, Tavenor Hightower, Susannah Hightower, Thomas Hightower, Joshua Hightower, Robert W. Hightower and Epaphroditus Hightower Sr
Died
at about age 97
in Nottaway Parish, Amelia County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Susannah (Travenor) Hightower is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A208360.
Susannah was born about 1700. She passed away in 1797.
- Name
- Susannah Tavenor
- Born
- 1703
- Richmond Co, Virginia
- Parents
- Father: John TAVENOR
- Mother: Elizabeth STEPHENSON
- Died
- 1797
- Nottaway Parish, Amelia Co., VA.
- Note: Age: 93-94.
- Marriage
- Married Joshua Hightower II
- Married: 1720 in Richmond County, colonial Virginia
- Children:
- Charnel Hightower b: 30 OCT 1721 in Richmond Co., Virginia
- Catherine Hightower b: 5 OCT 1723
- Ann Hightower b: 1726
- Lettice Hightower b: 17 MAR 1729 in N. Farnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia
- Joseph Hightower b: 13 OCT 1731
- Susannah (Ann) Hightower b: 13 APR 1734
- Robert W. Hightower b: 24 SEP 1737 in Of Richmond Co., VA
- Tavenor Hightower b: 22 APR 1740
- Epaphroditus Hightower b: 1742
Sources
- US & International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Virginia Census 1607-1890
- One World Tree
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records - Susannah in entry for Robert Hightower, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
- Susanna in entry for Tavener Hightower, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
See also:
- Hightower information on RootsWeb - Susannah Tavenor
- The Family on RootsWeb - Susannah Tavenor
- Source: S-140190146 Repository: #R-793797930 Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=88193379&pid=292 - Repository: R-793797930 Ancestry.com
- Source: S-140258401 Rogers_Stafford Family Tree Web Site Kat Note:
MyHeritage family tree
Family site: Rogers_Stafford Family Tree Web Site
Family tree: 187739742-1 Susannah Hightower (born Tavenor) 6 FEB 2016 Note: Event: Discovery Added via an Instant Discovery™ - Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 2, 2019), "Record of Susannah Hightower", Ancestor # A208360.
Acknowledgments
Thomas Hackney by 19 Jul 2018.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah 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 Susannah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susannah 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 Susannah:
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Ellen Pierce 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M019694 [compare]
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~0.39%
Virginia (Bolton) Hans :
23andMe, GEDmatch M606216 [compare]
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~0.39%
D R Thorn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member david2north
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~0.39%
Peggy (Stewart) Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dpt201
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