Born about in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Larue Jacob Truax
and Rebecca Abigail (Stillwell) Truax
Sister of
Catherine (Truax) Winters, Benjamin Phillip Truax Sr, Elizabeth (Truax) Wink, Jacob Truax, Samuel B Truax, John Truax, Obadiah Truax SR, Catherine (Truax) Stillwell, Philip Truax, Stillwell Truax and Joseph Truax
Wife of
Obadiah Stillwell
— married
about 1756 in Pennsylvania
Wife of
James Warford
— married
about 1780 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jul 2014
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Biography
After the death of her husband, Obadiah Stillwell, Eleanor married James Warford:
- "At an Orphans court held at Bedford in and for the County of Bedford the twenty sixth day of August the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty before James Martin Thomas Paxton Moses Reed Esquires Justices of the same County
- Came into Court Elias Stillwell eldest son of Obadiah Stillwell deceased a Minor above the age of fourteen years and choose Edward Coombe and Jeremiah Stillwell to be Guardians over his person and Estate. ~ Also at the request of Eleanor Warford late Widow of the above named Obadiah Stillwell deceased the Court appoint Edward Coombe and Jeremiah Stillwell to be Guardians over the persons & Estates of Eleanor Susannah & Obadiah Stillwell Minor Children of the said Obadiah Stillwell deceased under the age of fourteen years. ~"
- "Orphans Court Bedford 23 March 1782,
- James Martin Gideon Ritchie } Esquires David Espy James Warford and Eleanor his wife appeared in Court and Exhibited and account of their Administration on the Estate of Obadiah Stillwell deceased and had the same passed by the Register and allowed by the said Court by which it appears to the Court by the said Account that a Ballance [sic] L 90 s7 -2 remains in the hands of the Accountants and distribution being made there appears to be due Elias the eldest son of the said deceased."[1]
Sources
- ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, Orphans Court Dockets (microfilm), Volume 1-3, 1772-1824
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor 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 Eleanor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eleanor 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 Eleanor:
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~0.78%
Darlah Counts
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Julie (Maple) Tremblay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KJ3843494 [compare], Ancestry member tremsing
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #534847
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~0.39%
Kendall Welton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kendallwelton
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