Born in Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Meredith Yancey
and Elizabeth Chambers (Allen) Markham
Sister of
Mary C. Yancey and Garland Meredith Yancey
Wife of
John Fletcher Freeland
— married
20 Dec 1860 (to about 1868) in Orange County, North Carolina, USA
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 37
in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2013
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Biography
Harriet was born in 1831. She is the daughter of Meredith Yancey and Elizabeth Allen. [1]
Father Meredith died in 1836. In the Census of 1850, she is shown living in a household with her mother & sisters in the household of Julia Allen.
Harriet married John F. Freeland, on December 20, 1860 in Orange County, North Carolina.
Harriet died about 1868 in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Coltrane Milholen for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Coltrane and others.
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Coltrane Milholen, May 30, 2013
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BS-5JP : 23 December 2020), Harriet Yancy in household of Julia Allen, Granville, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87C-KYJ : 14 February 2020), Harriett B. Yance in entry for John F. Freeland, 1860.
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87C-KYJ : 14 February 2020), Harriett B. Yance in entry for John F. Freeland, 1860.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harriet by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Harriet:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harriet by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Harriet:
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~6.25%
Bill Yancey
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T451063 [compare]
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~6.25%
Richard Forsyth :
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~3.12%
Marsha (Cain) Richardson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T033903 [compare]
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All records I've found only show 3 children, Harriet, Mary and Garland. I think this Henrietta was an error made on a letter written in 1950 to Mrs. Trewhella.
In this letter she says: Elizabeth Chambers Allen m. 1st Yancy Meredith Oct 23 1829 At least one child Henrietta Yancey.
I believe this was just an error on her part and that Henrietta was really Harriet who was born in 1831.
I also have a journal written by Garland's daughter, Sarah, and no mention of Henrietta is made there.
Meredith and Elizabeth had a marriage bond in October 1829 and married in November 1829, so it unlikely they would have had a child in 1829.
Further proof of this is the 1830 census where Meredith is found with in a household with only 2 free whites, which would have been he and his wife.
I suggest that we merge Henretta and Harriet. What are your thoughts?
edited by Marsha (Cain) Richardson