James Harvey Symmonds (1820 - 1902)

Born 21 Sep 1820 in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio

Ancestors

Son of John Henry Symmonds and Margaret (Hoffman) Symmonds

Husband of Cassandra (Newman) Symmonds — married 4 Mar 1844 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1902 at age 81 in Hancock County, Illinois

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Biography

James Harvey Symmonds, born September 21, 1820. Died August 25, 1902. Married Cassandra Newman March 4, 1844. To them were born three sons and five daughters. After Cassandra's death he married Louisa (Eliza Jane) Clapper.

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Came to Adams Co. IL from Indiana in 1845 in a covered wagon, pulled by oxen, with his wife Cassandra and son Issac. Later moved in to Hancock Co. IL; later settled on a farm in Scotland Co. near Greensburg, MO. Besides farming he was a baritone and a leader of a singing society, a pioneer of art, and a Star carrier between Greensburg and Memphis, MO.^[1]

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James Harvey Symmonds is the son of John Henry Symmonds Jr. and Margaret "Peggy" Hoffman Symmonds. He was born in Ohio, moving west with his family--first to western Indiana where he married his first wife, Cassandra [alt Cassender] (Newman) Symmonds on March 14, 1844, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The couple and their older children moved further west arriving in Adams County, Illinois in 1845 in an ox-pulled wagon. James and Cassandra were the parents of nine children: Isaac, Mary Angeline, Sarah Jane, Malinda Anna, Loyal Firman, Evangilene, Benjamin F., Zeurah, and Ada. After Cassandra's death in 1865, James married Eliza Jane Clapper on January 24, 1867, in Adams County, Illinois. She gave birth to two children, Squire Alexander and Margaret, then died in 1869 at the age of 32. On December 20, 1874, James married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thompson. Except for a brief time in Missouri, James Harvey and his family farmed in Hancock County, Illinois.^[2]

Notes

DNA Confirmation

There is evidence, through autosomal DNA tests, to support the relationship of James Harvey Symmonds to his decendants.

Fourth cousins - The first common ancestors we found for Wendy Smith and Bruce Porter are James H. Symmonds and Cassandra (Newman) Symmonds.

0.46% DNA shared across 3 segments; Predicted Relationship 3rd Cousin (3rd to 5th Cousin)

Chr 5 (936,218 to 3,210,176) 7.2 cMs 744 SNPs

Chr 17 (59,557,282 to 69,607,546) 13.7 cMs 1,906 SNPs

Chr 17 (71,501,486 to 76,943,971) 13.4 cMs 1,289 SNPs

The expected DNA to be shared for a fourth cousin is 0.1953125% or approximately 13.28 cM.

Third cousins - The first common ancestors we found for Connie Perry and Bruce Porter are Calvin G. Sams and Sarah Jane (Symmonds) Sams; Sarah Jane is the daughter of James H. Symmonds and Cassandra (Newman) Symmonds.

0.47% DNA shared across 3 segments; Predicted Relationship 3rd Cousin (3rd to 5th Cousin)

Chr 9 (125,253,806 to 136,909,261) 18.8 cMs 2,487 SNPs

Chr 22 (48,218,952 to 51,178,090) 10.4 cMs 953 SNPs

The expected DNA to be shared for a third cousin is 0.78125% or approximately 53.13 cM.

fourth cousins - The first common ancestors we found for Connie Perry and Wendy Smith are James H. Symmonds and Cassandra (Newman) Symmonds.

Chr 5 (73,000,000 to 96,000,000) 22.0 cM 4,128 SNPs

Chr 16 (78,000,000 to 84,000,000) 16.2 cM 2,375 SNPs

The expected DNA to be shared for a fourth cousin is 0.1953125% or approximately 13.28 cM.

Fourth cousins once removed - The first common ancestors we found forJohn Parsons and Bruce Porter are his parents John Henry Symmonds and Margaret (Hoffman) Symmonds.

relatives with 65.4 centiMorgans of DNA shared, and a calculated relationship of 3.9 generations

Chr 2 (192,296,710 to 225,564,988) 37.6 cMs 700 SNPs

Chr 9 (123,475,856 to 137,310,155) 27.7 cMs 700 SNPs

The expected DNA to be shared for a fourth cousin once removed is 0.09765625% or approximately ___ cM.

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Sources

1. ↑ Rootsweb Hoffman-Brooks and Companion Familes
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 15464777

Acknowledgments

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