Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Wesley Cotham
and Martha A (Anonymous) Cotham
Sister of
John Cotham, Sarah Elizabeth Cotham, Jane E Cotham, Nancy D (Cotham) Rickman, Parley Cotham and William Isaac Cotham
Wife of
Andrew Jackson Joyce
— married
1860 in Perry, Tennessee, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 55
in Perry, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2021
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Biography
Martha was born in 1843. She passed away in 1899.
Sources
- "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT5-T6RV : 25 August 2019), Martha Cotham in entry for Anie J Joyce, 13 Feb 1964; Death, Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- 1870 United States Federal Census; Year: 1870; Census Place: District 10, Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1538; Page: 570B; Family History Library Film: 553037. [1]
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24016030/martha-a-joyce: accessed 13 September 2023), memorial page for Martha A. Cotham Joyce (20 Dec 1843–24 Apr 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #24016030, citing Denson's Landing Cemetery, Lobelville, Perry County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Sandy Holmes (contributor 46953609).
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW3-GPN : 20 February 2021), Martha Joice in household of A J Joice, District 4, Perry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 148, sheet 409D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,274.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tammy Caldwell 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A886916 [compare], Ancestry member tgCaldwell72
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~0.78%
Kelly (Popp) Kley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SH5636664 [compare], Ancestry member kellykley25
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