Born in Waldron, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of George Saunders
and Alice (Ashdown) Hook
Brother of
Henry Hook [half], Foster Thomas Hook [half], Alice Hook [half], Lilias Hook [half], Ellen Hook [half], Albert Hook [half], Louis Hook [half], Peter Hook [half], Peter Spencer Hook [half] and David Hook [half]
Husband of
Hannah (Barwell) Saunders
— married
20 Mar 1860 in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah Ashdown (Saunders) Covey
Died
at age 63
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Biography
Demas was born in 1834. He passed away in 1898.
Sources
- East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920; East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR 499/1/2/1
- Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records, 1847-1868
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Demas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Demas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Demas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Demas:
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~1.56%
Darin Neves
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M135627 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T075282 [compare]
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~1.56%
Richard Neves :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T307337 [compare], FTDNA kit #300009
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~0.78%
Chandra Meek :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cmeek51982
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