Increase
B
Blethen
Born in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Blethen III
and Hannah (Keene) Blethen
Brother of
James Blethen, Sarah (Blethen) Wyman, Hannah (Blethen) Chase, Wealthy (Blethen) Day and Job Blethen
Husband of
Isabella Allen (Whitney) Blethen
— married
26 Oct 1784 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Maine
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Blethen) McKeen, Sarah (Blethen) Richardson, James Blethen, Esther B (Blethen) Byron, Increase Blethen and Aurilea (Blethen) Toothaker
Died about
at about age 82
in Phillips, Franklin, Maine, United States
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Biography
Increase Blethen served with 13th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Increase was born in 1758.
He passed away in 1837.[1]
Research Notes
13th. Mass. Inft. Rev. War Burial: Byron Cemetery Phillips Franklin County Maine, USA
He passed away in 1838.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/45182938/increase-blethen : accessed 02 May 2021), memorial page for Increase Blethen (15 May 1755–14 Sep 1837), Find A Grave: Memorial #45182938, citing Byron Cemetery, Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Stuart Strout Woodside Skolfield (contributor 46954007).
- "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-9VW : 13 March 2018), Increase Blethan, 1837; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,837.
- "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-8ZN : 10 February 2018), Increase Bliffin and Isabella Whitney, 26 Oct 1784; citing Civil, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 223,931.
- "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4C8-25F : 10 February 2018), Ineniasi Blethen in entry for Mary Blethen, 28 Oct 1785; citing PHILLIPS,FRANKLIN,MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,744.
- "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-632 : 10 February 2018), Increase Blithen and Elizabeth Malcom, 09 Sep 1802; citing Civil, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 223,931.
- Geneology of the Blethen family [1]
- The Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints pedigree chart filled in by Dale Griffin
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Increase 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 Increase:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Increase 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 Increase:
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~1.56%
Hal Stewart
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A1194447 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeane Berry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M61246 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A822290 [compare], Ancestry member JeaneBerry, FTDNA kit #N65967
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F351269 [compare], FTDNA kit #351269
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~0.78%
Zoë Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch LF1026201 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EW7106280 [compare], Ancestry member zoegill_2000
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~0.78%
Peter Wildes :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Richard Shibles :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rmshibles
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sharon (Given) Rowles :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
John White :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SK7583864 [compare], Ancestry member realjwstorm
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Blethen-99 and Blethen-35 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
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Wendy (Skillings) Taylor
Blethen-67 and Blethen-35 appear to represent the same person because: married to same person
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by Wendy (Skillings) Taylor
Featured National Park champion connections: Increase is 12 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 18 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 12 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 22 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 12 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 13 degrees from Stephen Mather, 20 degrees from Kara McKean, 14 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: Unsung Heroes of the Revolutionary War | Byron Cemetery, Phillips, Maine | 13th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army, American Revolution