Born in Niagara, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua Bowerman
and Abigail (Chase) Bowerman
Sister of
Joseph L. Bowerman
Wife of
Jeremiah Westgate
— married
1835 in Raisin Center, Raisin Township, Lenawee, Michigan Territory, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Orlando Westgate
Died
at age 40
in Raisin Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2020
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1813. She passed away in 1853.
Sources
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3XCF-4KK : accessed 7 March 2020), entry for Dorcas /Bowerman/; "mcconnell" file (2:2:2:MM6Q-5Z1), submitted 14 September 2017 by Whit Mcconnell [identity withheld for privacy].
Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan. By John I. Knapp and R.I. Bonner. Published 1903 by The Times Printing Co. Pages 282 & 283
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Dorcas:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Michael Adams 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member baldgreybeard
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~0.78%
Linda (Williams) Martino :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JE1639418 [compare], Ancestry member Martino2000
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZK9422291 [compare]
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