Jonathan
F
Bridgewater
Jr.
Born in Amherst, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Bridgewater
and Mary Ann (Clark) Bridgewater
Brother of
Samuel Bridgewater, Lucy Bridgewater, William Bridgewater, Mary (Bridgewater) Hardy, Elizabeth Betsy (Bridgewater) Moore, Sally (Bridgewater) Moore and Nathaniel Bridgewater
Husband of
Nancy (Ewers) Bridgewater
— married
1 Jan 1791 in Amherst, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Nathan Bridgewater, William Bridgewater, Mary Jane Bridgewater, Martha H. Bridgewater, William A. Bridgewater and Matthew P. Bridgewater
Died
at age 83
in Adair County, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
Jonathan Bridgewater, son of Jonathan Bridgewater (1724-1805) and Mary Ann (Clark) Bridgewater (abt.1729-1774), was born 1764 in Henrico County.
Profession, marriage, children and residency
He married on 1 jan 1791 with Nancy Ewers (1770-1854) (daughter of Thomas Ewers). [1]
They were the parents of five sons and one daughter.
Jonathan F. Bridgewater, Jr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was mentioned in Allen's History of Green County, Kentucky, 1872. (Reprint, Green County Historical Society).
He moved to Amherst Co., Virginia, after the Revolutionary War; then by 1801 to Green Co., Kentucky. He bought 648 acres on Russell Creek, a branch of the Green River, jointly with his brother-in-law, William Ewers. He is recorded there until just after 1820 when he appears in the records of Adair Co., Kentucky. Settlement of Estate recorded 27 May 1850: Adair Co., Kentucky, Deed Book N, p. 528.
Died
He died in Cane Valley, Adair County, Kentucky, USA on 1 January 1848 at the age of 83 years old.
Buried
He was buried together with his wife at the family cemetery Bridgewater Cemetery, Cane Valley, Adair County, Kentucky. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", [1], Johanthan Bridgwater, 1791.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images. [2]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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 Jonathan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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 Jonathan:
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~1.56%
Ellyn Parker
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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