Born in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Job Bristol
and Adah (Sherman) Bristol
Sister of
Peter Bristol, Samuel Bristol, Sherman Bristol, Deusillah Bristol, Anson Hall Bristol [half], James Bristol [half] and Amy (Bristol) Palmer [half]
Wife of
Abel Shepard
— married
about 1789 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Fanny (Shepherd) Hodges
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2021
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Biography
Adah was born in 1771. She is the daughter of Job Bristol and Adah Sherman.
Sources
- Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 42.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adah 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 Adah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adah 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 Adah:
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~0.78%
Bob Wheatall
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member drwheatall
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~0.78%
Ann (Pangborn) Weiner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T021621 [compare]
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~0.39%
Panda (Ongley) Doutt :
23andMe
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~0.39%
William Worden :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FY4973902 [compare], FTDNA kit #38F0F6
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