Benjamin
Brokaw
Born in Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Davis Brokaw
and Jannet (Custard) Brokaw
Brother of
Abraham Brokaw, Sarah (Brokaw) McKibben, George Davis Brokaw Jr., Judith Brokaw, John Brokaw, Mary (Brokaw) Smith, Isaac Joris Brokaw and Peter Brokaw
Husband of
Catherine (McMillan) Brokaw
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary Ann (Smith) Brokaw
— married
29 Mar 1814 in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Jane (Brokaw) McAllister, Catherine (Brokaw) Mitzel, Mary Ann (Brokaw) Gheen, George Brokaw, Obediah Saloman Brokaw, James S. Brokaw and Sarah Jane (Brokaw) Valentine
Died
at age 81
in Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2018
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Biography
Benjamin was born in 1779. He passed away in 1861.
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2019), memorial page for Benjamin Brokaw (28 Dec 1779–14 Sep 1861), Find A Grave Memorial no. 51760739, citing Ebenezer Cemetery, Morgan County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Dennis Lee Brokaw, Sr. Lcdr. USN Ret. (contributor 47251658) .
- Children's records
- FamilySearch.org
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
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~1.56%
Lori (McKibben) Genzen
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Randall Plummer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KP3008761 [compare]
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