Captain
John
Byars
Sr.
Born in James City, Hanover, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Byars I
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
William Byars [half], Nathaniel Reuben Byars Sr [half] and Mourning (Byars) Corley [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Thomasson) Byars
— married
23 Dec 1754 in Louisa County, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
James Byers, Sarah (Byars) Cole, John Joshua Byars Jr, Martha (Byars) Harris, Fleming Byars, Ann (Byars) Smith, Jemima (Byars) Fairchild and William M. Byars
Died about
at about age 47
in Louisa County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
John was born in 16 Mar 1734 in Hanover County, Virginia. He was the son of James Byars and Peggy Gentry m [1]
Marriage
John Byars married Elizabeth Thomasson, daughter of George Thomason and Mary "Polly" Pollard, on 23 December 1754.[2] [3] They had six known children:
- Sarah (Byars) Cole
- John Byars Jr
- Fleming Byars
- Ann (Byars) Smith
- Jemima Byars
- William M Byars
Death
John passed away 21 Nov 1781 (aged 47) in Louisa County, Virginia. Non-Cemetery Burial. [4]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/286457/?offset=0#page=3&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=gentry
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/286457/?offset=0#page=4&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=gentry
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130295225/john-byars
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130295225?search=true
- Tucker, Marjorie Stewart. ''Descendants of John Byars (1690-after 1734).
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Anonymous (Motley) Anonymous.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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~1.56%
Warren Snell
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wsnell
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B391797
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~1.56%
Martha Whitney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marthalwhitney
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~0.78%
Gilbert Douglas :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ke4nrl
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Linda Crouch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A600330 [compare], Ancestry member dhpearce_1
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~0.78%
James Adams :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JimAdams1949
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~0.78%
Max (Horton) Byars-Horton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F24059 [compare], FTDNA kit #N24059
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Mary A. (O'Brien) Martin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M700074 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A6349056 [compare], Ancestry member MAO_Brien
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T6349056 [compare], FTDNA kit #B502937
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~0.39%
Sherrie (Butcher) Anderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M211547 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M211547 [compare], Ancestry member Butcher_Sherrie
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~0.39%
Mandy (Wallace) Barousse :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Linda (Williams) Martino :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JE1639418 [compare], Ancestry member Martino2000
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZK9422291 [compare]
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~0.39%
Glenn Mallard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A759107 [compare], Ancestry member mallgln
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~0.39%
Don Nolen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A693327 [compare], Ancestry member davidkopka
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~0.39%
Eva Pritchard :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Mary Brooke (McEachern) McElreath :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Lois Staggs :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H728961 [compare]
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Thanks,
Mary