John
Christmas
Sr
Born in Hanover, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Cross Christmas
and Annie (Duke) Christmas
Brother of
Agnes (Christmas) Whitlock, Catherine (Christmas) Higgason, Rachel (Christmas) Chisholm and Thomas Christmas
Husband of
Mary (Graves) Christmas
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Christmas, Thomas Christmas, John Christmas, Mary Elizabeth (Christmas) Green, Richard Christmas, William Christmas and James Christmas
Died
at about age 63
in Orange, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2013
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Contents |
Biography
John Christmas Sr was a Virginia colonist.
John was a large landowner and captain of the Granville County, North Carolina, militia in 1763.
John acquired about ten thousand acres of land in Orange County, North Carolina, and moved there in 1777.
In 1778 John received 450 acres on the waters of Little Creek, Orange County, North Carolina.[1]
On 9 September 1779 John was issued 117 acres in Warren County, North Carolina, on the waters of Sandy Creek at Nichol's line.[2]
John died in 1783 in Orange County, North Carolina. having lived to see his five oldest sons serve as officers during the Revolutionary War.
Will
Will of John Christmas. Orange Co., NC, Original Wills, written 11 Aug 1783, proved Nov Court 1783. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/soa4yed
Wife : Mary "Plantation where I now live,with all land on South side of Cane Creek & below Mockasson branch".
my sons Thomas and John & my daughters Mary Elizabeth & Heneritta are all married
wife Mary Christmas
my three young sons Robert, James & Charles (all under age)
… at my wifes Decease that all the Estate in her hands be also divided amongst the sd three youngest sons by my two sons Thomas Christmas & Richard.
daughter Ann _?_
my three sons Richard, William & Nathl.
grandson Henry Christmas son of John Christmas deceased - land in Warren Co. [NC]
Exrs: wife Mary Christmas, son (sic) Richard & Robert
Wit: Richard Christmas, Wm Richards, James (Truhart?)
[3]
Slaves
List of slaves for John Christmas
Sources
- ↑ https://www.nclandgrants.com/query/
- ↑ https://www.nclandgrants.com/query/
- ↑ http://www.acregenealogy.org/PDF/Estates/Orange_Co_NC_Abstracts_of_Wills.pdf
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 September 2014, 07:36), entry for John Christmass(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KKSQ-W4Z); contributed by various users.
- John Christmas, 1784 - Orange, North Carolina, United States
- Familysearch Results
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Nancy Cousins for creating WikiTree profile Christmas-97 through the import of CussonHawkinsHillHughesSurrell.ged on Jul 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.
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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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~0.78%
Diane (Mason) Gray
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Nancy Lee (Hill) Cousins :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member leecousins
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~0.39%
Tony Haywood :
23andMe, GEDmatch M456605 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M456605 [compare], Ancestry member tony_haywood50
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~0.39%
Sam Tanner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tanner_sambo
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