Born about in Colony of Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Cheek Jr.
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 39
[location unknown]
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The Birth and Death Dates are a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
- "The name of John's wife, Sina, comes from a land deed from Essex County, VA, dated Mar. 6, 1714/15, where it is spelled phonetically "Sinor". In some British dialects, people pronounce an "r" at the end of words ending in 'a...' This characteristic can also be heard in places like Appalachia and especially Boston, where people say things like "I have an idear" instead of "idea." In old census records from North Carolina, I have seen names spelled phoenetically in very interesting ways, such as "Louzanner" (Louisiana), "Oriller" (Aurelia), and "Macajer" (Micajah)... The name "Sina" was probably short for a name ending in "-sine" such as Thomasine. Some sources identify her as Sinor DYER. This does not appear to be documented, although it is true that the Cheeks were neighbors of the Dyer family in Essex County."[1]
Sina Dyer was the wife of John Cheek, Jr. and mother of
- Richard Cheek, possibly 3 children
- John Cheek III, wife/children unknown
- William Chick m. Susannah, 5 children
- Robert Cheek, m. Ann Cocke, 9 children
- James Cheek 1734-bef. 1780, 3 possible children
Research Notes
6 Mar 1714/15, John Chick and ux, Sinor of Essex to Erasmus Allen of same for 3,400 lbs tobacco, 100 acres, part of 1,563 aces formerly granted to said Chicke by Mr Edwin Thacker and to the said Thacker by patent 20 Apr 1687, adjoining Thomas Hucklecott, James Taylor, James Boughan, the rooling road, Andrew Dyer & John Gatewood; witnesses: John Allen, Harbert Waggoner, Jane (her mark) Richason; signed: John (his mark) Cheeke & Sinor (her mark) Cheeke.[2]
Sources
- ↑ R.L. Moon. (2004-2009) John Cheek, Jr., of Essex and King & Queen Counties, VA. Retrieved on 27 December 2015 from The Cheek Family of Alleghany County, NC
- ↑ Essex, Virginia, Deeds & Wills 14, pp. 347-350.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sina 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 Sina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sina 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 Sina:
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~0.78%
Larry Richardson
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Patricia Stanifer :
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~0.78%
Joyce (Clark) Luxton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZM2910853 [compare], FTDNA kit #600301
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~0.39%
Nanalee (Caudill) Wrenn :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Christa Cochran :
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~0.39%
Ken Higgins :
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~0.39%
Benny Reed :
23andMe, GEDmatch UT4156130 [compare]
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~0.39%
Robert Parks :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ2889318 [compare], Ancestry member lauraparks86rn
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AZ2889318 [compare], FTDNA kit #B663140
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch AZ2889318 [compare]
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~0.39%
Anonymous Vandy :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Pam (Sandlin) Niedert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Happiestcamper
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~0.39%
Donna (Reynolds) Mirra :
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~0.39%
Diane Clark :
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~0.39%
Mary (Spradley) Morken :
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~0.39%
Frankie Gilbert :
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~0.39%
Gary Clark :
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~0.39%
Ron Kirk :
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~0.39%
Susan Collins :
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~0.39%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare], Ancestry member r_Cheek
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Shirley Gilbert :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Robert Sparks :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ray Clark :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NQ4687829 [compare], FTDNA kit #B1714
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Doris (Armstrong) McDermott
Would Sinor Dyer be the twin of Sarah Dyer B 1673 D1696. They were both married to Cheek family members. The Cheek and Dyer families were neighbors.
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David Martin
Dyer-11709 and Dyer-6799 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Very little is known about her, including her LNAB, so the dates don't match. There is no source for these dates, though...
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by David Martin
Featured National Park champion connections: Sina is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 15 degrees from George Catlin, 11 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 20 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 24 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 21 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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