Thomas
Edwards
Born in Orange, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Edwards
and Rebecca (Ward) Edwards
Brother of
James Edwards, John Edwards, Isabel (Edwards) Bray, Isaac Edwards, Jacob Edwards, Joshua Edwards, Jonathan Edwards and Nathan Edwards
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Thomas Edwards
Died
at age 25
in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2017
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Biography
He was a member of Capt Joab Brooks' Company from Chatham County during the Revolutionary War
Said to have died on 15 Mar 1781 at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Married Ruth Andrews
- Children:
- Abel b. Nov/Dec 1776
- Thomas b. 28 Jan 1781
Research Notes
- GedMatch Gedcom 9734845 : P1
Sources
- Pamphlet published in 1896 in the Cayuga Herald, Cayuga, Indiana entitled "The Names of the Children of Joshua Edwards and Rebecca Edwards" (Edwards Family Reunions)
- Roster Of Capt. Joab Brook's Company, Chatham County, North Carolina Militia 1772 (Chatham County 1771- 1791, by Hadley, Horton, and Strowd (pp. 449-450). Original source materials located at the Archives and History Library, Raleigh, North Carolina) https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dansgen/joabmil.htm
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~1.56%
Jean (Seip) Schnaare
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Robert Pinder :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A231576 [compare]
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~0.78%
John Lawrence :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #30365
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Alice Ann Fesmire :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A375139 [compare], Ancestry member aliceannaa1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A375139 [compare]
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~0.78%
Arthur Fesmire :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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