John
Farmer
Born about in , , Maryland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Pritchett) Farmer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joel Farmer, Otho Farmer, Charles Farmer, Elias Farmer, John Farmer, Mehetible (Farmer) Gilmore, Thomas Farmer, Emmy (Farmer) Robertson and James Farmer
Died before
before about age 85
in , Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2015
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Biography
He was probably a Quaker, according to his grandson.
John and Betsy lived in the Montgomery Co., Maryland area & in about 1790 moved . . . to Loudoun Co.,Va., then shortly afterwards, moved to what is now Marion Co.,W. Va. on the Monongahela River in or near Prickett's Fort. Then about 1792, they went up the Monongahela River towards Pittsburgh, Pa. to Ft. Redstone which was just south of Pittsburgh & came down the Ohio River, then south on the Kentucky River to just n.e. of Frankfort, Ky. & settled at Ennis/Innis Station on the Elkhorn Creek, then sometime before 1800, they moved over next door to Shelby Co.,Ky.,
Sources
- Email from Don Matson to Patricia Prickett Hickin in re Joel Farmer, received 8 April 2015
- Fisher, Sid , Fishers through the Cumberland Gap. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sidfisher&id=I3616 : 10/16/2012.
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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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~0.39%
Dottie (Coiro) Mersinger
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