Elkanah
Fawcett
Born in Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Fawcett
and Mary (Bronson) Fawcett
Brother of
Gulielma (Fawcett) Bean
Husband of
Margaret Ann (Funkhouser) Fawcett
— married
27 Oct 1846 in Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Emma Catherine (Fawcett) Cooper, Mary Alice (Fawcett) Marker, Benjamin Franklin Fawcett, Joseph Martin Luther Fawcett, Theophilus Fink Fawcett, William Penn Fawcett, Anna Luella Fawcett, Nora Belle Fawcett and Clarkson Thomas Fawcett
Died
at age 79
in Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2019
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Biography
Elkanah Fawcett was born in Frederick County, Virginia, 1820, married Margaret Ann in 1846 and lived on a farm in western Frederick County, Virginia, where also operated a saw mill. He was born into a Quaker family and remained a loyal follower of the Society of Friends and attended religious services twice a week for his entire adult life and was a trustee of the Hopewell Friends Meeting in Frederick County.
Sources
- Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZF-Z5T : 29 January 2020), Eckana... Fawcett, 1846.
- United States Census, 1850, Virginia, Frederick County, Dist. 16, family #571, p. 247B.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D9-54Q : 4 April 2020), Elkanah Fawcett in household of Joseph Fawcett, Frederick county, part of, Frederick, Virginia, United States; citing family 671, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- United States Census, 1860, Virginia, Frederick County, Dist. 7, family #359, p. 670.
- United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41N-FJV : 19 March 2020), Elkanah Fawsett, 1860.
- United States Census, 1870, Virginia, Frederick County, Opequon Dist. family #567, p.100A.
- United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFL1-R8T : 19 March 2020), Elkanah Fawcett, 1870.
- Obituary, Friends Intelligencer and Journal (Weekly Newsletter), Volume 57, p. 509. (June 30, 1900).
- Tombstone inscription, Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Old Quaker Cemetery), Frederick County, VA. Find-a-Grave memorial #209987560.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #20987560
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elkanah 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 Elkanah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elkanah 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 Elkanah:
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~0.78%
Vicki (Vail) Nardozzi
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~0.78%
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Fawcett-1217 and Fawcett-1550 appear to represent the same person because: accidentally created a duplicate
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