Tabitha (Gannaway) Lorton (1763-1838) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Tabitha Lorton formerly Gannaway

Born 14 May 1763 in Buckingham Co. or Prince Edward Co., Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of John Gannaway [uncertain] and Mary (MacGregor) Gannaway [uncertain]

Sister of William Gannaway, John Gannaway, Catherine (Gannaway) Sanders, Thomas Gannaway, Gregory Gannaway, Mary (Gannaway) Johns, Robert Gannaway, Frances Florence Gannaway, Edmund Gannaway, Nancy Sarah (Ganaway) Malcolm, Sarah Gannaway, Elizabeth (Gannaway) Seay, Susannah (Gannaway) Walker, Marmaduke Gannaway and Fergus Gannaway

Wife of Robert Lorton — married 10 May 1779 in Prince Edward, Virginia

Descendants

Mother of John Robert Lorton, Thomas Lorton, Mary Ann (Lorton) Nance and Henry Lorton

Died 18 Aug 1838 at age 75 in Greene, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Birth

Death

Notes

Marriage license obtained in Prince Edward County.

Tabitha was born in 1763. She passed away in 1838.

Sources

WikiTree profile Gannaway-39 created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.

Source: S-2052917492 Repository: #R-2139398877 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21058954&pid=2436
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Source: S-2052921884 Repository: #R-2139398877 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0

Source: S-2053992214 Repository: #R-2139398877 Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5774::0

Repository: R-2139398877 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

Source: S-2052921884 Repository: #R-2139398877 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0

Source: S-2053992214 Repository: #R-2139398877 Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5774::0
DAR Applications. Gravestone.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45005805/tabitha-lorton
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR49-YX5 : 29 January 2020), Tabitha Gannaway in entry for Robert Lorton, 1779.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Tabitha 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 Tabitha:

~1.56% ~3.12% Jeanette (Hester) Brewer : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM9905107 [compare], Ancestry member sherri30625
~0.78% Jerry Ellis : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Jack Sanders : 23andMe
~0.78% Eddie Gorham : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A669235 [compare], Ancestry member EddieGorham
~0.78% Nancy (Armistead) Dudley : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ndudley1
~0.78% Terry Naught : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FU5606390 [compare], Ancestry member terrynaught
~0.78% ~3.12% Annmarie (Nuckols) Stafford : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sat_2567
~0.78% Joe Malcom : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #791981
~0.78% ~1.56% Sherri (Brewer) Smith : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H516956 [compare]

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Roger Jones

I believe that the John Gannaway who was married to Mary McGregor was Tabitha's half brother, not her father. A sampler produced by Mary McGregor Gannaway lists the names and dates of birth of her children: there is no Tabitha. John's father was named John also, and is often referred to as "John, Sr. or "John, the Elder." John the Elder remarried very late in life on 10 Jun 1760 in Prince Edward County Virginia to the widow, Mary Byrum (I have her maiden name as Scott; will look for documentation for the maiden name). I believe that Tabitha was born from this union. John Gannaway Sr. had landholdings in several counties in Virginia, one of which was a land grant dated 26 Jun 1759 for 1023 acres in Cumberland County Virginia on Willis's Creek and Great Guinea. This same property was sold by Robert Lorton (with Tabitha waiving dower) on 22 Dec 1783, which fits in well with the time of John Sr's death.

posted Oct 05, 2021 by Roger Jones