John
Gantt
Born in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Gantt III
and Rachel (Smith) Gantt
Husband of
Margaret (Wright) Gantt
— married
3 Apr 1761 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Wright Gantt
Died
at about age 70
in Berkeley, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2020
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Biography
John was born in 1740. He passed away in 1811.
Sources
- 1 Oct 1776: John Gantt buys property from Ralph and Eleanor Wormsley on Bullskin Marsh, Berkeley County VA (WV)
- 15 Mar 1779: John Gantt conveys 1125 to his sons: Henry Gantt, Edward Gantt, John Gantt, Berkeley County
- Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records 1780-1784; Liber FF 1 {Abstract by Mike Marshall}; Page 102. At the request of Edward Gantt the following Deed was recorded March 8, 1781
Indenture made January 4, 1781; John Gantt, Gentleman and Margaret Gantt his wife of Berkeley County, Virginia in consideration of 1500 pounds sterling paid by Edward Gantt, Gentleman of PGCo has sold part of four tracts called "Brooke Grove", "North Hampton", "Reparation" and "Heart's Delight" [Harts Delight] and bounded by lands of Thomas Gantt, Basil Waring Osborn Sprigg. Signed John Gantt, Margaret Gantt (and relinquished her dower) in the presence of and acknowledged before Richard Henderson, James Beck
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DNA Connections
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%
Emily Waring
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A852106 [compare], yourDNAportal EMI8c6573e4
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