Born in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John (Garnsey) Guernsey
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Garnsey
Sister of
Hannah (Garnsey) Horton, Henry (Garnsey) Gernsey, Elizabeth (Garnsey) Bowen, John Garnsey, Sarah (Garnsey) Millerd, Ebenezer Garnsey, Joseph Garnsey, Mary (Garnsey) Hicks, Waitstill (Garnsey) Titus, John Garnsey, Seth (Guernsey) Garnsey Sr. and Beriah Garnsey [half]
Wife of
John Horton
— married
about 1698 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Sarah (Horton) Millard, Jonathan Horton, John Horton, Thomas Horton Sr., Mary Horton, Jotham Horton and Hezekiah Horton
Died
at age 68
in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony
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| Created 10 Mar 2011
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Biography
Mehitable was born on 2 November 1673 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of John (Garnsey) Guernsey and Elizabeth (Unknown) Garnsey.[1][2]
Mehitable was baptised on 2 September 1677 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
When Mehitable was about 24 she married John Horton in about 1698 in probably Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. The couple had 7 children: Thomas Horton, Sarah Horton, Jonathan Horton, John Horton, Mary Horton, Jotham Horton and Hezekiah Horton.[3]
Mehitable died at the age of 68 on 15 October 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: Eva Garnsey Card, The Garnsey - Guernsey Genealogy ... (Urbana, IL: E. & L. Card, 1963), p. 147 HathiTrust.org. (accessed before 15 December 2023)
- ↑ Birth: Abbreviation: Milton MA records : births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843. Title: Peter Thacher; Hannah Vose, Milton records : births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843 (Boston, Mass. : A. Mudge & Son, 1900), p. 27. Repository R39. Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116). Address. Web Address: http://www.AmericanAncestors.org (not found). HathiTrust.org. (accessed before 15 December 2023)
- ↑ Marriage: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 389, AmericanAncestors.org. (accessed before 15 December 2023)
- ↑
Death: Abbreviation: Rehoboth MA VRs , 1642-1895, Marriages, Intention, Births,Deaths. Title: James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1895, Marriages, Intention, Births, Deaths (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1992). Repository R3. Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA). Address. Web Address. Source: #S-1989558259. Page: Ancestry Family Trees. Data. Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21443475/family/pedigree?cfpid=1526158161. Citing: Page: page 834
- Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
- Text: Abigail Palmer died 5 March 1709-10 (accessed before 15 December 2023)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable 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 Mehitable:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mehitable 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 Mehitable:
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~0.78%
~12.50%
William Baker 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212457 [compare], Ancestry member whbaker44
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~0.78%
Rozella (Herrick) Van Winkle :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Janet (Gothard) Gardner :
23andMe, GEDmatch A287268 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A287268 [compare], Ancestry member gothard1955
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Jennifer (Baker) Corcoran :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A342663 [compare], yourDNAportal JEN713c31cd, Ancestry member Jmbaker80
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~0.39%
Jackie (Van Winkle) Myrick :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jacquelyn1980
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~0.39%
Edward Maby :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member e_maby
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~0.39%
Bruce Goldstone :
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Garnsey-22 and Garnsey-7 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same dates
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