Benjamin
Gregory
Born in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Son of Jacob Gregory
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Joanna Chestnut (Palmer) Gregory
— married
21 Dec 1818 in Monroe, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Jane C Gregory, Dollie Ingert (Gregory) McClelland, Phillip W Gregory, Rhoda Wilson Gregory, Elizabeth (Gregory) McNew, Jacob Gregory, Mary Catherine (Gregory) McNew and Samuel T Gregory
Died
at age 63
in Washington, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2016
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Biography
Native Virginian
Benjamin was born in 1793 in Rockbridge, Virginia. He was a cobbler and married Joanna Palmer in Monroe County, Virginia (present day West Virginia) on December 21, 1818. They migrated to the Lindell community of Washington County, Virginia in the mid-1850's with their son Phillip and his wife Amanda Palmer.
1850 Census , Rockbridge County, Virginia
- Benjamin Gregory M 56 Virginia
- Joana Gregory F 46 Virginia
- Jane C Gregory F 28 Virginia
- Philip Gregory M 21 Virginia
- Elizabeth Gregory F 18 Virginia
- Jacob Gregory M 15 Virginia
- Mary C Gregory F 14 Virginia
- Samuel Gregory M 6 Virginia
- William D I Gregory M 21 Virginia[1]
Benjamin Gregory died in 1857 in Washington County, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-6V7 : 12 April 2016), Benjamin Gregory, Rockbridge county, part of, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States; citing family 426, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Becky Coltrane Greening, December 2014
- Ancestry.com
- Paul V Price
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin 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 Benjamin:
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~3.12%
Margaret Ann (Coltrane) Hurt
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Rosetta McNew :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Elizabeth Coltrane :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #541538
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~1.56%
Meghan Coltrane :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Julie Stillman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A452896 [compare], Ancestry member Julieystillman
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~0.78%
Debra Kesterson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DebraKesterson
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