Born about in Suffolk, England
Son of Jonathan Groom
and Sarah (Rattle) Groom
Brother of
Mary Groom
Husband of
Elizabeth Moon
— married
1780 in Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 83
in Bedford County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Jonathan was born about 1757. He was christened on 13 May 1757 in Suffolk, England. He was the son of Jonathan Groom and Sarah Rattle[1] Jonathan passed away about 1841.
Arrival in Virginia
In May 1771, Jonathan was sentenced to transportation at Quarter Sessions in Middlesex, England and sent to America in July 1771 on the convict ship, "Scarsdale".[2][3]
Residence
- Year 1810: Bedford County, Virginia, United States[4]
- Year 1820: Southern District, Bedford County, Virginia, United States[5]
- Year 1830: Bedford County, Virginia, United States[6]
- Year 1840: Southern District, Bedford County, Virginia, United States[7]
Burial
Jonathan was buried in the Wade Burial Ground that is located near Shady Grove Baptist Church in Shady Grove, Bedford County, Virginia.[8][9]
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775
- ↑ FamilySearch. United States Census, 1810
- ↑ FamilySearch. United States Census, 1820
- ↑ ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census
- ↑ FamilySearch. United States Census, 1840
- ↑ Ancestry.com Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
- ↑ Ancestry.com U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
- U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872; T718: 1818 - 1872 05: Revolutionary War, 1833-1849, Page 356 ancestry.com
- Family data sheets collected by Wayne & Ernest Secrest -Typed 1972 by Leona Secrest Thurman
- Story about Fleming Wadkin Waldron family and Jonathan Grooms family
- Find A Grave
Note
Family tradition has it that one of his young daughters disappeared while on her way to her father who was working away from the house in the Bore Auger area. No trace was ever found of her. Another missing little one.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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 Jonathan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan 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 Jonathan:
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~3.12%
J W Webster
:
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal WYN30f818c7, Ancestry member marweb404599
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~1.56%
~6.25%
BJ Secrest :
23andMe, GEDmatch MV044748C1 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MV044748C1 [compare], Ancestry member bsecrest01
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Ellyn Parker :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Tammy Britain :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Kristina (Kittle) Adkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kristinaadkins_1
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