Phoebe Harmon was born at Machias, Maine, 29 Jul 1803, the daughter of Benjamin Harmon and Sarah Hill;
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died at Crawford, Maine, 30 Mar 1847, ae 44y 7m, and buried there in the Old Crawford Cemetery;
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married at Cooper, Maine, 12 Jun 1825, John Seavey,
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born at Machias, 11 Feb 1807,
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the son of John Sevey/Seavey and Abigail Libby; died at Calais, Maine, 5 Jun 1857, ae 50y, he "formerly of Crawford".
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Pheobe (Harmon) Seavey is found with her husband, John, on the death record of their daughter, Susan F. (Seavey) Lowry.
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Sources
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Joseph Crook Anderson II, ed., Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 3, p. 122
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"Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-T7YB : 16 March 2018), Phebe Seavey, 1847; citing Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States, Fenlason Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,351.
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-P3R : 29 October 2019), John Seavy, Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑Maine Families in 1790 , loc. cit., and Vol. 7, p. 441
↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-XHC4 : 13 March 2018), John Seavey in entry for Susan F Lowry, Death 08 Jan 1912; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,150
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Phebe:
Thank you, Paula. Practice makes perfect. I just keep pecking away at the dozens and dozens of poorly sourced Downeast Maine profiles, most of whom are cousins.