Born in Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Harper
and Elizabeth (Shipley) Harper
Sister of
John Harper, Sarah Jane (Harper) Hanks, Scarlett Harper, Thomas Harper, Rachel Harper, Sithe Harper, Isaac Harper and Peter Harper [half]
Wife of
John Knight Sr.
— married
1765 (to before 20 Oct 1786) in Franklin County, Province of Tennessee
Wife of
Matthew Sims
— married
after 20 Oct 1786 in Madison, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Knight Jr., Lydia (Knight) Westerman, Mary Lavinia (Knight) Stockstill, Elizabeth (Knight) Davis and Joel Sims
Died
at about age 96
in St. Helena, Louisiana, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth Harper, daughter of George Harper and Elizabeth Shipley was born in 1740 in Franklin, Tennessee. She died in 1836 (aged 95–96) in Garden District, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States and was buried at Bayou Saint John Cemetery in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1]
Elizabeth married twice. Her first marriage was to John Knight, Sr. (1738-1787) . Their known children included:
- Nancy Knight (1766
- John Knight, Jr. (1770)
- Lydia "Liddy" Knight Westerman (1773)
- Elizabeth Knight Davis (1780)
- Mary Lavinia Knight Stockstill (1780)
On On 20 Oct 1786 Elizabeth Night married Matthew Sims in Madison, Kentucky, United States. [2]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113425157/elizabeth-knight_sims
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z8-SDY : Fri Oct 20 00:10:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Matthew Sims and Elizabeth Night, 20 Oct 1786.
See also:
- Madison County, KY - Received from Matthew Syms 7 shillings in full for my fee for issuing marriage license. /s/ Will Irvine, C.C. * 19 Nov 1787 - Madison County, KY (see image).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jim (Walker) Baldwin 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Robert Ratliff :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #362601
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~0.78%
Al West :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A764277 [compare], Ancestry member talwest, FTDNA kit #275306
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Chelsea Warren :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZY8838211 [compare], yourDNAportal CHE6049d292
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~0.78%
~1.56%
L (Shellhart) S :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A361935 [compare], Ancestry member Lshellhart
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~0.78%
Lis Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M484557 [compare], Ancestry member MaBerg57
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~0.78%
Jeanie (Johnson) DiLeonardo :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Esther (Wentworth) Hilling :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
James Conley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ronda (Nelson) Pack :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JB5651668 [compare], Ancestry member HolyCow2700
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michael Kelly :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T797219 [compare], FTDNA kit #16793
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~0.39%
Brittney Storemski :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bharper1126
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Ken Spratlin
Harper-16018 and Harper-3730 appear to represent the same person because: Attached to same husband, basically the same birth info. Harper-3730 has a later death, while other profile seems to lack actual death record so should use Harper-3730 instead.
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Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Harper-6780 and Harper-3730 appear to represent the same person because: they share the same vital statistics and the same spouses (two).
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by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Harper-7862 and Harper-6780 appear to represent the same person because: they share similar vital statistics and the same spouses (two).
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by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Harper-7862 and Harper-3730 appear to represent the same person because: they share similar vital statistics and the same spouse.
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by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
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