Elizabeth was born about 1760. She is the daughter of William Hunton and Judith Kirk. In her father's 1815 will, he wrote, " my daughter Betsy Morehead's living children" indicating that she had already died.[1]
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8X-1HW : 11 February 2018), Presley Morehead and Elizabeth Hunton, 18 May 1778; citing Fauquier County, Virginia, reference 73; FHL microfilm 31,633.
Rixey, Randolph Picton, 1868-1932, The Rixley genealogy, with references to the Morehead, Hunton, Gibbs, Hall, Thomas, Jones, Lewis, Chancellor, Pendleton, Smith and all other allied families, J.P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1933, page 367.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy 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 Betsy: