Katherine Ann Johnson, the daughter of Douglas Johnson and Phyllis Smith, was born September 27, 1943 in Schenectady, New York.
DNA
Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with a GEDmatch test match between Kay (Johnson) Wilson GEDmatch T596586 and her sister Lynn (Johnson) Andrews GEDmatch T408316. Their most MRCAs are their parents Douglas Johnson and Phyllis Smith. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.2, based on sharing 2654.8 cM across 46 segments.
Sources
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; Roll: 218; Sheet Number: 267; Enumeration District: 70-110
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There is a WikiTree profile for Benajah Williams here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-28345
According to WikiTree he's my 6th great grandfather.
Do you know how you're related to him?
Kay
if you click the link, you see the relationship path, Capt. Benajah Williams is Lawrence Smith's first cousin 8 times removed! so we are closely related..
Thank you for corrections re Nicholas, Stephen and Adam Stickles.
Adam's father is still spelled (Stickles-3) Nicholas I. Stickles, but he matches (Stickle-181) Nicholas Stickle without the "s"
ditto his mother is (Kiefer-813) ) Catharine Kiefer Stickle with no "s" and (Keifer-135) Catharina Keifer Stickles with the "S" but ei instead of ie in Keifer.
I have spelling of Kiefer and Stickles, but I am too new and reluctant to try to merge different spelling. Can you assist again? Thank you, Beverly Hulett
Yay! I merged the -3 and -271 Nicholas Stickles and fixed Stephen Stickles! Thank you. Now I need to figure out how to note he, his father, and 23 others are NSDAR Patriots..
Thank you for catching the duplication for Rosella (Murphy) Morgan. My computer/internet was glitching while working on the profiles that day, hopefully that is the only duplicate!
I think I adopted file Wooldridge-1350 because it had no file manager. Upon further examination, almost all of the "sources" are a bit sketchy. I think we should wait to merge with Wooldridge-154. So far I see no documentation that Elliot's parents were John Wooldridge and Mary Abbott. There is really very little documentation although I do share DNA with the manager of Wooldridge-154 (and also with you).
I don't understand why you think it is necessary to wait to merge Wooldridge-1350 and Wooldridge-154. The person who created Wooldridge-1350 said he was the "son of John Wooldridge and Mary Abbott". Wooldridge-154 also has them as his parents.
Mostly because there is no documentation. I mean, I agree that those two files are the same person according to FamilySearch, I just don't see anything to support a family line for Elliott Wooldridge. Actually, there is only one document to show he was even alive. I don't have an ancestry account. If there is more documentation there or somewhere else, please direct me to it.
I would be happy to make you the profile manager of this file. As I said, I just adopted it. I'm related to a relative of this person. I have no dog in this fight.
Hi, Kay! You edited Nancy Logan and changed her name. She was not married to Philip Conrad. He married Rachael Everett Enochs. There was a big court battle over their illegitimate daughter, Sarah Elzabeth Conrad. He and Rachael ended up raising her. Nothing else is known about Nancy at this date. Thank you! Tralawney Reeder
Thanks, Kay for helping out with John William Plaxton (1873-1935) and Mary Elizabeth (Stone) Plaxton (abt.1877-abt.1949). I'm very new to this so if you see me doing something wrong please let me know. One of the big strengths of wikitree is the stress on accuracy, so all pointers welcomed!
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Thanks, Jay. I'm glad you agree. You're the profile manager for both profiles, so you're the only person who can complete that merge right now. Just click on the "merge" link at the lower left corner of either profile in the "Matches and Merges" section, and follow the instructions.
Hi Kay, just found we are 8th cousins twice X through William Tuttle of New Haven. Always glad to greet a new cousin, especially one as helpful as you. Speaking of you, this word always appears on my comments instead of my name and I don’t like it. HELP!!!! How can I change it???? With special thoughts. Lula Tuttle Sinnott
Hello Kay, You flagged many of my profiles as incomplete or missing. So many that I chose to remove the DNA confirmed for all of them. I do not much care to take the time to prove a relative or ancestor is a triangulated match. The only time it should be of real concern is when trying to determine adoptive paternity. I will leave that to adoption angels from here on.
Kay, thank you for looking at my DNA confirmations. I appreciate it as I knew I didn't do them right but need to sit down and really spend time redoing them. k
Kay, thank you for looking at my DNA confirmations. I appreciate it as I knew I didn't do them right but need to sit down and really spend time redoing them. Maybe this weekend. You are the BEST!
Kay Wilson.
Have You been busy or What!!!
Thanks For find the Mergers..
I'm Honored that .
You help in My..Wikitree ..
And Your..Service to Myself and Others..
Cousin Mike...
Your James Savery was quite a character...
The case of the eccentric but brilliant James
Savery· was the most noted of the church trials
of this society. Charged with "unchristian walk
and conversation, particularly in absenting himself from the bouse of worship, traveling here and
there on the Lord's Day, unchristian feeling and
conversation towards those of his brethren who
. had labored to redeem him," he became the topic
for discussion throughout the Precinct.
Previous steps had been taken to redeem him,
both on the part of the brethren and the cburch,
when it was decided to take the third gospel step
·While a man of sterling character, Jam8!l Savery WB8 so eccentric 8S to antagonire the conventionality of common folks.
With Albert Shurtleff he shocked the tbougbtlellll people of tbe
town, by voting for abolition long before tbe rank and file could see anything objectional in chattel Blavery.
118 HISTORY OF CARVER
and he was suspended until such time as he should
make Christian satisfaction. Mter five years of
rebellion he went forward, confessed his misdemeanors and was restored to fellowship. Again
he came before the disciplinarians when, in 1823,
a committee was named to labor with him in regard to making a disturbance in the choir, an.d
failing to come to an agreement, Nathan Cobb was
detailed to call on him and respectfully request
him not to sing in such a manner as to interrupt
the singers. The following year he faced trial on
an indictment of four counts as follows filed by
Bennett Cobb:
Cutting wood on the Lord's Day.
Disturbing the choir by irregular manners.
Casting reflections upon the singers.
Disturbing the religious services of the young.
Mter a patient hearing during which the defendant was unyielding, Savery the eccentric, was
excommunicated. Still belligerent he continued
the contest, until his case went up on appeal to a
Council of Ministers. In this Council he was overruled, the church proceedings covering the trial
were adjudged regular, and in 1831 he made a full
confession and was restored to fellowship in the
church.
Thanks, Ray! I've added a link to that site to James's profile.
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Hi Kay, Just a quick note to thank you for the changes that you made this last week to some of my postings on the Doanes/Witts/DeWitts that we communicated about in our correspondences. I have more to add to many in my tree and hopefully I can finally get around to it. Bless you and thanks for all your great work. Marv
Thanks for saying okay to the merge, Lula. You’re the profile manager for both of those profiles, so you can complete the merge yourself. I’m not a profile manager for either, so I can’t.
On https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Truelock-11 scroll down to the bottom of the profile. On the lower left side in the “Matches and Merges” section, click on the link that says [merge]. You will be taken to a page where you can complete the merge yourself.
Kay
Maggie, I appreciate that you agree that the two profile should be merged, but I'm afraid that I can't complete the merge for you. That has to be done by the profile managers.
Hi Kay! Just wanted to say thank you for finding some documents on my ancestors William Cope-3109 and his wife Elizabeth a while back. I'm an amateur sleuth, and the things you found and updated on their profiles was very helpful and interesting. I really appreciate it!
Hi Kay, I noticed that you had entered information for Samuel Combs (Combs-3536). I was wondering if you had any source information for this? In particular, his marriage to Martha Langdon? I descend from his daughter Caroline Combs. Thanks!
Hi, thank you for so patiently explaining what I needed to do when I didn't take the time to look and research it myself first. That was very kind of you.
and since I know nothing about DNA testing and note that you had posted a DNA comment 2 yrs ago, could you help me understand your edit? I can't find the Father Status Indicator or even find the word "confident " on his page.
Is your edit regarding Stephen as a father or Stephen's father(John William Burt)?
"11 Feb 2022
06:02: Kay (Johnson) Wilson edited the Father Status Indicator and Data Status (Father) for Stephen Evan Burt (abt.1854-1919). (marked parent(s) 'confident' instead of confirmed with DNA because there is insufficient documentation) "
Thank You
The profile for Stephen Evan Burt-1666 previously showed that his relationship to his father, John William Burt-3656, was 'confirmed with DNA'. Two years ago, in February 2020 I left a comment indicating that there wasn't sufficient information on the profile for that relationship status, provided a link to the instructions about marking a relationship to a parent 'confirmed with DNA' and offered to help. Then recently I came across the profile again, saw that the relationship was still showing as 'confirmed with DNA', but that the necessary information to document that relationship still had not been added to the profile, so I changed his relationship to his father to 'confident'.
The Father Status Indicator is found on the 'edit' page for any profile. On the right hand side, near the top, in the 'edit family' section, you can choose from 4 different relationship statuses for the person's relationship to his/her father, and also to his/her mother: non-biological, uncertain, confident, or confirmed with DNA. To the right of each choice there is a question mark in a small black circle. Clicking on that question mark takes you to a page explaining more about that relationship status.
I hope that answers all of your questions. If it doesn't, please let me know. Thanks!
(Wes Collinwood) I have just left a message for the profile MGR of Baumgardner 142, of the proposed merge. I have checked & the 2 are the same person. I have urged him to go ahead with the merge. Or you could do it, just let me know the results. Eve is my 5X great grandmother!
Hi Kay. Thanks for your comment. However, the DNA confirmation statements you are using are much different from the statements I just created per your request, via the new DNA Confirmation Citation Maker that I used to create appropriate statements: https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php
Your DNA Confirmation statement reads:
Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with a GEDmatch test match between Kay (Johnson) Wilson GEDmatch T596586 and her sister Lynn (Johnson) Andrews GEDmatch T408316. Their most MRCAs are their parents Douglas Johnson and Phyllis Smith. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.2, based on sharing 2654.8 cM across 46 segments.
My statement was created before the DNA Confirmation Maker was developed, but I believe it is consistent with the format of the "Simple DNA Match" which is to be used when the matching test takers are third cousins or closer.
You still need to complete the merge. On either profile, scroll down to the lower left of the page, in the "Matches and Merges" section, and click on the "merge" link just below Don's name. That will take you to a page where you can complete the merge. Let me know if you don't understand, or if you still have questions. Thanks!
I'll definitely approve your merge of your record and mine of Louisa Tenney. Before I do it, I want to hear from you, and I want to update my WikiTree information about Louisa Tenney - I have her parents' names, for one thing.
People almost never reply to my WikiTree comments. I prefer to correspond by e-mail - I'm rsrichmond on gmail.
Louisa Tenney is my great-great-grandmother. How are you related to her?
I am trying to find out history for David Davis (b:@1771-1772 and died 4/1834 in Lewis Co., Kentucky. How do I search of Wiki Genealogy Feed to see if anyone is entering anything about this David Davis? It appears you added some info for David Davis.
Regards, William ("Bill" Davis [email address removed]
Both Susan DeFoe and Gershom Manchester are direct maternal line descendants of Mary Paine-49 (1616-1687), and would have inherited her mtDNA. (Note that both men and women inherit their mother's mtDNA, but only women can pass that mtDNA down to their children.)
You can see how Susan and Gershom are related by clicking on the small green box, with the two arrows facing one another, that is just to the right of Susan's name (in the DNA Connections section) on Gershom's profile .
Hi Kay, I just noticed the work you did on my many times great grandfather Walter Scott Cowan. Thanks so much! My biggest mistake when I first started at Wikitree was uploading a gedcom. And I was early in my genealogy search and didn't realize the value of sourcing and following established processes. It is volunteers like you who make Wikitree a great place to collaborate! Thank you.
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Yes I do think these two are the same, sorta new at this, so I will try to merge on my end. Have much more to add. I have all his childrens names and birthdays. He was my grandfather on my mothers side. Thank you for the comment!
Thank you. I am in the process of learning how to do this.All help is greatly appreciated. I haven't had much extra time to really learn what is what. I won't add anymore to my tree.
Thanks for your note, Diane. You've created a lot of duplicate profiles, and also confused a couple of generations of one family.
Please complete the merges that have been proposed, and before creating any new profiles for people, look around a bit on WikiTree to see if there isn't already a profile for the person on WikiTree.
Since you have been so strict with my profiles ;-)..............I see that you have your parents marked as DNA-confirmed based on a match with your sister. This match only confirms that you share the same parents but not necessarily both these parents. Your parents can only be marked as confirmed based on a test match between you/your sister and your parents.
However, I do see you have more confirmations higher up in the tree. I like to advise you to copy them to the child's profile because they do confirm the DNA trail. I have many examples were the father did not supply the DNA. Had to tell my father and uncle a few years ago that their stepfather was their biological one. Them being 100% brothers, did not confirm the official father.
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There is a WikiTree profile for Benajah Williams here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-28345 According to WikiTree he's my 6th great grandfather. Do you know how you're related to him? Kay
this 2nd cousin signed US Declaration of Independence, https://www.geni.com/path/Lawrence-Smith+is+related+to+William-Williams-signer-of-the-Declaration-of-Independence?from=6000000083443661475&path_type=blood&to=6000000002060016105
I recommend you upload your tree to geni.com , and add information here that you find there - i am sure it will fill alot of gaps
edited by Larry Smith
Adam's father is still spelled (Stickles-3) Nicholas I. Stickles, but he matches (Stickle-181) Nicholas Stickle without the "s" ditto his mother is (Kiefer-813) ) Catharine Kiefer Stickle with no "s" and (Keifer-135) Catharina Keifer Stickles with the "S" but ei instead of ie in Keifer. I have spelling of Kiefer and Stickles, but I am too new and reluctant to try to merge different spelling. Can you assist again? Thank you, Beverly Hulett
I've proposed the merges you requested. Kay
We are cousins through Richard Warren as well....
edited by Linda Newman
edited by Paul Larsen
I’ve added that information to Nancy’s profile for you. Kay
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edited by Steven Morehead
Please let me know If I can help you with your use of DNA matching and confirmations on WikiTree. Kay
Maggie
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Kay Wilson. Have You been busy or What!!! Thanks For find the Mergers.. I'm Honored that . You help in My..Wikitree .. And Your..Service to Myself and Others.. Cousin Mike...
Your James Savery was quite a character... The case of the eccentric but brilliant James Savery· was the most noted of the church trials of this society. Charged with "unchristian walk and conversation, particularly in absenting himself from the bouse of worship, traveling here and there on the Lord's Day, unchristian feeling and conversation towards those of his brethren who . had labored to redeem him," he became the topic for discussion throughout the Precinct. Previous steps had been taken to redeem him, both on the part of the brethren and the cburch, when it was decided to take the third gospel step ·While a man of sterling character, Jam8!l Savery WB8 so eccentric 8S to antagonire the conventionality of common folks. With Albert Shurtleff he shocked the tbougbtlellll people of tbe town, by voting for abolition long before tbe rank and file could see anything objectional in chattel Blavery. 118 HISTORY OF CARVER and he was suspended until such time as he should make Christian satisfaction. Mter five years of rebellion he went forward, confessed his misdemeanors and was restored to fellowship. Again he came before the disciplinarians when, in 1823, a committee was named to labor with him in regard to making a disturbance in the choir, an.d failing to come to an agreement, Nathan Cobb was detailed to call on him and respectfully request him not to sing in such a manner as to interrupt the singers. The following year he faced trial on an indictment of four counts as follows filed by Bennett Cobb: Cutting wood on the Lord's Day. Disturbing the choir by irregular manners. Casting reflections upon the singers. Disturbing the religious services of the young. Mter a patient hearing during which the defendant was unyielding, Savery the eccentric, was excommunicated. Still belligerent he continued the contest, until his case went up on appeal to a Council of Ministers. In this Council he was overruled, the church proceedings covering the trial were adjudged regular, and in 1831 he made a full confession and was restored to fellowship in the church.
https://buzzardsbay.org/download/history_town_of_carver_ma.pdf
Please remember that on WikiTree it's not okay to copy/paste from other websites. It's best to summarize the information in your own words, and provide a link to the source for people to find more detail for the information.
Click here to compare the profiles side-by-side."
I have not done it because I am still researching a possible marriage certificate on Tennie and James's fake marriage under assumed names.
FYI: we are: Kay (Johnson) Wilson mother-in-law of 5th great-grandnephew of wife of 1st cousin 5x removed Add MyTreeTags™
edited by Jacque (Ragsdale) Koscheski
On https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Truelock-11 scroll down to the bottom of the profile. On the lower left side in the “Matches and Merges” section, click on the link that says [merge]. You will be taken to a page where you can complete the merge yourself. Kay
and since I know nothing about DNA testing and note that you had posted a DNA comment 2 yrs ago, could you help me understand your edit? I can't find the Father Status Indicator or even find the word "confident " on his page. Is your edit regarding Stephen as a father or Stephen's father(John William Burt)? "11 Feb 2022 06:02: Kay (Johnson) Wilson edited the Father Status Indicator and Data Status (Father) for Stephen Evan Burt (abt.1854-1919). (marked parent(s) 'confident' instead of confirmed with DNA because there is insufficient documentation) " Thank You
The profile for Stephen Evan Burt-1666 previously showed that his relationship to his father, John William Burt-3656, was 'confirmed with DNA'. Two years ago, in February 2020 I left a comment indicating that there wasn't sufficient information on the profile for that relationship status, provided a link to the instructions about marking a relationship to a parent 'confirmed with DNA' and offered to help. Then recently I came across the profile again, saw that the relationship was still showing as 'confirmed with DNA', but that the necessary information to document that relationship still had not been added to the profile, so I changed his relationship to his father to 'confident'.
The Father Status Indicator is found on the 'edit' page for any profile. On the right hand side, near the top, in the 'edit family' section, you can choose from 4 different relationship statuses for the person's relationship to his/her father, and also to his/her mother: non-biological, uncertain, confident, or confirmed with DNA. To the right of each choice there is a question mark in a small black circle. Clicking on that question mark takes you to a page explaining more about that relationship status.
I hope that answers all of your questions. If it doesn't, please let me know. Thanks!
Hi Kay. Thanks for your comment. However, the DNA confirmation statements you are using are much different from the statements I just created per your request, via the new DNA Confirmation Citation Maker that I used to create appropriate statements: https://apps.wikitree.com/apps/clarke11007/DNAconf.php
Your DNA Confirmation statement reads:
Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with a GEDmatch test match between Kay (Johnson) Wilson GEDmatch T596586 and her sister Lynn (Johnson) Andrews GEDmatch T408316. Their most MRCAs are their parents Douglas Johnson and Phyllis Smith. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.2, based on sharing 2654.8 cM across 46 segments.
Best! Richard J.
You still need to complete the merge. On either profile, scroll down to the lower left of the page, in the "Matches and Merges" section, and click on the "merge" link just below Don's name. That will take you to a page where you can complete the merge. Let me know if you don't understand, or if you still have questions. Thanks!
Thank you so very much for helping me with my family tree. As a newbie I appreciate all the help I can get! Karla Goddard
I'll definitely approve your merge of your record and mine of Louisa Tenney. Before I do it, I want to hear from you, and I want to update my WikiTree information about Louisa Tenney - I have her parents' names, for one thing.
People almost never reply to my WikiTree comments. I prefer to correspond by e-mail - I'm rsrichmond on gmail.
Louisa Tenney is my great-great-grandmother. How are you related to her?
Regards, William ("Bill" Davis [email address removed]
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Manchester-505
Thanks again...
Both Susan DeFoe and Gershom Manchester are direct maternal line descendants of Mary Paine-49 (1616-1687), and would have inherited her mtDNA. (Note that both men and women inherit their mother's mtDNA, but only women can pass that mtDNA down to their children.) You can see how Susan and Gershom are related by clicking on the small green box, with the two arrows facing one another, that is just to the right of Susan's name (in the DNA Connections section) on Gershom's profile .
Thanks for contributing to Puritan Great Migration profiles over the last six months. Every little bit helps, so please keep those edits coming!
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members twice per year and it's that time again. Please respond within the next two weeks to let me know:
If you'd like to tell me about a particular project or family you're working on, I'd love to hear about that as well.
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Brad Stauf, PGM membership coordinator
Cindy Bourque Cooper, co-leader Acadians Project
Please complete the merges that have been proposed, and before creating any new profiles for people, look around a bit on WikiTree to see if there isn't already a profile for the person on WikiTree.
Since you have been so strict with my profiles ;-)..............I see that you have your parents marked as DNA-confirmed based on a match with your sister. This match only confirms that you share the same parents but not necessarily both these parents. Your parents can only be marked as confirmed based on a test match between you/your sister and your parents. However, I do see you have more confirmations higher up in the tree. I like to advise you to copy them to the child's profile because they do confirm the DNA trail. I have many examples were the father did not supply the DNA. Had to tell my father and uncle a few years ago that their stepfather was their biological one. Them being 100% brothers, did not confirm the official father.
edited by Remko Stift