Maria was born in 1755. She was baptized 19 Feb 1755 at the Windsor church. Her parents are listed as Benedick Kepner, a miller, and Maria Salome. Sponsors were Hans Michell and Maria Margareth Lindemuth.[1] She married Carl Schumacher in 1767.
Sources
↑ Personal Register of the Rev· Daniel Schumacher page 17. Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
See also:
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2V7-CX6 : 9 December 2014), Maria Marg. Kepner, 19 Feb 1755; Christening, citing TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH,READING,BERKS,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 974.8 B2HRN.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria 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 Maria: