Born in Greene, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Amos Lay
and Sarah (Otterson) Lay
Sister of
Samuel Otterson Lay, James M Lay, Thomas Gordon Lay, Mary Ann (Lay) Clinton, Elizabeth (Lay) Estes, Vincent Lay, Judith Jenkins (Lay) Cooke and Jesse Gordon Lay
Wife of
John Flowers
— married
30 Nov 1841 in Greene, Alabama, United States
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 28
in Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Sep 2021
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1823. She married John Flowers in 1841. In 1850 they are enumerated on the federal census in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-X4Z : 22 December 2020), Sarah Flowers in household of Jno Flowers, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-HQGY : 19 February 2021), John J. Flowers and Sarah E. Lay, 30 Nov 1841; citing Greene, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,290,852.
DNA
MRCA Samuel P Otterson (1754-1837) and Ruth (Gordon) Otterson (1756-1844)
- 5th cousin match between Don Giddens (descended from Cynthia (Otterson) Mayes (1787-1852)) and Glen Davis (descended from Sarah (Otterson) Lay (1774-1832)).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~3.12%
Glen Davis
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A606280 [compare], Ancestry member jjstratton58
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~1.56%
Harold Parks :
23andMe, GEDmatch M652118 [compare], yourDNAportal BRE09b04510
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SM7589570 [compare], Ancestry member hbparks1
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~0.78%
Don Giddens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684385 [compare], Ancestry member Don_Giddens_of_Texas
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Koye Henderlight :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF4417281 [compare], Ancestry member Koyecooper18
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