Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Alford McCarty
and Sarah (Walker) McCarty
Sister of
Enoch McCarty, Martin McCarty, Bryant McCarty, Lucinda (McCarty) McDaniel, Sarah Ann (McCarty) McDaniel and Serena (McCarty) Jones
Wife of
Zedekiah Carr Rayner
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rose Ann (Rayner) Kitchens
Died
at about age 39
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Aug 2017
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Biography
Arena was born in 1820. She was a daughter of Alford McCarty (1791 - 1850) and Sarah Walker McCarty (1795 - 1877). She passed away in 1859, and was buried at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Jasper County, Mississippi.[1]
Sources
- 1850 Census, Jasper County, Mississippi, she is listed Anne Kanor 30 b Ms. Zedekiah C. Kanor 34, b Tn. with Jane 13,Dicy 12, Allen 11, Henry C. 10, Washington 6, Aaron 4, Prentiss 3, Zedekiah 2. All names spelled in error Kanor.
- 1860 Census, Jasper County, Missisippi, she is listed as Avera Reyner 49, b Ms. Z Reyner 45, b Tn. with most of the above children all listed with last names spelled Reyner, Jane 22, Dicy 19, Allen 18, Prentice 17, (spelling) Washington 16, Nancy 10, Mry 9, E. R. 6, Rose A 4, and W. M. 2.
- Then 1870 Census, Center Point, Jasper County, Mississippi, he was listed as Zediokan Rayner 55, and married to Sarah 25.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arena 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 Arena:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arena 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 Arena:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Richard Watson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ7930333 [compare], Ancestry member RNWatson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B473863
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~0.78%
Mark Turner :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jim Bishop :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], Ancestry member DEAFJBBMS
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A443860 [compare], FTDNA kit #B176246
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Melissa (Watson) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RH7750709 [compare], Ancestry member mylegacy2000
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~0.78%
Lyn (Meadows) Hazen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member purpleorchid521
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~0.78%
Ray Sullivan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #518985
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