John
Sylvester
Medley
Born in Washington, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ignatius Medley
and Sarah (Boone) Medley
Brother of
Charlotte Ann (Medley) Rhodes, Henrietta Hedrick (Medley) Cissell, Anastasia Letitia (Medley) Bean and Ann Cordelia (Medley) Head
Husband of
Barbara Ann (Wathen) Medley
— married
25 Aug 1829 in Washington, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Marshall Medley, Joseph Francis Medley, Ignatius Edward Medley, Charles Pius Medley, Christine Benedicta (Medley) Priest, Richard James Medley and Isabella Amanda (Medley) Wheeler
Died
at age 62
in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2017
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Biography
John was born in 1802 in Kentucky. He was the son of Ignatius Medley and Sarah Boone. [1]
John married Barbara Ann Wathen in 1829. [2]
John S. Medley served as a senator in the Kentucky State Senator for one term in 1848-49. [3]
John died in 1865.
Sources
- ↑ Donnelly, Mary Louise; John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County, Maryland: his descendants (Ennis, TX: M.L. Donnelly, 1995), p. 59-60; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/60706-john-medley-1615-1660-his-descendants-st-mary-s-county-maryland :accessed 14 April 2022).
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-88GW : 9 March 2021), John L Medley and Barbara Wathen, 25 Sep 1829; citing Marriage, Washington, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 241,382.
- ↑ Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate., Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, December 30, 1848 - February 28, 1849, (Frankfort: Albert G. Hodges), p. 3; digital images, UKnowledge (https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ky_state_journals/81/ :accessed 26 November 2022).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Shannon Mattingly
:
23andMe, GEDmatch SN1903284 [compare]
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~1.56%
Becky (Moore) Short :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A012504 [compare]
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~0.78%
John Tarleton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member johntarleton1
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~0.78%
Erin Mattingly :
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