Manassah
Minear
Born in Saint George, Tucker, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of David Minear
and Catherine (Saylor) Minear
Brother of
Nathan Minear, Sarah Nancy Minear, William Minear, Enoch Minear, Elizabeth (Minear) Bonnifield, Jonathan Minear and Mary Emily (Minear) Miller
Husband of
Lydia (Holbert) Minear
— married
1806 in Garrett, Maryland, United States
Husband of
Sarah Howard (Middleton) Minear
— married
10 Dec 1838 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
David Minear, William Minear, Moses Minear, Samuel Minear, Alpheus Minear, Catherine (Minear) Guthrie, Hannah Ann (Minear) Franklin, Ellis Minear and Eliza Ann (Minear) Zieber
Died
at age 63
in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States
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Biography
When Manasseh Minear was born on November 30, 1788, his father, David Minear, was 33 and his mother, Catherine SAYLOR Minear, was 16.
He married Lydia HOLBERT in 1806 and they had nine children together. His wife Lydia passed away in 1832 in Randolph, West Virginia, at the age of 48. They had been married 26 years.
He then married Sarah H MIDDLETON on 11 Dec 1838 in Elkhart, Indiana and they had three children together. He died on 11 Jan 1852 in Elkhart, Indiana, at the age of 63, and was buried there.
He passed away in 1852.
Sources
- Maxwell, C.J. The Descendants of John Minear, Dallas, TX, 1948, p. 32. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=44;size=125
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXBH-Y6D : 10 December 2017), Manasseh Menier and Sarah Middleton, 11 Dec 1838; citing Elkhart, Indiana, United States, various county clerk, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,845,552.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for Manassah Minear (30 Nov 1788–11 Jan 1852), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52271542, citing Middleton Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
- United States Federal Census reports
- Year: 1810; Census Place: Randolph, Virginia; Roll: 70; Page: 330; Image: 00626; Family History Library Film: 0181430
- 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Beverly, Randolph, Virginia; Page: 269; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 489
- 1830; Census Place: Randolph, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 199; Page: 115; Family History Library Film: 0029678
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Concord, Elkhart, Indiana; Roll: M432_144; Page: 18A; Image: 40
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Yates Publishing. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Maxwell, C.J. The Descendants of John Minear, Dallas, TX, 1948, p. 32. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=44;size=125
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKB-49MC : 13 December 2015), Manassah Minear, 1852; Burial, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America, Middleton Cemetery; citing record ID 52271542, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=44;size=125 Maxwell, Charles J. 1871-. Descendants of John Minear, 1732?-1781. Dallas, 1948 p. 32.
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXBH-Y6D : 10 December 2017), Manasseh Menier and Sarah Middleton, 11 Dec 1838; citing Elkhart, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,845,552.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for Manassah Minear (30 Nov 1788–11 Jan 1852), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52271542, citing Middleton Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Trudy (contributor 47552595) .
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081882601;view=2up;seq=88;size=175. Maxwell, Hu, 1860-1927. History of Tucker County, West Virginia: From the Earliest Explorations And Settlements to the Present Time ; With Biographical Sketches of More Than Two Hundred And Fifty of the Leading Men, And a Full Appendix of Official And Electional History ; Also, an Account of the Rivers, Forests And Caves of the County. Kingwood, W. Va.: Preston Pub. Co., 1884.pp. 81-86.
Acknowledgements
- This profile was supported by Ann (Bradford) Cocks on 27 Jan 2018.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Manassah 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 Manassah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Manassah 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 Manassah:
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
~6.25%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
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Minear-155 and Minear-91 appear to represent the same person because: First name has spelling discrepancy of one letter, however both entries represent the same person
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Minear-155 and Minear-108 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. One profile has more sources than the other.
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