Born in Orange County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John (Oakes) Oaks
and Mary (Burris) Oaks
Wife of
William Knight
— married
23 Feb 1797 in Orange, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Philadelphia N Knight
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
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Philadelphia Oakes was born in 1769 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia, daughter of John Oakes (1735–~1796) and Mary Burris (~1747–1831).
Philadelphia (27) married William Knight (35) (born in 1761 in Orange County) on February 23, 1797 in Orange, Virginia, United States.[1] Their daughter was Philadelphia N Knight (1812– ).
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia, Orange County Marriage Records, 1757-1938", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP1P-74J : 11 May 2018), William Knight and Delphia Oakes, 1797.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia:
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~0.39%
Francis Mitchell
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Karen Knutson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M240670 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A330158 [compare], Ancestry member TreeKnuts
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~0.39%
Shirley Rock :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A304125 [compare], Ancestry member srock2
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