Roger
Orton
Jr
Born about in Genesco County, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Roger Orton
and Esther (Avery) Orton
Brother of
David Orton and Amos R. Orton
Husband of
Clarissa Mary (Bicknell) Orton
— married
about 1822 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Pierpont Orton
Died
at about age 52
in Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2022
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Biography
Roger was born about 1799. He was the son of Roger Orton and Esther Avery. He passed away in 1851.
Sources
- Joseph Smith papers lists Roger as a son of Roger Orton and Esther Avery, as well as other biographical details [1]
- Roger Orton's Wikipedia page [2]
- Orton, Edward, LL D, An Account of the Descendats of Thomas Orton of Windsor, Connecticut, 1641 (Principally in the Male Line). Press of Nitschke Brothers, 1898, Columbus, Ohio. Lists the children of Roger Orton as Pierpont, John, Robert, and Almira. Chap III, pg 76. An online pdf of this volume is available at Google Books [3]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roger 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 Roger:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roger 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 Roger:
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~1.56%
Linda (Gilliland) Hess
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Annie Orton :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member OrtonA80
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