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Wendel Oury (1743 - 1795)

Captain Wendel Oury
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 51 in Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Captain Wendel Oury served with 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wendel Oury is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085411.

Captain Wendell Oury served in the American Revolution under Daniel Brodhead with the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment from 09 August 1776 to 16 October 1777. [1]

Research Notes

  • Birthplace - There are several theories regarding the location of Wendell's birth. One version is that he was born in Germany and founded the family in Pennsylvania. Others believe that he and a brother named Van left Scotland for France in the early 17th century, before settling in Pennsylvania.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Captain Wendell Oury Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, by Virgil Childress Grogan, published in the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive, Vol. 14(1), accessed online at https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1151&context=jphs on 12 August 2023.
  • Letter of consent for the marriage of Elizabeth Ory to Conrad Rader, signed by mother Caterin Ory.




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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Wendel 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 Wendel:

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Greta Moody
Oury-3 and Oury-58 appear to represent the same person because: Same exact person
posted on Oury-58 (merged) by Greta Moody
Brent Biggs
Ourry-1 and Oury-3 appear to represent the same person because: I had the second r in the last name, so I didn't get a match initially.
posted by Brent Biggs

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