The 1860 U.S. census recorded this family in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio [2].
James Belden Porter died 26 Oct 1864. His grave is in Drakesburg Cemetery, Drakesburg, Portage County, Ohio, USA [3].
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-5XVQ : 20 May 2022), James Porter, 5 Jun 1792; citing Birth, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934218.
Jacobus, D. Lines. (1939). A history of the Seymour family: descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, for six generations ; with extensive amplification of the lines deriving from his son John Seymour of Hartford. New Haven, Conn.: [Printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company]. pg 371. [1]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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