Born in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States
Daughter of Robert Purnell
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Hinson Purnell
Wife of
Cornelius Dendy Newton
— married
31 Dec 1818 in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Angelina Ann (Newton) Covington, David Newton, Miranda Newton, Elizabeth Jane (Newton) Manship, Cornelius Dendy Newton, William Wightman Newton, Alexia Murrah Newton, Dorcas Bradley (Newton) Barrentine, John Welborn Newton, Flavius Josephus (Newton) Odom, Joseph Newton, Robert Purnell Newton, Vashti Newton and Hopewell Hull Newton
Died
at age 74
in Marlboro, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Mar 2020
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Biography
- Fact: Residence (1850) Marlboro county, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States
- Fact: Residence (1860) Marlboro, South Carolina, United States
- Fact: Burial Newton Family Cemetery #1, Newtonville, Marlboro, South Carolina
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QV-GV4 : 3 March 2020), Dorcas Newton in household of Cornelius Newton, Marlboro county, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States; citing family 316, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTX-5PJ : 18 March 2020), Dorcus Newton in entry for C Newton, 1860.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2C-BQJQ : 11 July 2016), Dorcas Purnell Newton, 1872; Burial, Newtonville, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States of America, Newton Cemetery #1; citing record ID 65048296, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Melissa (Stanaitis) Rubin
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup I4a
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~3.12%
Marian (Liles) MacDonald :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Marian761
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~0.78%
Irene (Reaves) Degnen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M072235 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Melissa (Stanaitis) Rubin :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TC1561649 [compare], Ancestry member HumOfTheHive
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~0.39%
Robert Degnen :
23andMe, GEDmatch M155232 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F2008 [compare], FTDNA kit #2008
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