John
Wesley
Reagh
Born in Wilmot, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of James Reagh
and Martha (Neily) Saunders
Brother of
Joseph Reagh, Mary Anne (Reagh) Baker, Catherine (Reagh) Ward, Timothy Saunders [half], Frances (Saunders) Grimes [half], Henry Saunders [half], Hannah (Saunders) Banks [half], Obadiah Saunders [half], David Saunders [half] and Robert Saunders [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Gates) Reagh
— married
18 Mar 1804 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Mehitable (Reagh) Margeson, Susannah (Reagh) Stronach, Mary (Reagh) McKeown, Prudence (Reagh) Clark and Sarah Ann (Reagh) Margeson
Died
at age 68
in Margaretsville, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 13 May 2012
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Biography
John is the child of James Reagh and Mary Neily.
When John Reagh was born on 28 November 1773, in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, James Reagh, was 24 and his mother, Martha Neily, was 22.
He married Sarah Gates on 18 March 1804, in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters.
He died in 1842, in Margaretsville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 69.
Sources
* http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/famhist.htm
Children: (links may be unproven)
- Wesley REAGH, b. 1804, Nov. 14, m. (182?,) Ann RAY
- Gilbert REAGH, b. 1806, Jan. 15, m. (1822, Mar.) Mary Jane BEACH
- Mehitable REAGH, b. 1807, Sept. 29, m. (18??,) Silas MARGESON
- Susanna REAGH, b. 1809, Aug. 6, m. (18??,) {Rev.} Abraham STRONACH
- Abraham REAGH, b. 1811, Aug. 6 (?), m. (18??,) Sarah C. TUPPER
- Mary REAGH, b. 1813, July 20, m. 1) (18??,) Reis STRONACH; 2) (1872, June 12) John McKEOWN
- Isaac REAGH, b. 1815, Oct. 21, m. (1836, Dec. 6) Anne Morton (Mortin?) TUPPER
- Prudence REAGH, b. 1818, June 1, m. (18??,) William Henry CLARK
- Elizabeth REAGH, b. 1820, Nov. 12, m. (18??,) Adam BOWLBY
- Margaret L. REAGH, b. 1822, m. (18??,) Christopher MARGESON
- Sarah Ann REAGH, b. 1824, m. (18??,) Charles Bayard MARGESON
- Jacob REAGH, b. 1825
- Helen REAGH, b. 1826, m. (18??,) Elias PHINNEY
"Canada, Nova Scotia Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQ8-PNP : 9 March 2018), John W Reagh, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing line 10; Library and Archives Canada film number , Public Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 865,124.
"Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P5-6LG : 6 November 2020), John Reagh in entry for Wesley Reagh, 1867.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148702431/john-wesley-reagh: accessed 04 October 2022), memorial page for John Wesley Reagh (28 Nov 1773–18 May 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148702431, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Middleton, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Lenny Dodge (contributor 47281999) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Barbara Ricker 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #672561
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Nina Pyne :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Amos William Shaw :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Janet Hutchins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JGH53
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Pam (Banks) Muise :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Heather Robertson :
23andMe, GEDmatch PG4769155 [compare]
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~0.78%
Keith Robertson :
23andMe, GEDmatch HV9258734 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Mary (Robertson) Taylor :
23andMe, GEDmatch KZ6476596 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Lesia (Hazelwood) Ozurumba :
23andMe, yourDNAportal LES1d3774c8
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~0.39%
Diane Jameson :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A301298 [compare], Ancestry member dannygirl3333
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~0.39%
Patrick (MacNeil) Maloney :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884011 [compare], Ancestry member PatrickCDN74
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~0.39%
Wendy (Coombs) MacKinnon :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Devyn Banks :
23andMe
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R. Hutchins
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Reagh-35 and Reagh-18 appear to represent the same person because: If http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/famhist.htm is to be believed, Mary and Susannah Reagh were sisters who both married Stronach's.
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by R. Hutchins
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