Rosetta
"Rosella"
Hedgepeth
formerly Richardson
Born in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Handy Richardson
and Laura Anna (Silver) Richardson
Sister of
Whitley Richardson, Bulah Bell Richardson, Elsie Mae Richardson, Jennese Richardson, Mary Bettie Richardson, Samuel Richardson, Shirley Richardson, Henry Martin Richardson, Handy Palmer Richardson and Laura Jean (Richardson) Williams
Wife of
Cleveland Hedgepeth
— married
13 Aug 1934 (to 8 Apr 1981) in Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Cleveland McCory Hedgepeth Jr, Charlie Ray Hedgepeth, Henry Edward Hedgepeth, Pennie Ann (Hedgepeth) Alston and Kenneth Ray Hedgepeth
Died
at age 80
in Spring Hope, Nash, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 May 2021
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Biography
Rosetta (Richardson) Hedgepeth is a part of US Black heritage.
Rosetta has Native American ancestors.
Descendant of Hardy Richardson (1788-1854) and Darcas Boone (1794-1871) of Halifax, NC.
Rosetta was born in 1917. She is the daughter of Handy Richardson and Laura Silver.
Sources
- "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8GWW-J7PZ : 7 August 2020), Rosetta Richardson, 1917.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJ8-1XJ : 2 February 2021), Rosella Richardson in entry for Handy Richardson, 1920.
- North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
- Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Kings, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02558; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 24-441
- North Carolina, U.S., Divorce Index, 1958-2004
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosetta 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 Rosetta by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Pattie (Hedgepeth) Hewlin
:
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup J2b1
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~0.39%
Almorris Lynch :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Mack Lynch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BV365734C1 [compare]
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~0.39%
~0.39%
Lauren Morgan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CITYCHICK2007NN818227
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