Colonel
Josiah
Sasser
Born in Wayne, North Carolina
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of John Sasser Sr.
and Sarah Ann (Cobb) Sasser
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bryan) Blackman
— married
20 Dec 1770 in Bertie, North Carolina
Descendants 
Died
at about age 36
in Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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Josiah Sasser was a North Carolina colonist.
Biography
Colonel Josiah Sasser was born in 1745 in Colonial North Carolina, a son of John Sasser, Sr. 1715-1785. His father is buried in the Sasser Cemetery, [1] located just past the intersection of NC Hwy 111 South and Slick Rock Road, in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina. On December 20, 1777, Colonel Josiah Sasser married Elizabeth Bryan, born 28 May 1751.
Josiah "Saser" served in the military during the American Revolutionary War, in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. [2] Wayne County was established during the American Revolutionary War on November 2, 1779, from the western part of Dobbs County.
Research Notes
Josiah's brother, John Sasser, Jr. was born in 1748. All of the children of John Sasser, Sr. are listed on his Find A Grave memorial.
Children of Josiah Sasser and Elizabeth Bryan from Notable Southern Families Vol II by Zella Armstrong, compiler for Tennessee Historical Commission, The Lookout Publishing Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee: T, 1922, p. 53, digitized here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Notable_Southern_Families/H9YUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=lewis%20sasser
- Lewis Sasser
- Blake Sasser
- John Sasser
- William Sasser
- Mary Sasser b: 1775 in Wayne County; married 1st, 28 Aug 1792, William Stevens; married 2nd, her cousin Benjamin Bryan, son of Needham III and Sally (Hinton) Bryan
- Josias Sasser
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #211856485 John Sasser Sr.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WG-ZDDB?view=index&personArk=/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GJMS&action=view
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Anonymous Sasser
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-BY94037, FTDNA kit #16063
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~1.56%
Marilyn (McBride) Cochran :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A663637 [compare]
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~1.56%
Thomas Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A840542 [compare]
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~1.56%
Steve Singletary :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A621851 [compare], Ancestry member singhunt_ss
+
Living DNA
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~1.56%
William Dekle :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T559569 [compare], FTDNA kit #15373
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~1.56%
Wally Rustin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T440170 [compare], FTDNA kit #18349
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~1.56%
Nan (Dekle) Barrett :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch LL605548 [compare]
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~1.17%
David Parker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LX3923711 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV4c87c6eb, FTDNA kit #B653695
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~0.78%
Budd Poston :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Peter Roberts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member peterebay
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RN449431C1 [compare], yourDNAportal PET66d076b1, FTDNA kit #8867
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
William Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T655183 [compare], FTDNA kit #371246
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~0.78%
Chris Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T134879 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK38024
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~0.78%
David Johnson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T038409 [compare], FTDNA kit #274260
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~0.78%
Anonymous Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T048625 [compare], FTDNA kit #373541
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~0.39%
Diane (Peel) Walls :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MK8104650 [compare], Ancestry member dianewalls51
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~0.39%
Brenda (Posey) Watlington :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A497429 [compare], Ancestry member bpwatlington
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A497429 [compare]
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~0.39%
W Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LM3057095 [compare], FTDNA kit #1007743
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Unmerged matches › John Sasser (1715-1784)
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gives a different set of parents for Josiah
John was born in 1711, in Wayne County, NC, USA. Josiah married Elizabeth Sasser (born Bryan) on month day 1770, at age 21 at marriage place. Elizabeth was born on May 2 1751, in Johnstown, Bertie, North Carolina, United States. They had 7 children: Thomas Sasser, Blake Bryan Sasser and 5 other children. Josiah passed away on month day 1775, at age 26 at death place, North Carolina.