Richard
James
Shearer
Born in Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Shearer Jr.
and Elizabeth A Shearer
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Elizabeth Wheeler
— married
1762 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
James William Shearer
Died
at about age 34
in Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2016
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Biography
Richard Shearer served with Virginia during the American Revolution.
Richard was born in 1740. Richard Shearer ... He passed away in 1778.[1]
American Genealogical - Biographical Index
- Name: Richard Shearer
- Birth Date: 1740
- Birthplace: Virginia
U.S., Revolutionary War Army Polls, 1775 - 1783
- Name: Richard Shearer
- Military Date: 11 Jun 1776
- Military Place: Virginia, USA
- Regiment: 3rd Regiment
- Rank: Private
Sources
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- My Total Family and Extensions: Richard James Shearer- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=skhopper7&id=P10711
- See also: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH1F-37X/richard-james-shearer-1744-1778
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard 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 Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard 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 Richard:
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~0.78%
Wendy (Huber) Watanabe
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Doug Turney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A645388 [compare], Ancestry member dltinokla
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~0.39%
Rena (Cowden) Hobbs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #673774
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Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Liz (Noland) Shifflett
The NSSAR Sticker has an invalid number, which is causing a database error. The NSSAR online database does not have a Richard Shearer.
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by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Rejected matches › James Shearer (abt.1740-)
Richard is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 22 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 13 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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