Born in St. Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert (Symes) Sims
and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Ignatius Howard
— married
1740 in Augusta, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Henry H. Howard and William Howard
Died
at age 62
in Greenbrier, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Dec 2016
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Biography
Sarah Sims, born 20 September 1726, St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County, Virginia.[1]
Sources
[1] Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter’s Parish, Virginia, 1684-1786, p. 491. Sarah Dr of Robt. Sims born Sept. 20th 1726. William Sims © 2011 Michal M. Farmer
New Kent County, Virginia St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786
"Sarah, daughter of Robert Sims, born Sept. 20th 1726"
Virginia Military Records
Sarah Howard, widow of Ignatius. Arbuckle's Co. 12 pounds
West Virginians in the American Revolution
In the Court of Greenbrier County, August 1796, Sarah Howard, widow of Ignatius Howard, who was a solier under Captain Arbuckle in the state service and who died of smallpox on his return from the Point station in the year 1774, "remains a widow with three children to maintain." It was ordered that pension for her be continued.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~2.34%
~3.12%
Norma Rogers 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ER1447333 [compare], Ancestry member NormaleeRogersWells
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Tammy (McFarland) Mellert :
23andMe, GEDmatch RQ7489536 [compare]
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~0.78%
Toni Boone :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A285233 [compare], Ancestry member toniraska1
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Boone) Gaffney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392083 [compare], Ancestry member jptgaffney
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~0.78%
Linda (Benzinger) Stentz :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Daniel Canter :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Von Isaac :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch EY8881701 [compare]
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~0.39%
Vicky (Hatton) Perdue :
23andMe, GEDmatch LD7956357 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Bob Durbin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member spyderbob410
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Len Lawson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A129613 [compare]
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~0.39%
Sheryl (Hamilton) Jeffries :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A715815 [compare], yourDNAportal SHEd862f28a, Ancestry member SherylLea
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~0.39%
Rebecca Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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