Biography

Beth gifted some WikiTree kindness during the 2022 Secret Santa!

Beth Stephenson reached the Royal Effort milestone by sourcing 500 profiles in the April 2022 Sourcerers Project Sourcerers' Challenge.

Beth Stephenson is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.

Beth Stephenson is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Beth was featured in a Meet Our Members Post on the G2G Forum!

Beth has written and improved ten profiles for the Biography Builders Challenge.

Beth Stephenson is of Swiss descent

I am an acupuncture physician and herbal apothecary. My Bachelors degree is from Ohio Northern University and I have a Masters degree in Oriental Medicine from Florida College of Integrative Medicine. I carry the Diplomate in Oriental Medicine as well.

I love to travel. I have been all over the world. I did an Oriental Medicine residency in China. I also love researching all types of healing methods from around the world and in different cultures.

In my spare time, I like to do lineage research. I am an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and have held the positions of Chaplain, Registrar, Vice Regent, Regent, Historian and Librarian for the Sugar Mill Chapter in Port Orange, Florida. I am also a lifetime member of the Jamestowne Society.

I have a goal to credit my Revolutionary War era ancestors with DAR service. My DAR membership number is 913898. Currently I have nine lineages proven to DAR standards:

Jacob Barkley

Andrew Gohn

Hans Bernhard Hauer

James McKemy

Joseph Wells

Daniel Freeman

John Wells

Robert Hardesty

John Jackson

The AI feature at the Family History Library enabled me to break through a brick wall and find a new patriot, Peter Aller. I mailed a DAR Supplemental to National on May 9, 2024. As you know, the DAR genies are notoriously slow and notoriously picky about new patriots. However, I believe that it should go through. Unfortunately, there is a 2 year wait for supplementals at this time. If you are a descendant, I encourage you to piggy back on my research and get him approved sooner. The wait is only 2 months for new DAR members.

I volunteer at the Daytona Beach City Island Genealogical Library a few hours a week and have been doing that for quite a long time. I also assist with lineage research for prospective DAR members. You might see me messing around with trees that I am not directly connected with because I am striving to work out lineage problems. Many such issues are almost impossible to resolve because of incorrect info on ancestry or family search trees. Also, very often, someone will come to the library for help and ask me to make a tree for them. I usually will make the tree on the wikitree so that the patron can interact with the tree without having to pay a subscription fee. I recently did one of this type of tree for a library patron whose ancestors were enslaved in North Carolina and Georgia. This type of little tree might not fully connect into the wikitree. But, I like to keep my work publicly available and not hidden behind a pay wall.

I am also working on creating family trees for my Swiss ancestors and their ancillary community. I am combing the Schaffhausen Archives church books for details and trying to get as much information sourced and linked into the wikitree as I can. The Swiss part of my tree starts with Verena Ehrmann. For Swiss researchers, here is a link to the Schaffhausen Church Books.

I grew up on a farm near a very small town, Chattanooga, in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. I have come to believe that everyone from Mercer County is related somehow. Now that my old classmates have been dying off, I find myself asking, "How am I related to _____ ?" This could be the old guy who sold Bazooka bubble gum at the corner store, my fourth grade teacher or my elementary school nemesis bully. I have discovered that we are all third cousins. Following these rabbit trails has led me to a high CC7 count. Now that my CC7 is over 8000, I kind of have a goal to take it up to 10,000.... My dad's CC7 has been over 10,000 for quite a while now.

My Jamestowne Society member number is 9584.

DNA Painter Known Segments

https://dnapainter.com/profile/view/ed218416981cc7ed

DNA Painter Map

DNA Confirmed Sources

Paternal relationship and lineage to Robert Hardesty is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Larry Stephenson GEDmatch A957320, Edwin Hardesty GEDmatch A339382, Laura Bell Skinner GEDmatch A633681 and Lannie Hardesty Hartman GEDmatch A875733. These descendants share a segment on Chromosome number 9. Edwin and Laura's shared segment is from 80,117,635 - 93,919,931, with a length of 21 cM. Their MRCA is Robert Hardesty. Larry's shared segment is 12.3 cM on the same segment, from 86,889,466 to 93,445,905. His MRCA with Edwin is also Robert Hardesty. His MRCA with Laura and Lannie is Robert Hardesty jr whose wife was Nancy Hopkins. Lannie Hardesty Hartman GEDmatch A875733 triangulates into this segment with 13.7 cM from 85,248,784 to 93,617,649. She also descends from son Robert Hardesty. (Although she is a 2nd cousin of Laura Bell Skinner, her relations to Larry and Edwin are more distant).

Paternal relationship and lineage to Robert Hardesty is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Virginia Stephenson Clegg GEDmatch A609811, Edwin Hardesty GEDmatch A339382, Zane Darland GEDmatch A944705 and Jon Williams GEDmatch A052615. Edwin and Virginia share 23.8 cM of DNA on chromosome 18. Zane and Jon each triangulated with Edwin and Virginia on different segments: Edwin, Zane and Virginia share a 9.1 cM segment on Chromosome Number 18 from 68,326,989 to 71,067,174. Virginia descends from Robert's son Robert Hardesty, Edwin descends from Robert's son Thomas, and Zane descends from Robert's son Edmund. Also on chromosome 18, Hardesty descendant Jon Williams GEDmatch A052615 shares 12 cM from 52,994,010 to 59,576,359 with Edwin. Virginia's DNA triangulates into an 8.1 cM piece of this same segment. (Virginia is Larry's sister.)

Here is a DNApainter file for our Hardesty DNA Study:

https://dnapainter.com/profile/view/83df6cce1a9b21b3

Paternal relationship to Vincent Lake is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Danny J**** GEDmatch A603411, Larry Stephenson GEDmatch A957320, and Rick M**** GEDmatch A552338. Their MRCA is Vincent Lake. Danny descends from Vincent Lake's son Elias Lake. Larry descends from Vincent Lake's daughter Abigail Lake McCashland. Rick descends from Vincent Lake's son William Lake. The shared segment is on chromosome number 7. Rick and Danny share 12.2 cM from 96807099 to 109054772. Larry matches with 12.5 cM on the same segment from 96807099 to 109422220 with Danny. Larry also shares 20.8 cM with Rick from 85088091 to 108506370. Also triangulating into the group are Stephenson siblings Charles GEDmatch A449654 and Virginia GEDmatch A609811. Larry's daughter, Beth GEDmatch A551014, also shares 7.5 cM of DNA on this segment.

Here is a DNApainter file that includes what we have learned so far:

https://dnapainter.com/profile/view/3c98e0b84a5be239

Trangulation Effort is underway. Seeking a triangulation group. The first two legs of a trangulation to Vincent Lake and Ann Unknown consisting of Scott Kendall GEDmatch T883903 and Beth Stephenson GEDmatch A551014 sharing a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 2 is established. Seeking another cousin with a distance of third cousin or further to complete this triangulation. (Note that Ruth Deitsch GEDmatch A684843 is second cousin to Beth and triangulates into this segment from 238,531,798 - 242,656,041 on chromosome 2. Also, Scott's aunt and Beth's father both share the same segment.)

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Beth Stephenson at registration. Yes, I have a Birth Certificate, a Drivers License and a Social Security card. Someday, a Death Certificate too.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 3,586.4 cM match between Beth Stephenson and Larry Stephenson GEDMatch comparison. Comparing Kit A957320 (Larry Stephenson) and A551014 (Elizabeth Stephenson). Also, AncestryDNA matching comes up as Parent/Child match.

• Paternal relationship to Jacob Barkley and Harriet Daugherty is proven by a triangulated group consisting of Joella Lehrman A481401, Leonard Cowherd T453687, Donald Lehrman A004823 and Beth Stephenson A551014. A 17.5 cM segment of shared DNA on Chromosome Number 10 from 14, 021,197 to 27, 515,585.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by 54 cM matching DNA between third cousin descendants in 2 family groups: Group A is Cindy Ehrman Jacobs and her brother Robert Ehrman. Group B is Joella Lehrman Stephenson and her brother Donald Lehrman and her daughter Beth Stephenson. These DNA profiles are on both ancestry.com and FTDNA. Their MRCA are Philip Ehrmann and Elisabetha Schaad.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 3,586.9 cM match between Beth Stephenson and Joella Lehrman GEDMatch comparison. Comparing Kit A481401 (Joella Lehrman) and A551014 (Elizabeth Stephenson), confirming a Parent/Child match.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by GEDmatch.com comparison of DNA Kit A388595 (Kaycie Fegley) and A551014 (Elizabeth Stephenson). Total of segments > 7 cM = 3,584.5 cM, confirming a Parent/Child relationship.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a Total of segments > 7 cM = 3,585.9 cM match between Beth Stephenson and Justin Fegley GEDMatch comparison. Comparing Kit A961957 (Justin Fegley) and A551014 (Elizabeth Stephenson), confirming a Parent/Child match.