Dorcas
Jacobs
formerly van Deventer
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Vandeventer
and Margaret (Miller) Vandeventer
Sister of
Isaac Vandevander
Wife of
Alexander Jacobs
— married
15 Jan 1818 in Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 45
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2018
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1795. Married Alexander Jacobs. She passed away in 1841.
Her father Peter was a Pennsylvania patriot during the American Revolution. He was a powder maker in Huntingdon County. He lived Juniata Valley. His wife is Margaret Miller. Children listed in the patriot record: Dorcas m Alex Jacobs; Jacob who m. Lydia Fee, Isaac who m. Mary Enyart and Catherine who m. Samuel Shaffer. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 Oct 2021), "Record of Van De Venter, Peter", Ancestor # A118676.Meehan-411
- Dorcas Jacobs in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Volume 227.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9XG5-HQL : accessed 27 March 2021), entry for Dorcas VanDevanter; submitted by rvparker2805761 [identity withheld for privacy]; no source information is available.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
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~1.56%
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