Born in Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Wentz
and Elizabeth Bilsey Lipps
Husband of
Nancy Hoke
— married
27 Nov 1833 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in Secondcreek, Monroe, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2013
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Biography
Adam Keyser (Wentz) Vance was born on 11 Jun 1813 in Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA. His parents were Henry Wentz (1786 - ) and Elizabeth Bilsey Lipps (1786 - ).
His siblings were...
- John Wentz (~1807 - )
- Henry Wentz (~1809 - )
- George Washington Wentz (~1811 - )
- Daniel Wentz (~1813 - )
Adam married Nancy Hoke (~1813 - ) on 27 Nov 1833.
Their children were...
- Sarah Elizabeth (Vance) Boyd (1843 - 1922)
- Columbus M Vance (1848 - 1900)
- Leonidas Hampton Vance (1854 - 1931).
Adam died on 21 Sep 1888 in Secondcreek, Monroe, West Virginia, United States aged 75.
Adam Vance was born in 1813 and his parents were Elizabeth Bilsey (Lipps) and Henry Wentz.
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: Second Creek, Monroe, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1695; Page: 17A. Ancestry Record 7163 #8033619
- ↑ Sources added by Colleen (Stehley) Conner on 12 Dec 2021.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam 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 Adam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam 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 Adam:
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~1.56%
Cris (White) Reed
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NanaGen [compare], Ancestry member NanaGen4U
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~0.39%
Robb Sanborn :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Annette Taylor :
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~0.39%
Richard Kincaid :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Betty Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T897565 [compare], FTDNA kit #14388
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