Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Wroten
— married
1759 in Dorchester County, Maryland
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 60
[location unknown]
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Biography
Rachel (Wheatley) Wroton was an early settler in Maryland.
Rachel was born about 1740.
She was married about 1760 to Thomas Wroten. They had children:
- Job Wroton (about 1760-about 1839), married first about 1784 to Unknown, 5 children; married second to Letty Higmon (1800-1865), one child
- Wroten-211Aney Rotton (25 December 1761-?)[1]
- Shadrack Wroton, Wroughton (28 November 1763-1839)[2][3]
She passed away before 1800.
Sources
- ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGX-YN6Z : 12 February 2020), Thomas Rotton in entry for Aney Rotton, 1761.
- ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYG8-ZGZM : 12 February 2020), Shadrach Wroughten, 1763.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33490115/shadrach-wroten: accessed 12 August 2023), memorial page for SGT Shadrach Wroten (28 Nov 1763–15 Mar 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33490115, citing Twin Township Cemetery, Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by AngloFreek (contributor 46937842).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~0.78%
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Margaret (Kepner) Kerns
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Wheatley-1595 and Wheatley-1594 appear to represent the same person because: Obviously same person. Both married Thomas Wroughton and had a son named Job Wroughton.
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