Cherie Worth

Ancestors

Daughter of John Sinnett and Margaret (Jett) Worth

Descendants

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Biography

Cherie was born in 1948. Cherie is still living.

Father of Cherie Worth:

Lisa Hazard conducted triangulation of clusters of genetic matches to Cherie Worth (2nd-3rd cousin range; autosomal testing done through FamilyTreeDNA and uploaded to GedMatch and MyHeritage). A known maternal first cousin once removed with results on FamilyTreeDNA allowed for exclusion of maternal relatives. Triangulation of about 25 genetic matches led to the following sets of most recent common ancestors, all from West Virginia: David Sergent + Rebecca Lockhart; William Riley + Marianne Jones; Josiah Jarvis + Eliza Arnold; James Smith + Emma Rogers.

The family of Webster Clyde Sinnett Sr. + Emma Jarvis of West Virginia is the only family that has been found that shares all of those ancestors. Emma Jarvis’s grandparents were Josiah Jarvis + Eliza Arnold and James Smith + Emma Rogers. Webster Clyde Sinnett’s maternal grandparents were William Riley + Marianne Jones; one set of paternal great grandparents was David Sargent and Rebecca Lockhart. Followup testing at Ancestry revealed three non-maternal first cousin level matches. Two are known grandchildren of Webster Clyde Sinnett and Emma Jarvis; one is adopted.

The eleven children of Webster Clyde Sinnett and Emma Jarvis were born in the early 1900s (1909-1929), an age range consistent with them potentially having children in the late 1940s. Of the six sons, three appear to have stayed in West Virginia and one moved to Pennsylvania. Sons John William Sinnett and Paul Revere Sinnett lived in the Washington DC area in the 1940s and married women from that area (Katherine Raymond and Teresa Cagnetti, both born in Washington, DC).

Cherie’s mother Margaret Jett lived in the Washington DC area from 1946 until her death. Margaret was a meticulous record keeper and took contemporaneous notes about events in her life, and also discussed them with her daughter, who also has oral history from other relatives. This included information about a longterm relationship she had with a man she knew as “John William Simmons,” who told her that he was born in West Virginia. Her information about him is consistent with available records on John William Sinnett and his family. For example, he told her he had siblings who moved to Florida, and later that he resided in “Westmoreland," Virginia. John Sinnett’s sisters Macel and Sally lived in Florida, and John lived at various addresses in Westmoreland County, Virginia for the last few decades of his life. She also wrote down addresses for him in Parkersburg, West Virginia and in Falls Church, Virginia.

Overall, the genetic evidence demonstrates that Cherie Worth is a granddaughter of Webster Sinnett and Emma Jarvis, and geographic evidence and family history strongly suggest that their son John William Sinnett is the father of Cherie Worth.

DNA

Confirmation of Mother

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 2006 BRT Laboratories (Baltimore, Maryland) genetic test of buccal samples from Cherie Worth and her mother Margaret Worth. Overall genetic similarity index was 0.5, confirming maternity.^[1]

Confirmation of great grandparents (second cousin level matches)

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an FTDNA Family Finder test match between Cherie Worth and her first cousin once removed, a child of Vernon Jett. Their MRCAs are William Morgan Jett and Mary Louise Bangs, great grandparents of Cherie Worth and grandparents of the child of Vernon Jett. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 1st-3nd cousins, based on sharing 279 cM across 27 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cherie Worth and her second cousin, a daughter of Owen Jett, Jr.. Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, [[[Jett-29|William Morgan Jett]] and Mary Louise Bangs. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousins, based on sharing 238 cM across 9 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cherie Worth and her second cousins once removed, three children of Barbara Peacher. Their MRCAs are her great grandparents and their great great grandparents, William Morgan Jett and Mary Louise Bangs. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 100 cM across 5 segments (cousin 1), 4th cousins, based on sharing 65 cM across 5 segments (cousin 2), and 4th cousins, based on sharing 45 cM across 5 segments (cousin 3); Confidence for each: Extremely High.

Confirmation of great great grandparents (third cousin level matches)

Paternal

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin, a grandchild of Ella Snyder. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents, Samuel Sinnett and Leah Sargent. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th cousins, based on sharing 42 cM across 3 segments; Confidence: High.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an FTDNA Family Finder test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin,Melissa (Sinnett) Tousse. Their MRCA is Samuel Sinnett, great great grandparent of Cherie Worth and great great grandparent of Melissa (Sinnett) Tousse. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 3rd-5th cousins, based on sharing 46 cM across 14 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an FTDNA Family Finder test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin, a child of Roy Murray Jr.. Their MRCAs are William Riley and Marianne Jones, great great grandparents of Cherie Worth and great great grandparents of the child of Roy Murray Jr.. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2nd-3rd cousins, based on sharing 134 cM across 20 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin, a child of Charles Carr. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents Josiah Jarvis and Eliza Arnold. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.7, based on sharing 87.8 cM across 3 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an FTDNA Family Finder test match between Cherie Worth and her second cousin once removed, a child of Kenna Maxwell Bent. Their MRCAs are James John Smith and Emma Rogers, great great grandparents of Cherie Worth and great grandparents of the child of Kenna Maxwell Bent. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2nd-3rd cousins, based on sharing 132 cM across 13 segments.

Maternal

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Cherie Worth GEDmatch T574717 and her third cousin, a grandchild of Lillian Jett. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents Robert Earl Jett and Sarah Ann Covington. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.8, based on sharing 71.5 cM across 5 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin, a child of Audrey Bargar. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents, William Hoffman Bangs and Annie Killingsworth. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th cousins, based on sharing 54 cM across 4 segments; Confidence: Very High.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cherie Worth and her third cousin, a grandchild of Edward Everett Marsh. Their MRCAs are their great great grandparents, George Marsh and Phoebe Tovell. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th cousins, based on sharing 67 cM across 6 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Support for maternal line 5G grandmother using mtDNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match between this Family Tree DNA mtDNA test for Cherie Margaret Jett Worth and a FamilyTree DNA mt DNA test for her maternal line fifth cousin, a daughter of E. Maxine Bushong.

Sources

1. ↑ Notarized report from BRT Laboratories (Baltimore, Maryland) in possession of Cherie Worth.

• First-hand information. Entered by Cherie Worth at registration.
• Personal knowledge