Peter & Clara's eldest son, William James Wrenn, was a Confederate Soldier who was killed in March 1862. William's wife, Mary, had died in 1859. They left three orphans: Mathew Jackson Wrenn, John Thomas Wrenn and Amanda Wrenn. These three children were then raised by their grandparents: Peter and Clara as shown in the 1860 and 1870 Census'.
1850 U.S. Census. Maury Co. TN
Peter Wreen M 49 Virginia
Clara Wreen F 49 North Carolina
Mary A Wreen F 24 Tennessee (1826 - ) Married name Ruston or Rushton
William James Wreen M 22 Tennessee (1828-1862)
Elizabeth Wreen F 20 Tennessee (1830-1911) Married name Harbison
Martha Wreen F 17 Tennessee (1833 - )
Sophronia M Wreen F 15 Tennessee (1835 - 1915) Married name Reaves
Nancy W Wreen F 13 Tennessee (1837 - ) married name Sparkman
Thomas A J Wreen M 10 Tennessee (1840 - )
Malvina F Wreen F 7 Tennessee (1843 - 1897) Married name Webb
1860 U.S. Census. Hickman, TN
Peter Wrenn M 59 Virginia
Clara Wrenn F 58 North Carolina
Martha Wrenn F 28 Tennessee (1832 - )
Sophronia M. Wrenn F 24 Tennessee (1835-1915) Married name Reaves
Malvina Frances Wrenn F 17 Tennessee (1842-1897) Married name Webb
Mary A (Wrenn) Rustin F 34 Tennessee (1826 - )
John F Wrenn M 6 Tennessee (1854 - 1934) (son of William James Wrenn)
Amanda W Wrenn F 4 Tennessee (1856 - ) daughther of William James Wrenn
Mathew Jackson Wrenn M 1 Tennessee (1859-1927) (son of William James Wrenn)
1870 U.S. Census. Tennessee
Peter Wren M 69 Virginia
John Thomas Wren M 15 Tennessee 1855 - 1934 ) (son of William James Wrenn)
Amanda Wren F 18 Tennessee ( 1852 - ) daughter of William James Wrenn
Mathew J Wren M 10 Tennessee ( 1860 - 1927) (son of William James Wrenn)
Safrona (Wrenn) Reevs F 36 Tennessee (1834 - 1915)
Other Known Children
Sarah Jane Wrenn Sewell (1824 - 1854)
Obituary
Birth: Apr. 8, 1801 Lunenburg County, Virginia.
Death: April 2, 1874 Tennessee.
(Columbia Herald 10 April 1874) Peter Wrenn Esquire, 70, died on April 2 while returning home from Nashville; Cumberland Presbyterian; formerly lived in Maury County but now lived at Pinewood in Hickman, County. (Nashville Union and American) 4 April 1874: Peter Wrenn of Pinewood, aged and respected left Nashville in a wagon and a few miles out of Nashville he got out and walked to the top of a hill. He was found laying dead in wagon soon after. (He was nearly 80).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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 Peter: