Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of John Yates
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Yates
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 50
[location unknown]
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Biography
Martha was born about 1745. She died after 21 September 1795. She is mentioned in her father's will which was probated 23 April 1778 in Pittsylvania county, Virginia. She is mentioned in her mother's will which was probated 21 September 1795 in Pittsylvania county, Virginia.
Sources
- Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Grantee Deed Indexes, 1767–1889
- 28 July 1774 John Watts is a grantee of Daniel Lovell
- 23 April 1778 Martha Watts is a grantee of John Yates
- 19 Oct 1795 Martha Watts is a grantee of Elizabeth Yates [1]
- February Court 1778
- Thomas Watts and Martha his wife, plaintiffs
- against
- William Watts, defendant [2]
- Martha Watts is mentioned in the wills of her father and mother.
Research Notes
- Martha's husband was named Thomas Watts. From the land records it appears he died between 1778-1782.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Martha:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Karen (Gibson) Fleming 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
George Penrod :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Helen Shelton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MC5938836 [compare], FTDNA kit #643729
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~0.78%
Robert Shelton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DB5283459 [compare], FTDNA kit #650070
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~0.78%
Wayne Shelton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FV4384920 [compare], FTDNA kit #31895
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Yates-4852 and Yates-1893 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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