| 1st gen | Shadrach McNew? | Mary Clemmons? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd gen | George McNew (1765/70 - 1830s) |
Elijah McNew (1771/80 - 1830s) |
Lydia Hufstadler (c. 1775) |
Edward McNew (bef. 1775) |
Mary Foster (bef. 1776) |
Charity Reynolds (c. 1778-81) |
Martha Johnston (bef. 1778) |
William McNew (d. bef. 1748) |
Sarah Hayes (abt. 1790) |
Nancy McNew (1799+) |
Elizabeth H Bartley (bef. 1800) |
Keziah Smith (aft. 1801) |
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| 3rd gen | Churchwell McNew (1797) Henry McNew (1801) Mary Williams (1802) Elizabeth Lay (1810) Melissa Steel (1815) |
Elijah McNew (1805) William McNew (1816) Sarah Deaton (1820 Dinah Stanfield (1820s) James McNew (1825) |
Susannah Knowles Jeremiah McNew Nancy McNew Shadrach McNew James McNew George McNew Jesse McNew |
Martha Morgan William Reynolds Ellender Reeves Joseph Reynolds Richard Reynolds |
Sarah Ricker Dorothy Reeves James A Hayes Jesse Hayes John Hayes |
Rachel Reeves John Thomas Smith and others.. |
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Descendants of Elijah McNew have extensive DNA matches to descendants of an
Elizabeth "Betty" Thrower.
Current speculation by this writer is that
Elizabeth Thrower was a widow of the speculated first son of Elijah McNew &
Joanna Bowman. Elijah and Joanna were married in 1801 but their oldest
know son was born closer to 1805 so it very likely they had a child between 1801
and 1805 that is still unaccounted for. Placing Elizabeth in that spot
fill the gap and explains the DNA matches.
Descendants of
Elizabeth "Betty" Thrower could test this hypothesis simply be seeing if they
DNA match to the Bowman family of Greene County, Tennessee.
Elizabeth may
be the "Betsy McNew" seen on the 1830 Federal Census (TN, Sevier County) near
Elijah McNew Jr. On that census Elizabeth has three daughters. It's
also possible Elizabeth was a McNew herself not a widow McNew.
Lines highlighted in blue are ones that
McNew descendants have DNA matches to.
| 1st gen |
Elisabeth "Betty"
Thrower? (born 1803 per 1870 Census) (born 1812 per 1860 Census) |
Unknown husband (born early 1800s) |
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| Elizabeth [Thrower] (born after 1821) Md. Newson? |
Dinah [Thrower] (born 1821 or 1831) |
Nancy [Thrower] (born 1828 TN) Md. Benjamin Mathews (by 1849) |
Caroline [Thrower] (born 1829-1834) Md. Jacob Bearden (by 1854) |
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| John Thomas Bearden (1849 AL) Caroline E. Scoggin (1853 AL) Arenia M. "Rena" Stanfield (1854 AL) Harriett Standfield (1857 AL) Diana Scoggin (1868 AL) Parasettie Florence (1869 AL) Jefferson Davis Stanfield (1861) (testified for "half brother" John T Bearden) |
Elizabeth Mathews
Bass (1849 AL) Mary "Polly" Mathews Donovan (1852 AL) Sarah "Sally" Mathews Loyd (1854 AL) Frances Mathews (1861 TN) Pearlee Mathews Lee (1863 TN) |
Elizabeth Jane Bearden (1854 AL) Jacob Simpson Bearden (1858 AL) Richard Bearden (1859 AL) Jefferson Davis Bearden (1860) Lucinda Bearden (1863 AL) America Bearden (1870 AL) Ollie Bearden (1871 AL) |
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