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Winifred was born about March 1739 in Albemarle County, VA, USA. She is the daughter of John Coffey and Jane Jean Graves.
Winifred is the 4th great granddaughter of Capt. William Powell who immigrated from England and became the commander of the fort at Jamestown. Capt. William Powell is believed to have died on January 24, 1623 in the "Chickhoninies Indian Massacre".
Winifred is the 3rd cousin twice removed of Confederate soldier Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell "A.P." Hill Jr.. The United States military honored Hill by naming both a fort and a ship after him. Fort A.P. Hill is located in Caroline County, Virginia, about halfway between Richmond and Washington, D.C.. During World War II, the United States Navy named a Liberty Ship the SS A. P. Hill in his honor. In 2020, during the George Floyd protests, there were calls to rename U.S. Army installations named after Confederate soldiers, including Fort A.P. Hill. Source: Wikipedia.
Winifred is the 7th cousin twice removed of Colonel John Harvie Jr., signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Bill of Rights, and was a guardian of Thomas Jefferson. Colonel John Harvie Jr.'s son, Jacquelin Burwell Harvie married Mary Marshall, daughter of Chief Justice John Marshall.
Captain Benjamin Taliaferro's sister Sallie Taliaferro is married to the brother of Colonel John Harvie Jr.
Winifred is the 7th cousin twice removed of John Locke, (1632 - 1704), British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher.
"The Twisted Tree" By Stewart Goodwin
Purkiss and Jones Families Records Author: J. D. Purkiss and Lester C. Jones Publication: Dec 2000
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2024-04-07 Richard Jordan DNA MATCHES Comparison Jean Graves-719 and John Bluford Coffey-481.txt
Please see the attached graphics for SOME GEDmatch comparisons.
The following are cousins via X-DNA MATCHES:
T278050 Sally Smith Burkett, T054047 Patricia Morrow, A071368 *Archydigger Morgan (Hughes) Frazier, A111278 *GracieB Grace McChesney, and AU5807121 Carla T Parker, are all X-DNA matches for (Me) UC4429921 Richard Jordan.
Please see the attached graphic: 2024-04-09 X-DNA MATCHES Comparison Jean Graves-719 and John Bluford Coffey-481.jpg
NOTE: A071368 *Archydigger Morgan (Hughes) Frazier, AU5807121 Carla T Parker, T054047 Patricia Morrow and (Me) UC4429921 Richard Jordan, are very exact overlapping X-DNA matches. Thus, we probably have a very close common grandmother(s).