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- With the recent discovery in 2015 of the death record of a John Colyer in Pulaski County with same dates of birth and death of this John, AND that parents were John Colyer and POLLY----there are some doubts that this John Colyer was the son of John Colyer of 1781. Further casting doubts are the fact that another son of John Colyer 1781 was named John Wesley Colyer (thus a junior) who was born of Lydia Purvis in 1834. However, the 1910 Somerset Republican newspaper obit of Granade Colyer lists all family members, and in fact there was a John of the first marriage and a John of the second marriage. The first was called John, the second was called Wesley.
Could this be the son of another John Colyer (on Lousiville 1850 census as John Colyear) and Mary "Polly" Blevins who were married in Pulaski County in 1806 ? See search results on this site for Polly Blevins. Based on DNA research below, it is concluded this John Colyear who married Polly Blevins in Pulaski County IS NOT the parents of John Colyer 1815.
Is it possible that John Colyer 1781 first wife went by the first name of Polly ? This could be supported IF the John Colyer born 1815 of Bronston was in fact John's 1781 son, since John Colyer born 1815 death record in Pulaski Cty states mother was named Polly. October 21, 2016 testing results of Y-DNA samples of a descendant (great-great grandson) of John Colyer 1815 were completed. They show a match on 110 out of 111 Y-DNA markers so within 5 generations ( ie. circa 1800) to a known descendant of John Colyer born 1781. Since the county death record of John Colyer born 1815 shows that his mother's name was Polly, it is concluded based on DNA evidence that the first wife of John Colyer was NOT Martha Minus or Polly Blevins, but RATHER Polly with unknown last name. The John Colyer 1815 death record does not reveal mother last name. The Somerset Republican newspaper obituary of a son of John Colyer 1781 says his first wife was a Miss Sinclair. Therefore this researcher concludes John Colyer 1781 first wife was named POLLY SINCLAIR. Further, DNA evidence concludes that John Colyer 1815 WAS SON of John Colyer 1781.
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