Ison's father, Edward Chenoweth (1777-1840), was the brother of Lurannah (Chenoweth) Wilson. Edward's wife, Mary (Chenoweth) Wilson (1780-1850), was the sister of Lurannah (Chenoweth) Wilson's husband Zachariah Wilson (1765-1827),
A series of mtDNA tests debunk a theory that Matilda Jane was a daughter of Edward and Mary (Wilson) Chenoweth. Testing by direct female descendants of Mary's daughters Isabella (1802-1871) and Sarah Chenoweth (1809-1861) revealed their mtDNA haplogroup to be T2c1d1, confirming their place in the Chenoweth family and eliminating any possibility that Matilda Jane, whose mtDNA haplogroup was U5b3g, was their sister.
* Another mtDNA test proved that a Deliah Chenoweth was not one of the unidentified daughters of Edward and Mary (Wilson) Chenoweth, as widely speculated. The test by a third great-granddaughter of Deliah Chenoweth revealed her haplogroup to be W5a2, proving that Deliah Chenoweth was unrelated to Mary (Wilson) Chenoweth, her daughters, or to Matilda Jane.
* The list of known daughters of Edward and Mary (Wilson) Chenoweth has now been expanded from five to seven with the discovery of documents adding daughters Nancy (1814-1870) and Mary (1815-1849) Chenoweth.
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