Mary Staves And Her Family

*How do we know Mary was a Staves?  Can documentation (a will, deed, church record, etc.) be found?

John Staves and Abram Staves (presumably Mary Staves' brothers) were naturalized in Clinton County, New York.  John Staves stated that he was from Chambly, Quebec, and Abram Staves indicated that he was from the Province of Lower Canada (Quebec).  The 1840 document also stated that Abram was brought to the United States when he was a minor of either one or two years old.

An earlier blog post, A French-Canadian DNA Match, included my Staves ancestor, Joseph Jacquex Staves.  The name Bricault dit Lamarche may have been changed to Staves. There is a link to information about Jean Bricault dit Lamarche (in French) with a roughly translated version here.

*A link to Ancestry.com has Mary Staves (1787-1876) married to Mitchel Swinyer.
Also see Mitchel Swinyer's memorial at FindAGrave.

1850 Census
Saranac, Clinton, New York, United States
Mitchel Swinger M 67 Canada
Mary Swinger F 63 Canada
Abram Swinger M 32 New York
Archibald Swinger M 21 New York

Census 1860

Saranac, Clinton, New York, United States

Michael Sweena M 77 Canada

Mary Sweena F 75 Canada

Edward Sweena M 35 New York

John Stave In Clinton County

New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980  Clinton Petition evidence 1833-1836 drawer 45, packet 27:

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John Stave, of the Town of Peru...renounce all allegiance and fidelity to his majesty the king of the United Kingdom.....27 January 1836

Affidavit from Eleakin Mason of Plattsburgh in the County of Clinton...

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I, John Stave, a native Chambly in Lower Canada, of the age 44 years...he came to the United States when a minor at the age of eight - years or before he was eighteen years of age...

Affidavit from Nathan Taylor

Abram Stave's Naturalization

New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980  Clinton Petition evidence 1833-1836 drawer 45, packet 27:

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Abram Stave

State of New York
Clinton County

I, Abram Staves, native of the Province of Lower Canada now a resident of the town of Peru...age of 40 years...came to the United States when a minor of the age of 1 or 2 years...

1 July 1840

Potential X-DNA Ancestor Matches

See X Marks the Spot on the DNA Explained blog.

My brother's X potential matches below.  The male X chromosome is derived solely from the maternal side.

J. Joanne Garrett (mother)

James Garrett and Katie I. Johnson
James Garrett's mother, Sophia Swinyer
David Swinyer and Mary Jane Snay [Sophia Swinyer's parents]
David Swinyer's unknown parents
Peter Snay and Sophia Swinyer [Mary Jane Snay's parents]
Mary R. [unknown last name] Peter Snay's mother
Mitchell Swinyer and Mary Staves [Sophia Swinyer's parents]
Other unidentified matches

James D. Johnson and Katie Rice (maternal grandparents)
Nancy Graves [James D. Johnson's mother]
Nancy Graves' parents [identities unknown]
James Rice and Nancy Patillo [Katie Rice's parents]
Ann Hinds [James Rice's mother]
William Hinds and Elizabeth Acklin [Ann Hinds' parents]
William Hinds' mother [identity unknown]
Christopher Acklin and Christian Black [Elizabeth Acklin's parents]
Other unidentified matches

I'm an X match with my brother, but our paternal aunt is not.  Our DNA results at FTDNA confirmed this.

My maternal matches sync up with my brother's.  In addition, I have the potential paternal X matches listed below:

Richard N. Powers [father]
Beatrice Cameron [grandmother]
Donald Cameron and Anna Cameron [same surname]
Donald Cameron's mother, Nancy Cameron [Cameron was her surname]
Anna's parents, Duncan Cameron and Ellen Cameron [same surname]
Nancy Cameron's parents, Allen Cameron and Mary McMillan
Duncan Cameron's mother, Mary McMillan
Ellen Cameron's parents, Ewen Cameron and Bridget Higgins
Other unidentified matches

Staves In Clinton County

New York, Probate Records, Clinton Letters of administration...:

Richard Staves

Caroline Staves

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A French-Canadian DNA Match

My Staves lineage from an earlier post [additional ancestors added]:

Joseph Jacquex Staves*

Mitchell Swinyer m. Mary Staves

Peter Snay m. Sophia Swinyer

Mary Jane Snay m. David Swinyer

Sophia Jeannette Swinyer m. John Joseph Garrett

James Herschel Garrett m. Katherine I. Johnson

(Living Garrett) m. Richard N. Powers

Me

Sophia (Swinyer) Snay's parents were Mitchell Swinyer and Mary Staves.  Mary Staves' father was Joseph Jacquex Staves.

This is where it gets tricky; the name Bricault dit Lamarche may have been changed to Staves.  The match portrayed in this post connected to the parents of a Bricault dit Lamarche wife (Marie Chenier).

Publication about Jean Bricault dit Lamarche.  See the synopsis of the story of Jean-Baptiste Bricault Lamarche (b. Abt. 1646, d. August 19, 1726).


There was a DNA match with a mutual descendant of Jean Chenier and his wife, Jacqueline Sedilot. [Side Note: Was Chenier an earlier version of Swinyer?].

My Jean Chenier lineage:

Jean Chenier m. Jacqueline Sedilot
Marie Chenier m. Jean-Baptiste Bricault Lamarche
Jean Baptiste Bricault dit Lamarche m. Marie Petronille Janot dite Lachapelle
Jean Baptiste Archange Bricault Lamarche m. Angelique Bazinet
*Joseph Jacquex Staves [for the remainder of the tree, see above]

A branch of the tree of my DNA match [also has "dit" names]:

Jean Chenier m. Jacqueline Sedilot
Jean Chenier m. Genevieve Ferre
Jean Baptiste Chenier m. Barbe Rapin
Louis Morel Madore m. Catherine Marguerite Chenier
Francois Morel Madore m. Marguerite Campau
Jean Baptiste Poirier m. Marie Madore
Francois Xavier Quevillon m. Felicite Poirier
Antoine Laurin m. Glaphire Quevillon
Mr. Ovila Laurin
[Mother of DNA match]
Living [DNA match]  - **My 9th Cousin, 1x Removed

Because my DNA match and I are such distant cousins**, were there additional matches on additional ancestors?  The DNA FamilyFinder estimate was that the match and I were 2nd to 4th cousins.