View source for Bethiah Thomas(mtDNA)

==Status summary==

===Completed as of June 3, 2026: ===
* Low Priority as no known matrilineal/mtDNA descendants of Bethiah THOMAS Little.

==Biography==
===First Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thomas-1994 Bethiah Thomas], daughter of (Capt.) Nathaniel Thomas & Mary ____ was born Pembroke 1 Mar 1649/50 and died there 23 Sep 1718. She married Marshfield abt 1673 [[Little (Y-DNA)#Second Generation |(Lt.) Isaac Little]] and they had twelve children (born Marshfield): Thomas (1674), Dorothy (1676-1677), Isaac (1677/8), Bethiah (1681-b1688), infant daughter (1683-1683), Charles (1685), Abigail (c1687), Bethiah (1688-1689), Nathaniel (1690-b1715 unm.), William (1691/2), Bethiah (c1693 m Thomas Barker) and Lemuel (bp 1700).

===Second Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Little-7327 Abigail Little] was born Marshfield abt 1687 and died Marlborough 8 Feb 1769. She married Pembroke 14 Jun 1720 John Arbuthnot and they had two children: Christian (dau., bp 1724) and William (c1727).

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Little-6915 Bethiah Little] was born Marshfield abt 1693 and died Hingham 9 Oct 1751. She married Plymouth 22 May 1712 Thomas Barker and they had eight children: Thomas (1712/3), Bethiah (1715), Nathaniel (1716-1722), William (c1717-1729), Abigail (1718), Elizabeth (1720-1722), Elizabeth (1724-1804 unm.) and Nathaniel (1727).

===Third Generation===
[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arbuthnot-3967 Christian Arbuthnot] was baptized Boston 24 Jun 1724 and died Bristol, ENG abt 7 Apr 1795. She married Boston 26 Sep 1745 Henry Barnes and they had only one child: Christian (1751-1751).


[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barker-11301 Bethiah Barker] was born Pembroke 17 Feb 1715 and died there 21 Nov 1790. She married twice, first Pembroke 31 Jul 1738 James Johnston then 1772 [[Winslow (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |(Gen.) John Winslow]] but it appears she never had any children by either marriage.

[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barker-11303 Abigail Barker] was born Pembroke 11 Jan 1717/8 and died Hingham 11 Feb 1795. She married Boston 9 Feb 1745 Joshua Barker and they had three children: Deborah (1747), Sarah (1751) and Bethia (1753).

===Conclusion===
It appears there is no surviving matrilineal/mtDNA line from Bethiah THOMAS Little. 

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