Born in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Goggin Jr.
and Rachel Clark (Moorman) Goggin
Wife of
Samuel B Clemens
— married
29 Oct 1797 in Bedford, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jan 2009
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Biography
Parmelia is the grandmother of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
After Parmelia's husband's death in 1805, she took her five young children to join members of the Goggin family who had settled in Adair County, Kentucky. There, she married Simon Hancock and together they raised the Clemens children to adulthood .
Sources
- https://books.google.com/books?id=8BhUuxcKNPkC&pg=PA808&lpg=PA808&dq=Stephen+Goggin+Susannah+Terry+genealogy&source=bl&ots=e3ipsx_8Fm&sig=qquRhTMmX0DM3kW0-EBcBifyVAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioxvGYhdjWAhXpy1QKHf6eBOcQ6AEILDAC#v=onepage&q=Stephen%20Goggin%20Susannah%20Terry%20genealogy&f=false
- Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55728301
- Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750 - 1930, William Wade Hinshaw, Vol. VI, Page 894, Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia, 1797, 10, 23. Samuel [Clemens] & Pamelia Goggin. Samuel Hancock, Surety. Married by John Ayers, Oct. 29, 1797
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Parmelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Parmelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- George Emerson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H4a1a1a, FTDNA kit #B931899
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~1.56%
Kevin Harrington :
23andMe, GEDmatch M070315 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A258020 [compare], Ancestry member KevinHarrington1974
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #286789
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~1.56%
~3.12%
George Emerson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member GeorgeFEmerson
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~0.78%
Dorothy (Garza) Lozano :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Mary Elizabeth Stewart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A102471 [compare], Ancestry member MaryEStewart
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A102471 [compare], FTDNA kit #309095
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~0.78%
Richard Latture :
AncestryDNA
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Sandy Culver
Sandy Culver
Goggin-1 and Goggin-29 appear to represent the same person because: A series of merges in the Clemens family ought to be queued up to review. Here is start.
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by Sandy Culver
Parmelia is 19 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 19 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 19 degrees from Maggie Beer, 42 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 26 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 23 degrees from Michael Chow, 16 degrees from Ree Drummond, 22 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 22 degrees from Matty Matheson, 21 degrees from Martha Stewart, 27 degrees from Danny Trejo and 24 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.