Born about in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joel Baggett
and Martha (Amason) Baggett
Sister of
Jemima Baggett, Joel Baggett Jr, Avie Grace (Baggett) Fuller, Nancy Baggett and Bedia (Baggett) Childress
Wife of
James W. Collins
— married
about 7 Jan 1812 in Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Samuel Collins
Died
at about age 83
in Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2014
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Biography
Penelopy, born ca. 1792, married 7 Jan 1812 James Collins in the house of her father, Joel Baggett (according to record in Morgan County, GA marriage and will book 1808-1818, pg 92).
- Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967
- Groom's Name James Collins
- Bride's Name Penelope Bagget
- Marriage Date 07 Jan 1812
- Marriage Place , Morgan, Georgia
- Indexing Project (Batch) Number M71342-1
- System Origin Georgia-ODM
- Source Film Number 158906
Penelope BAGGETT COLLINS made application for a bounty land warrant for her husband's service in the War of 1812. There are several letters attesting to who Penelope is and her rights to the bounty land warrant. One attestor indicates that the marriage between James and Penelope took place at her father's house, Joel BAGGET, about the 15 Oct 1811.
Penelope married James W. Collins, son of Adam Collins and Sarah Marcroft, on January 7, 1812 in Morgan County, Georgia.
The only COLLINS listed on the 1830 Bibb County, Alabama index is Penelope. 1 Male 5-10, 2 Male 10-15, 1 Male 15-20, One Female 0-5, One Female 40-50[1]
1850 United States Federal Census
- Name: Penelope COLLINS
- Age: 65
- Estimated birth year: 1785
- Birth Place: Georgia
- Gender: Female
- Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Shelby, County, Alabama,
- Household #255/258.[2]
One source says "Two brothers, Isaac & James Collins, were born in the 1780s in Georgia. They married two sisters, Penelope & Jemima Baggett. " [3]
"Isaac & Jemima moved to Alabama, then Mississippi, then Arkansas. Their oldest son was named James, after Isaac's brother, another son was named Joel, after Jemima's father. A third son was named Isaac McLendon Collins. "Cite error 3; Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
See also:
- http://www.baggetthistory.com/nicholas_des.html, citing record in Morgan County, Georgia marriage and will book 1808-1818, p. 92.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Penelope by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Penelope:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Penelope by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Penelope:
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~0.78%
Mack Tyner
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tynerm_1
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~0.78%
Karen (Ramsey) Fontenot :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Tracy Ice :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A696252 [compare], Ancestry member TracyLynnIce
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~0.78%
Wayne Baggett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wbaggett175
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Sharon Casteel
Baggett-406 and Baggett-349 appear to represent the same person because: Birthdates are different, but biography in Baggett-406 matches dates and spouse on Baggett-349.
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Rejected matches › Penelope (Unknown) Patrick (1794-)
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