Penelope
Massengill
formerly Cobb
Born about in Northampton, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Cobb Sr.
and Barsheba (Whitehead) Cobb
Sister of
Arthur Cobb, Pharaoh Cobb, William Cobb Jr., Charles Cobb [half], Sylvester Young Cobb [half], James Cobb [half], Jerry Jesse Cobb [half], Jackson Cobb [half], Mary Jackson Cobb [half], Tabitha (Cobb) Massengale, Hannah Cobb [half] and John Stephen Cobb [half]
Wife of
Henry Massengill Jr.
— married
about 1776 in Womacks Fort, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Susannah (Massengill) Porter, William Massengill, James Joseph Massengill, Lucretia Massengill, Michael Massengill and Ailcey Cobb Massengill
Died
at about age 49
in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Sep 2014
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Biography
William Cobb was brother-in-law of Henry Massengill who had married his sister Mary Cobb, and father-in-law of Henry's son Hal Massengill, who had married his daughter Penelope. Hal and Penelope inherited the home of William Cobb, which home had been used as the first capitol of the Southwest Territory (consisting of all US holdings south of the Ohio River), part of which would eventually become the State of Tennessee. This home is preserved by the State of Tennessee as the Rocky Mount Living History Museum after having been donated to the State by a Massengill/Massengale descendant.
Sources
- The Massengills, Massengales and Variants (1472-1931), by Samuel Evans Massengill, M.D.
- Husband's DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A075072
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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%
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