Riggs
Pennington
Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Simeon Pennington, Asa Pennington, Moses Pennington, Joel Pennington and Mahala (Pennington) Grider
Husband of
Joanna Catherine (Osborne) Pennington
— married
about 1810 (to 18 Jan 1869) in Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Wesley Pennington, Stephen O. Pennington, Elijah L Pennington, Mary Eliza Jane (Pennington) Hackworth and Elisha L Pennington
Died
at age 81
in Independence, Washington, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Apr 2016
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Biography
| Riggs Pennington was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. Westward Ho! Join: Trails and Wagon Trains Project Discuss: wagon_trains_and_trails |
Wagon Train Details
"Wagon Trains", large groups of covered wagons that travelled together for safety and protection, were a common way for pioneers to travel as they migrated west. These are the known details of the wagon train this person travelled on:
| Wagon Trail: | |
| Departure Date: | 1836 |
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| Trail Master: | |
| Point of Origin: | Illinois |
| Point of Muster: | |
| Destination: | Washington Co., Texas |
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Sources
- Parker, Burney. The Pennington Lineage, 1996.
- Jones, Marvin T. Some Descendants of Ephraim Pennington of Rowan Co., NC, including those of Pennington's Point, McDonough County, Illinois, 1994.
- Letter from Robert Elijah Pennington to Johnnie Mae (Hackworth) Shaufler, 1940, in possession of Kat Prawl
- Letter from Stephen Austin Hackworth to his cousin, Robert Elijah Pennington, 1926, in possessions Kat Prawl
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Riggs by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Riggs:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Riggs by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Riggs:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Suz (Ham) Sample Graham 
:
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Kat (Watson) Prawl :
23andMe, GEDmatch M452300 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392218 [compare], Ancestry member K_Prawl
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T352849 [compare], FTDNA kit #527111
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~1.56%
Jan Birk :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jimmy Tom Miller :
23andMe, GEDmatch UU5570156 [compare]
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~0.78%
Amber (Trice) Fleming :
23andMe, GEDmatch M583726 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JH4169845 [compare], Ancestry member altrice226
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carol (Guinn) Jenkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jenkins5286
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~0.78%
Sandra (Jones) De Blanc :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Leland Lewis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
John George :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A399192 [compare], Ancestry member Monte_George
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~0.39%
Betty Slump :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member walters3941
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~0.39%
SA (Reed) Asher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A377056 [compare], Ancestry member SharonAsher2
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