The Penningtons were residing in the area of Wilkes County that became Ashe County in 1799
Biography
According to the Family Bible record of Rachel and Micajah Pennington, Eliajah was their first child and born on December 9, 1761 while the family were living in the area of Wilkes County, North Carolina that became Ashe County in 1799
Eliajah married Susannah Kelly 9 Sep 1800
Sources
Bible Record
The Bible record of Rachel and Micajah Pennington was sent to Washington, D. C. by Micajah's daughter, Elizabeth Barton, when she was applying for a pension on her husband's, John Barton, Rev. War service (File #R12277).This is the transcription for the Micajah Pennington and Rachel Jones Bible.
The names are listed in this way:
Micage Penington was born April the twenty eight in yr 1743
Rachel Jones was born June the twelfth day in yr 1741
Micage Penington and Rachel Jones was married January in yr 1761 the twenty eight day.
Elige Penington was born December the ninth day in ye 1761.
Micage Penington was born December the thirteenth day in ye 1763.
Mary Penington was born November the eighth in ye 1765.
Levi Penington was born December the twenty first in ye 1767.
Edward Penington was born December the twenty ninth in ye 1769.
Rachel Pennington was born December the twenty (six) day in ye 1771.
Lesebeth Penington was born August the tenth day in ye 1774.
Sarey Penington was born November the 24 day in ye 1776.
Johaner Penington was born the 24 day of March in the ye 1779.
Benejah Pennington born the 15th day of July in the ye 1782.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliajah 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 Eliajah:
Pennington-2372 and Pennington-932 appear to represent the same person because: Same name (variant spelling). Siblings to exact same parents, born on exact same day/month/year. They are the same person resulting from merge of duplicate family.