Born about in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Enoch N. Collett
and Cynthia L. (Colbert) Collett
Sister of
Charles Charlie Collett, William Lonzo Collett, Susanna Collett, Stephen T Collett, Francis (Collett) Nix, John Harrison Collett, Martha Pearlee (Collett) Cox and Emma Virginia (Collett) Nix
Wife of
Joseph Higgins
— married
1876 in Georgia
Descendants 
Mother of
Julia A Higgins, William Andrew Higgins, Roscoe Bija Higgins, Cynthia Harriet Higgins, Hugh Walter Higgins and Stephen Arthur Higgins
Died after
after about age 71
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jun 2017
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Biography
When Samantha J Collett was born in 1859 in Georgia, her father, Enoch, was 22, and her mother, Cynthia, was 21. She married Joseph Higgins on March 9, 1876, in Forsyth, Georgia.[1] They had 8 children; 7 were still alive in 1910. She died after 1930 but I am yet unable to locate any records of death.[2]
Sources
- ↑ County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia. Title: Record of Marriages, Book D, 1868-1877, page 380-381
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/260105598457/facts
- Year: 1860; Census Place: Grassy Knob, Pickens, Georgia; Roll: M653_133; Page: 975; Family History Library Film: 803133
- Year: 1870; Census Place: Pickens, Georgia; Roll: M593_169; Page: 15B; Image: 202121; Family History Library Film: 545668
- Year: 1880; Census Place: High Tower, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 147; Family History Film: 1254147; Page: 383C; Enumeration District: 074; Image: 0047
- Year: 1910; Census Place: Hightower, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: T624_188; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1374201
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Hightower, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: T625_257; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 601
- Year: 1930; Census Place: Hightower, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 357; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 47.0; FHL microfilm: 2340092
- Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927; child: Hugh Higgins
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; child: Roscoe B Higgins
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samantha 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 Samantha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samantha 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 Samantha:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Amy Golick 
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23andMe, GEDmatch SA2586048 [compare]
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~3.12%
Jessica (Collett) Hilliard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A802933 [compare], Ancestry member jessc4343
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~3.12%
Bruce Burns :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132250 [compare], Ancestry member doctordeere
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~0.78%
Denise (B) McCloud :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A040892 [compare], Ancestry member littlemama7131
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