Born about in Grayson County, VA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Johnston Sr
and Sarah (Pennington) Johnston
Sister of
James (Johnson) Johnston, James Johnston, John Johnson, John Johnston, William Johnson, Samuel Johnson Jr, Campbell Johnson, Israel Johnson and Elizabeth (Johnston) Barger
Wife of
John J. Riley
— married
8 May 1820 in Clay County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
Wiley Riley, James Riley, Sarah Riley, Samuel Henry Riley, Margaret (Riley) Baker, Nancy (Riley) Bolling, Loudema Riley, Esquire Riley, Granville Polk Riley and Elihu Riley
Died
at about age 54
in Breathitt County, Kentucky
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- 1804[1]
Marriage
- 8 MAY 1820 Clay County, Kentucky[1]
- Husband: John Riley
- Child: James "Cottonhead Jim" Riley
- Child: Sally Riley
- Child: Samuel "Meatskin" Riley
- Child: Margaret Riley
- Child: Nancy Riley
- Child: Loudema Riley
- Child: Esquire Riley
- Child: Granville "Lawyer Gran" Riley
- Child: Elihu Riley
- 8 MAY 1820 Clay County, Kentucky[1]
Death
- 12 DEC 1858 Breathitt County, Kentucky[1]
She is listed as Jennie Johnson, wife of "Gentleman" John Riley, #77 on the pedigree chart in the book Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. This source gives her birth date as circa 1804 and her date of death as December 12, 1858 in Breathitt County, Kentucky. This source also confirms her parents' names.
Sources
- O'Connor, William. Dozens of Cousins (1988)
- Brøderbund Software, Inc. Census Microfilm Records: Kentucky 1850 National Archives of the United States. Brøderbund Software, Inc. (1998) CD# 303, Disk 1, Page 2019
Morris, Leon. Morris Fork Kentucky: Family Stories and Genealogies from Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. Elkhart, Indiana, 1995.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jenny 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 Jenny:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jenny 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 Jenny:
-
~4.69%
~3.12%
Mary Gay 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~3.12%
Nora (Welch) Goodin :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Cleta (Turner) Pence :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A162791 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Bill Huitt :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bill_huitt
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Tina (Bowman) Johnston :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Britton Meland :
23andMe, GEDmatch AL3638922 [compare]
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~0.78%
D Moyers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PW1517003 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rita Guinn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch m163751 [compare]
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Susannah Rolfes
Johnson-11691 and Johnson-42158 appear to represent the same person because: Both profiles represent the same individual. There is a proposed merger between two profiles that represent her father, and I am about to propose mergers between her husband's two profiles and the two profiles of one of her sons. All the facts are the same and the profiles and sources are nearly identical. Please merge.
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by Susannah Rolfes
Rejected matches › Jane Johnson (1793-) › Jane (Johnson) Black (1801-1890) › Jane Johnson (-abt.1859)
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