William
M.
Collett
Sr.
Born in Rowan County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Collett
and Mary Stiers
Brother of
Isaac (Collet) Collett [half], William Wakefield [half], Elizabeth (Collett) Church [half], Rachel (Collett) Ingmon [half], Samuel Collett [half] and Charles McDonald Collett [half]
Husband of
Susannah (Bellew) Collett
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 62
in Clay County, Kentucky, USA
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Biography
He was was born about 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina and his parents were Mary (Stiers) and Abraham Collett.
William Collett married Susannah Bellew.
He passed away about 1822 in Clay County, Kentucky, USA and was buried at Essie, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA. [1] [2]
Research Notes
FTDNA Project: Haplogroup J2a - described by way of Wikipedia as "Greco-Anatolian, Mesopotamian and/or Caucasian". Also common amongst Sephardic Jews, and possibly supports some of the wilder theories on the Colletts' origins.
DNA testing might reveal connections to an early North American man with the surname of Montgomery, pre-Collett. (As researched by Barry Collet),
Melungeons, increasingly thought to be 17th to early 18th century freed North African men mixed with the white populace.
Rumors about Colletts: Portuguese Jews by way of the Caribbean.
Changed their name from Collins because of some forgotten scandal. This rumor is retold along with the Sizemores changing their name from Williams for the same reason. This probably doesn't apply to every Collett family.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #138721131 for William Collett, b: 1760 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; d: 1822 Clay County, Kentucky, USA; buried: William Collett Family Plot, Essie, Leslie County, Kentucky, USA
- ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current on ancestry.com
- 1790 USA Census of Burke County, North Carolina
- 1802/Jun/11 Knox County, Kentucky Tax List
- 1803/Jun/13 Knox County, Kentucky Tax List
- 1804/Jul/10 Knox County, Kentucky Tax List
- 1806/Jul/03 Knox County, Kentucky Tax List
- 1810 USA Census of Clay County, Kentucky; on FamilySearch.org citing FHL#181,354; NARA#M252; roll#9; p152 for Will Collett
- 1830 USA Census of Clay County, Kentucky; his widow, Susanna Collett, as head of household
- Lineage book starting with William Collett, b: 1760 Virginia
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~1.56%
Don Bowman
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T711628 [compare], Ancestry member Stumpsaw
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T828573 [compare], FTDNA kit #256046
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~1.56%
Kimberly (Williams) Harris :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MZ3812447 [compare], Ancestry member kim1175769
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Sherrie (Williams) Hagenhoff :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sherrie1117
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~0.78%
Ashley Burke :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jill Anderson :
23andMe
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
John Young :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Marshall Sparkman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Laura (Young) Hanley :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Dan Gilbert :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SB1122472 [compare], FTDNA kit #1000783
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N Gauthier
Collett-946 and Collett-133 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same wife
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by N Gauthier
Marlena Fryman
Collett-1828 and Collett-133 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person, the wife just has a surname mis-spelling Ballou instead of Bellow
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by Marlena Fryman
Marlena Fryman
Collett-2612 and Collett-133 appear to represent the same person because: Same wife, made duplicate
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by Marlena Fryman
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