Born in Bedford, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Jennings
and Diannah (Bobbitt) Jennings
Sister of
William Augustus Jennings, Edmund Jennings, Elizabeth (Jennings) Peyton, Jonathan Jennings Jr, Susannah (Jennings) Hawes and Joseph Jennings
Wife of
William Tobias Phillips Sr
— married
1767 in North Farmington, Richmond County, VA
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Phillips, Rhoda (Phillips) Cock, William Tobias Phillips, Hannah (Phillips) Henson, John C. Phillips, Mary (Phillips) Quesenberry, Richard Phillips, Robert Burton Phillips, Elizabeth N. (Phillips) Dalton, Joseph Phillips, Frances Phillips, Jane (Phillips) Cock, Nancy Ann (Phillips) Duncan and Rachel (Phillips) Lawson
Died
at about age 80
in Grayson, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Mary Margaret "Peggy" Jennings was born in 1753 in Virginia, a daughter of Jonathan Jennings and Diannah Bobbit. In 1767, Peggy married Tobias Phillips[1]
Tobias, born January 25, 1750, in Richmond, Virginia, was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. [2] At the time of the war, this family was living in Montgomery county, Virginia.
As both Margaret and Peggy, she and Tobias are found in the marriage and death records of their children, including:
- (Mary?) "Molly" Phillips, who married Frederick Duesenberry, on December 20 1793, in Montgomery county, Virginia. [3]
- William Phillips, born circa 1770, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, widower, who at the age of 86 years, married as his second wife, Mary Gray, also a widow, age 62 years. Mary Gray was born in Franklin county, Virginia, a daughter of Fanny Hale. [4]
- Francis (Phillips) Dalton, born circa 1784, died May 10, 1877, in Carroll county, Virginia [5]
Grayson county, Virginia was established in 1793. In 1820 and 1830 Margaret lived in Grayson county, Virginia [6] [7]
Margaret (Jennings) Phillips died in 1830, in Grayson county, Virginia and is buried in the Plantation Cemetery, in Floyd county, Virginia. [8] Note: Margaret's Find A Grave memorial is attached to that of ten known children.
Sources
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, 13576.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
- ↑ VA MAG OF HIST & BIOGRAPHY, VA HIST SOCIETY, VOL 47, P 37; VOL 46, P 346; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, PP 685, 689
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8J-PBC : 29 January 2020), Peggy Phillips in entry for Frederick Duesenberry, 1793
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZQ-717 : 29 January 2020), Margaret Philips in entry for William Philips, 1856
- ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RV-C3T : 29 January 2020), Peggy Philips in entry for Francis Dalton, 1877
- ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Page: 51; NARA Roll: M33_131; Image: 68
- ↑ 1830; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 190; Page: 272; Family History Library Film: 0029669
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168446674/margaret-phillips
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peggy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peggy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Thomas Carroll
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H4a1a4b, FTDNA kit #924656, MitoYDNA ID A10536 [compare]
-
~2.34%
~9.38%
Shawn (Duncan) Kincaid :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Sandra (Duncan) Seavers :
23andMe, GEDmatch M511038 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Jimmie Duncan :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Cindy (Modrall) Krieg :
23andMe, GEDmatch YM6944262 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Modrall3 [compare], Ancestry member cynthiakrieg
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Lana Pennington :
23andMe, GEDmatch NL5293528 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Jonnda (Hughett) Burner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BUNSEN63
-
~1.56%
Laverne (Priest) Ebert :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A575047 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Tammy (Newport) Wallin :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Linda (Weppner) Kramer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LindaKramer
-
~1.56%
~12.50%
David Weppner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B911775
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PE8671963 [compare]
-
~1.17%
Tommy Phillips :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal TOMadfddd27, FTDNA kit #B713065
+
MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal TOMadfddd27, FTDNA kit #B713065
+
Living DNA
-
~0.78%
Cindy (Ramsey) Barnett :
23andMe, GEDmatch WE6681429 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WE6681429 [compare], yourDNAportal CIN85014fd6, Ancestry member cbarnett74
-
~0.78%
Elizabeth Spencer :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GL5065629 [compare], Ancestry member edarspencer
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GL5065629 [compare], FTDNA kit #B158754
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Mark Anderson :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Jeffrey McCoy :
23andMe, GEDmatch CE3692196 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member itsjammer1
-
~0.78%
Jason Waddell :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A219383 [compare], Ancestry member Jasonwaddell82
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Melany (Smith) Dean :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Linda Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Lynna Webb :
23andMe, GEDmatch T323619 [compare]
-
~0.78%
David Wallace :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal DAV9acd9d5f, Ancestry member wallace8549
-
~0.78%
Chris Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684407 [compare], Ancestry member Chrishopper1962
-
~0.78%
Stephanie Frank :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QA7867585 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Thomas Carroll :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QR5820452 [compare], Ancestry member SouthernYankee65
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WB2030694 [compare], FTDNA kit #924656
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Anonymous Crabtree :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Margee’ Simon :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Dave Weppner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member davwep
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B920901
-
~0.78%
C (Filer) F :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
TJ Sexton :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Ken Turman :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Dustin Dean :
23andMe, GEDmatch A033095 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033095 [compare], Ancestry member nonethewiser
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N96424
-
~0.39%
Chrissy (Vassal) Tripp :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JA1355267 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRaaa15b1d, Ancestry member chrissyt521
-
~0.39%
Raymond Nichols :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A393554 [compare], Ancestry member grandsonofsam
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Tiffany (Burns) Parker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tiffanyparker0584
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Dylan Meyer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dylanmeyer
-
~0.39%
Monica (Puckett) Laisure :
AncestryDNA
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch UU4570191 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Brenda (Shelor) Crawford :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Dawn Tilton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #368436
-
~0.39%
Tammy (Mayes) Joyce :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T511552 [compare], FTDNA kit #627833
-
~0.39%
Tiffany (Phillips) Knight :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal TIFc0e23e99, FTDNA kit #B709319
+
Autosomal DNA Test, yourDNAportal Tif05731e71
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch Wa1372726 [compare], yourDNAportal TIFc0e23e99
+
Living DNA
-
~0.39%
Trey Phillips :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LU9895554 [compare]
+
Living DNA
-
~0.39%
Vicki (Hoofnel) George :
Autosomal DNA Test
-
~0.39%
Suzi Corneal :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H871679 [compare]
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Jennings-2722 and Jennings-7266 appear to represent the same person because: same name and family
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by Karen Lowe
Bryan Higgs
Jennings-2722 and Jennings-4332 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be the same people.
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by Bryan Higgs
Rejected matches › Margaret (Phillips) Roseberry (bef.1746-) › Margaret (McReaden) Phillips (abt.1744-) › Mary (Jennings) Benbow (bef.1801-1829) › Mary Flippen (1751-)
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