Zipporah was already married by 1811 when her father Robert Watson McColley left her a bequest:
Fourth. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Zipporah Tindal all the goods and Chattels she has already received, Except a negro Girl Jaein and noe more of my estate.
Research Notes
Don't believe she is Thomas's mother but is listed as the mom all over the internet The dates don't work for me.
Believe she could be stepmother. See [1] which profile identifies Zepporah (McColley) Tindall as the "stepmother" of Maria and as many as 14 others
Sussex County Marriage Records, M-Z: Samuel Tindle m. Zepporah McCaulley, 30 Dec. 1788. Published by Sussex County, Del., Genealogy Trails: [2] Source: FHL FILM NUMBER 0006416-0006422, 1645-1899, Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Delaware County, District and Probate Courts. Sussex, Wills, Book E-F, 1794-1813
Robert Wattson McColley in Index. Image 187 of 462: [3]
Robert Wattson McColley, Image of Will, page 1 , image 434 of 462: [4] and page 2 , image 435 of 462: [5]
Thank you to Betty Tindle for creating McColley-28 on 28 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Betty and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zipporah 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 Zipporah: