Martha (Pennington) Gilley (1843-1926) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Martha Gilley formerly Pennington

Born 29 Mar 1843 in Hemla, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Levi Pennington and Elizabeth (Henson) Pennington

Sister of Edy (Pennington) Eastrage, Hiley (Pennington) Lewis, Elijah Ephraim Pennington, William Pennington, Nancy Pennington, Larkin Pennington, Harvey Pennington, John Pennington, Anderson Pennington, Andrew Pennington, Levi Daniel Pennington and Elizabeth (Pennington) Dollar

Wife of Marshall (Gilley) Gilly — married 22 Mar 1872 in Ashe County, North Carolina

Mother of Wilson Gilley, Lillie Gilley, Nelson Gilley and Adah Gilley

Died 21 Dec 1926 at age 83 in Eldrith, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

Martha Pennington was born on March 29, 1843 in Hemla, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Levi Pennington and Elizabeth Henson.

Married Marshall Gilly In 1880 she and her husband Marshall Gilly were living on the Pennington farm with her mother Liby(Elizabeth0. With them were her five children who were William age 16 years, Mollie age 13 years, Wilson age Years, Lillie age 5 years and Nelson age 2 years. During 1900 she was recorded as being 56 years of age born in March of 1844 and she has given birth to seven children and 6 were living presently.

By 1910 Martha was reported as being 67 years of age and had seven children with five presently living She passed away in 1926.

Sources

1850 U.S. Census, Ashe County, North Carolina
1860 U.S. Census, North Fork District, Ashe County, North Carolina
1870 U.S. Census, Laurel Township, Ashe County, North Carolina
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6H-1JD : 22 August 2017), Martha Gilly in household of Liby Penington, Laurel, Ashe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 22, sheet 607B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,952.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST2-QL9 : accessed 25 July 2020), Martha Gilley in household of Marshal Gilley, Creston & Laurel townships, Ashe, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 12A, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,182.
1910 U.S. Census, Laurel Township, Ashe County, North Carolina
Death Certificate attached

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha:

~1.56% ~3.12% Carmen Johnson : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A789680 [compare], yourDNAportal CARb7a4bcbd, Ancestry member CarmenMJ + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #290506