Melissa
Minerva
Pennington
Born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jesse M. Pennington
and Mary Margaret (Sarratt) Pennington
Sister of
Joseph Lee Pennington, James Mattison Pennington, Margaret Molly (Pennington) Brooks, Annie Missouri (Pennington) Livingston, Misnire Nedge (Pennington) Summers, Elmina (Pennington) Swan, Pinkney Pennington and Clemetine Pennington
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2016
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Death
Timeline
Marriages
Census
- 1850 Census. Jesse was born in South Carolina and living with his spouse, Mary, who was also born in South Carolina. The Census was taken in Fayette County, Alabama. along with five of their children: Missoura (Annie Missouri), age 21 b. 1829 in South Carolina; Melissa, age 19 b. 1831 in South Carolina; Missina, age 17 (Misnire) b. 1833 in Alabama; Elmina, age 14 b. 1836 in Alabama; and Pinkney, age 9 b. in 1841 in Alabama. They all lived in house number 16 next door to Sarah Pennington who lived in house no. 15.[1]
Note: The Census taker wrote down the wrong birth dates for both Jesse and Mary.
Records
Notes
Occupation: married Isaac Brooks ca 1851 Fayette Coi, Al; he was born ca.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP1-8F4 : 12 April 2016), Jesse Penington, Fayette county, Fayette, Alabama, United States; citing family 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Melissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Melissa:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Sara (Langley) Woods 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.17%
Brenda Duncan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A834127 [compare], Ancestry member bkduncan4302
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~0.78%
Daniel Steilen :
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~0.78%
Dana Watkins :
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