Born about in Tarboro, Edgecombe, Province of North Carolina
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Benjamin Sellers Sr.
and Sarah (Hickman) Dixon
Sister of
James Thomas Sellers [half], Elisha Sellers [half], Mary Unity (Sellers) West, William Benjamin Sellers Jr., Mary Drucilla (Sellers) Noel, Matthew Wesley Sellers, Henry Sellers, Joel Sellers Sr, Jeconias Sellers, Sarah (Sellers) Young, Simon Sellers, Benjamin Sellers [half], Mourning (Dickson) Jackson [half], Nicholas Dixon [half], Hickman Dixon Sr. [half], Unity (Dixon) Ellis [half], Thomas Dixon [half], Charity (Dixon) Jones [half], Elizabeth (Dixon) Simmons [half], Sarah (Dixon) Ellis [half] and Keziah (Dixon) Hickman [half]
Wife of
Arthur Robbins
— married
14 Apr 1764 in Edgecombe, North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Robbins, Arthur Robbins, Joel Robbins, Jonathan Robbins, Penelope Robbins, Elizabeth Robbins, Absolom Robbins and Daniel Robbins
Died about
at about age 74
in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
This profile is part of the Robbins Name Study.
Penelope Sellers was born about 1746 in Tarboro, Edgecombe, Province of North Carolina.
Penelope and Arthur Robbins were married on April 14, 1764 in Edgecombe. Arthur was born in 1744 in North Carolina. He was the son of William Robbins.
Their children were:
- Benjamin Robbins, b. 1770.
- Arthur Robbins, b. 1772.
- Joel Robbins, b. 1774.
- Jonathan Robbins, b. 1776.
- Penelope Robbins, b. 1778.
- Elizabeth Robbins, b. 1780.
- Absolom Robbins, b. 1782.
- Daniel Robbins, b. 1784.
Penelope died about April 2, 1820 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, aged 73.
Mary Penelope Sellers was born in 1746 in Tarboro, North Carolina, her father, William, was 29, and her mother, Sarah, was 28. She married Arthur Robbins on April 14, 1764, in Edgecombe, North Carolina[1]. She died on April 2, 1820, in Brunswick, North Carolina, at the age of 74.[2]
Sources
- ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
- ↑ U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [1]
- "Ancestral File v4.19," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M4M9-S4Y : accessed 1 September 2012), entry for Penelope SELLERS.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140715032/mary-penelope-robbins: accessed 06 July 2023), memorial page for Mary Penelope Sellers Robbins (1746–2 Apr 1820), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140715032; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by dcterri (contributor 47511169). -no photo or sources
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch
- (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSM-7ZJL : 10 March 2021), Arthur Robins and Penelope Sellers, 14 Apr 1754; citing Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSM-93RM : 10 March 2021), Arthur Robins and Penelope Sellers, 14 Apr 1764; citing Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Penelope 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 Penelope:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Penelope 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 Penelope:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
John Buris 
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JohnBuris01
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~0.78%
Rebecca (Conner) Wooster :
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~0.39%
Karyl Bilbrey :
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~0.39%
Kris Davis :
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch TJ8523710 [compare], yourDNAportal KRIb5fd661b
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~0.39%
Dana Burns :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YM3055626 [compare], FTDNA kit #608993
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Dana Burns
Sellers-1495 and Sellers-476 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death
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Rejected matches › Mary Elizabeth Sellers (abt.1915-) › Mary Sellers (abt.1844-abt.1870) › Mary Sellers (aft.1850-) › Mary Anne (Sellers) Parker (1785-) › Anna Maria (Sellers) Noll (1747-1818) › Mary Frances Sellers › Mary (UNKNOWN) Sellers (abt.1723-abt.1777) › Mary J. Sellers › Mary Sellers › Mary Jane (Welborn) Spurgeon (1736-1803)
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