Born in Amherst County, Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of James S. Simmons
and Mary (Waters) Simmons
Sister of
James Simmons, John Simmons, Frances Simmons, RIchard Simmons, Charity (Simmons) Patterson, Charles Simmons, Nancy Morris (Simmons) Breedlove, Moses Waters Simmons I, Elisha Simmons and Joshua Simmons
Wife of
William Franklin Morris
— married
30 Apr 1793 in Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Wright (Morris) Jones
Died before
before age 83
[location unknown]
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Biography
Christiana was born in 1773 in Amerherst County, Virginia. Her parents were James Simmons and Mary Waters.
Her parents moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina after 1790.
Christiana was married to William Morris in Amherst County, VIrginia in 1793.
Her brother Charles died in 1850 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. His wife died between 1850 and 1856. They had no children.
The estate was to be divided among the heirs of Charles, his brothers and sisters that were living and the children of his deceased brothers and sisters.
Christiana's children were named as heirs. All were living in Georgia.
Will SEP 1856 Place: Rutherford, North Carolina Address: North Carolina Archives Volume CR 086.314.1 Rutherford County, N.C. Equity orders and Decrees 1839-1838, pp 170-180 Charles Simmons Estate, abstracted by Miles Philbeck , Jr
Christiana and William had the following known children:
- John
- Henry
- William
- Elizabeth
- Christiana
Sources
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR77-WXV : 11 February 2018), William Morris and Christian Simmons, 30 Apr 1793; citing Amherst County, Virginia, reference P 84; FHL microfilm 30,273.
https://www.bookofbowie.net/family/INDIs/II0233.html#pedi
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiana 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 Christiana:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christiana 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 Christiana:
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~3.12%
Susan (Propst) Graben
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A135489 [compare], Ancestry member SPGraben
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~1.56%
Claudette Colbert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member colbertc66
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~1.56%
Karen Anderson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kathleen (Grubb) Holder :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A284945 [compare]
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~0.78%
Anonymous Grubb :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member steveng33
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~0.78%
Kathleen Fowler :
AncestryDNA
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