Mark
Sims
Sr.
Born about in Wake County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Joel Sims
and Christian Thomas (Mays) Sims
Brother of
Francis Sims, Elizabeth Betsey (Sims) Sugg, Frances Allen Sims, John Mays Sims, Susannah (Sims) Whitehead, Warren Sims and Mary Abernathy (Sims) Hudspeth
Husband of
Mary Embrough
— married
12 Dec 1784 in Wake, North Carolina, United States
Husband of
Mary Frances (Embrey) Sims
— married
12 Dec 1784 in Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Allen Martin Sims and Mark Henry Sims Jr
Died about
at about age 55
in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2013
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Biography
Mark Sims was born in 1764 in Wake County, North Carolina, a son of Joel Sims and Christiana Mays. He married Mary Embry/Embrough (1764-1822) on 12 December 1784 in Wake, North Carolina; they had one noted son. [1] Mark died in July 1819 in Oglethorpe, Georgia; burial details unknown.
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94X-JJHV?cc=1726957&wc=QD8P-DT4%3A1588773185%2C1588773446 : 22 December 2016), Wake > Marriage bonds, 1800s, vol P-S > image 1802 of 2490; North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109803085/mark-sims: accessed 17 November 2022), memorial page for Mark Sims (1764–Jul 1819), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109803085, ; Maintained by Gary Jensen (contributor 47674230) Burial Details Unknown.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Jason Dooley for creating WikiTree profile Sims-1760 through the import of Dooley (GedCom).ged on Jul 15, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jason and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mark by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mark by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Topher Sims
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-CTS4528 - John Sims :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #219744
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Rowell) Molder :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A031329 [compare], Ancestry member jemgold1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #295444
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Nanette Wofford :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Noma Eddings :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HU9709882 [compare], Ancestry member JeannieEdd
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B227799
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~0.78%
Linda (Brown) Schmehl :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sharon (Ringer) Minnick :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #448206
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~0.78%
Debbie (Ringer) Dodson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Rex Barrett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RG4030959 [compare], Ancestry member RJanieTalton
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Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson
Sims-6338 and Sims-1760 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
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by Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson
Mark is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 26 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 16 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 23 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.