Born in Hanover, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Sims II
and Judith (Cross) Sims
Sister of
Jane (Sims) Winn, John Dabney Sims, Elizabeth (Sims) Harlan, Mildred (Sims) Crenshaw, William Sims Jr, Nancy Sims, Martha Patsy Sims, Susan (Sims) Mcalister, Thomas Sims, Sarah (Sims) Gillespie and Frances (Sims) Daniel
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 81
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Feb 2022
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Biography
Mary “Polly” Sims, born 24 November 1778, Hanover County, Virginia, married 28 November 1815, Maury County, Tennessee, to John Griffith.[1] Mary was thirty-seven years old when she married.
William Sims © 2011 Michal M. Farmer
Sources
- [1]Whitley, Maury County, Tennessee, Marriages 1808-1852, p. 3. John Griffith to Mary Sims, bond 18 November 1815. Date of marriage, 28 November 1815.
Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 Name Mary Sims Gender Female Marriage Date 28 Nov 1815 Marriage Place Maury, Tennessee, USA Spouse John Griffith
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary:
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~3.12%
Jerry Sims
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CV9027735 [compare], yourDNAportal JERab77c5b4, Ancestry member JerryJSims
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~3.12%
William Willis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A592900 [compare]
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~1.56%
Martha Leigh Willis :
23andMe, GEDmatch M765125 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A675152 [compare], Ancestry member marthaleighw
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T602196 [compare], FTDNA kit #395856
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~1.56%
Johnny Vines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WH9147142 [compare], Ancestry member ljdvines
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Janet (Winans) Kennedy :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YX249088C1 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rachel Vines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PG5822662 [compare], Ancestry member RPVines
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~0.78%
John Vines :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WD7889342 [compare], Ancestry member jcolvines
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~0.78%
Mike Winans :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch CC8911070 [compare], FTDNA kit #471229
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~0.78%
Tammy Woodruff :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H034362 [compare]
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