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Rebecca SMITH

Rebecca SMITH

Female 1772 - 1844  (72 years)

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  • Name Rebecca SMITH 
    Born 1772  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence (SETTLED 1818)  Lost Creek, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 17 Oct 1844  [3] 
    Buried (NO MARKER)  Arnold (aka Old Hill) Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I4694  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2011 

    Father Thomas SMITH,   b. 23 May 1743, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1799, Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Sarah GREEN,   b. 19 Aug 1744,   d. 15 Nov 1801  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F1919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel MORRIS  [5] 
    Married 20 Jan 1796  Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Samuel and Rebecca (Smith) Morris "settled on the waters of Lost Creek at the Morris homestead, about one and one-half miles southwest of what is now Lost Creek Station, and are the ancestors of all that numerous family of Morrises in that part of Harrison County, and who have intermarried with the Gastons, McWhorters, Posts, Davissons and others, and moved to various sections of West Virginia, some of whom have moved to the far western states." [2, 7]
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth MORRIS,   b. 8 Nov 1797, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Benjamin MORRIS,   b. 30 Jan 1798, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1886  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Thomas Smith MORRIS,   b. 12 Apr 1807, Trenton, Mercer Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1879, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F1646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S237] G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher.

    2. [S1251] Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV, Bernard L. Butcher, (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD), p. 1133.

    3. [S1569] Family Bible.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S2573] Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (Vol 4), John Edwin Stillwell (1853-1930), ((1916) www.archive.org/details/historicalgeneal04stil), p. 69.

    7. [S1251] Genealogical & Personal History of Upper Monongahela Valley WV, Bernard L. Butcher, (1912, reprinted 1978 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD).