Person:Rachel Merchant (4)

Watchers
Rachel Merchant
b.Cal 1706
m. Bef 1728
  1. Captain Joseph GarnseyCal 1730 - 1817
m. 4 May 1774
Facts and Events
Name[1] Rachel Merchant
Alt Name Rachel Marchant
Married Name Rachel Garnsey
Married Name Rachel Curtis
Gender Female
Birth[3] Cal 1706
Marriage Bef 1728 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Joseph Garnsey
Marriage 4 May 1774 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Rev. Jeremiah Curtis
Alt Death[3] Sep 1794 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[2] 21 Oct 1794 Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. Joseph4 Garnsey, in Card, Eva Garnsey. The Garnsey, Guernsey genealogy: an account of thirteen generations of descendants from Henry Garnsey ( -1862) of Dorchester, Mass. and Joseph Gournsie-Garnsey ( -1688) of Stamford, Conn. (Urbana, Illinois: Card and Card, c1963)
    428.

    "… Rachel Merchant of Waterbury. 'She prob. came from Martha's Vineyard'. … She d. in Watertown, 21 Oct. 1784, aged 90 yrs."

  2. Southington Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    19.

    "Curtis, … Rachel, w. Jeremiah, d. Oct. 21, 1794 [LR1:5]"
    "Curtis, … Rachel, w. Rev. Jeremiah, d. Oct. 21, 1794 [LR4:5]"

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 123-2 Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
    70.

    "Curtis, Rachel, consort Rev, Jeremiah, died Sept. 1794, age 88 yrs."