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- H. Robert Rae - Bef 1781
- W. Rebecca (add)
m. Aft 1768
Facts and Events
| Name |
Robert Rae |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
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County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Marriage |
Bef 1768 |
Georgia, United States[1st wife]
to Unknown |
| Marriage |
Aft 1768 |
Georgia, United Statesto Rebecca (add) |
| Will[2] |
30 Oct 1779 |
Chatham, Georgia, United States |
| Death? |
Bef 1 Mar 1781 |
Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States |
| Probate[2] |
1 Mar 1781 |
Chatham, Georgia, United States |
Research Notes
- Caution: Austin gives different dates for Robert's Will.
References
- Family Recorded, in Austin, Jeannette H. (Jeannette Holland). Colonial Georgians. (Georgia: J.H. Austin, 19--).
... Robert Rae, brother of John Rae, Sr., died October 1779 in Savannah. In January of 1772 he petitioned the Georgia Trustees for 200 acres of land on the Kiokas, formerly surveyed for Samuel Wells, with four negroes to work the land. He was in business with Georgie Whitefield (Robert Rae, George Whitefield & Co.) and these gentlemen petitioned for 500 acres in St. Paul's Parish in 1771. His wife was Rebecca, and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Church. His Will dated October 13, 1779, probated October 30, 1779, named his brothers, leaving to the children of his brother James Rae, deceased, of Ireland, as well as his sister, Deborah Armstrong of Ireland, land in Killein, Ireland, and the plantation on the Savannah River opposite Little Island, and land north of Hutchinson's Island (this land now being in South Carolina). To his nephew, James Rae of Augusta, he bequeathed all the property and his interest in Rae, Whitefield & Co., Rae's Elbert & Co., and Rae's Elbert
& Graham. Will probated at Savannah. Robert Rae married first a wife who died at Augusta in 1768; later married Rebecca. ...
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Will Abstract of Robert Rae, in Austin, Jeannette H. Georgia Wills, Chatham County.
[Chatham County, Will Book A]
ROBERT RAE, Planter, of Augusta Co., Ga. 10/30/1779:3/1/1781, p. 119
Wife: Rebecca.
Nephew: James Rae of Augusta.
Bro: Mathew Rae of Ireland.
Niece: Jane Sommerville, decd.
To: Ch of friend, Samuel Elbert and his wife, Elizabeth; Mary Herron; friends, George Whitefield, Leonard Marbury, Samuel Elbert.
Dau-in-law: Elizabeth Church.
To: ch of my bro., James, decd, of Ireland;
ch of sister, Deborah Armstrong of Ireland.
To: Ann Johnston, spinster, of Augusta, for caring for me during illness.
Friends and relatives: Mrs. Isabelle Habersham, Mrs. Elizabeth Elbert.
Mentions firm of Rae, Whitefield & Co.; Rae, Elbert & Graham, prop. in Ireland called "Killein"; plantation "Rae's Hall" near Savannah, etc.
Exrs: nephew, James Rae, friends, S. Elbert, Leonard Marbury, George Whitefield.
Wits: James Gordon, Francis Bagbie, Thomas Taylor.
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