Person:Rachel Bristol (2)

Name^[1]	Rachel Bristol
Married Name	Rachel Smith
Married Name	Rachel Downs
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	11 Dec 1739	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	Bef 1758	Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (David). to David Smith
Marriage	29 Jun 1779	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesTrinity Church [Prot. Ep.] to Samuel Downs
Death^[1]^[2]^[3]	6 May 1817	Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death^[1]	6 May 1819	Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]^[2]^[3]		Old Bethany Cemetery, Bethany, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Bristol, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
2:314.

"Rachel (Bristol), b 11 Dec 1739 (New Haven Vital Records) d [6 May 1819 æ. 77 (gravestone, Cemetery in the Hollow, Bethany); m (1) David Smith; m (2) 29 June 1779 (church record, Trinity Church [Prot. Ep.], New Haven) Samuel Downs.]"

According to Mr. Jacobus, the identification of Rachel, wife of David Smith and Samuel Downs, as daughter of Stephen and Dorothy (Tolles) Bristol, was probable but not proven.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Rachel Bristol Downs, in Find A Grave.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 02 203-6 Old Bethany Cemetery, Bethany, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
45.

"Downs, Rachel, wife of Samuel, died May 6, 1817, age 77."