Person:Rachel Townsend (15)

Watchers
Rachel Townsend
 
Facts and Events
Name Rachel Townsend
Gender Female
Marriage Bef 6 Mar 1776 Perquimans, North Carolina, United Statesto Gabriel Newby
Death[1] Aft Jul 1777 Perquimans, North Carolina, United States
References
  1. Winslow, Ellen Godde Rawlings. History of Perquimans county as compiled from records found there and elsewhere: abstracts of deed from 1681 through the revolution-petitions, divisions and marriages found in Perquiamans and adjacent counties... (Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Co., 1931).

    ... Gabriel [Newby] m Rachel Townsend (d of William, & Rachel née Wilson ...

    ... Newby, Gabriel ... and wife Rachel (Townsend) who were m before 6, 3mo 1776, had issue, according to his will, p in Perq Co 1824. ...

    ... wife Rachel is not named in his will, but she was living July 1777, when her mother Rachel (née Wilson) Williams will was probated in Perq, who named her “dau Rachel Newby” and gr-son William Newby (s of Gabriel). (See will of Rachel Williams, N. C. Hist Reg, Vol 3-2.)