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Rebecca Watkins Byars 1765–1795 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: North Carolina, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1795

Death Location: Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA

Father: James Jr.

Mother: Betty Collins

Spouse(s): Joel Blackwell

Children(s): Peter Blackwell

The story of Rebecca Watkins Byars began in 1765 in North Carolina, North Carolina, USA. Rebecca Watkins Byars married Joel Blackwell, and had children including Peter Blackwell. Rebecca Watkins Byars passed away in 1795 in Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Rebecca Watkins Byars began in 1765 in North Carolina, North Carolina, USA.
  • Rebecca Watkins Byars married Joel Blackwell, and had children including Peter Blackwell.
  • Rebecca Watkins Byars passed away in 1795 in Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA.

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Rebecca Byars's Ancestors

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Rebecca Byars
1765–1795
Birth Place: North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Parents
James Jonas Byars Jr.
1740–1823
Hanover, Virginia, USA
Betty (Francis "Fannie") Collins
1740–1764
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (Henry) Byars
1713–1792
Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
Margaret (Rachel "Peggy") Matthews
1724–1790
Orange, North Carolina, USA
Thomas Collins
1729–1796
Port Sea , Hampshire, England
Rosannah Dodd
1728–1796
Yorkshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
John {PGGF8}
1690–1734
Elizabeth Glen
1694–1763
Jonathan Matthews
1700–1757
Betsey Archer
1706–1784
William Collins
1709–1778
Mary Argyll
1715–1766
Solomon Dodd
1831–1897
Elizabeth Masterman
1698–1775
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Mathew
1648–1718
Eileen Ryan
1665–1735
James Collins
1674–1740
Ann Lane
1690–
Sir Chatham
1680–1743
Mary Belleden
1680–1715

Rebecca Byars's Descendants

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Rebecca (Watkins) Byars (1765–1795) m. Joel Blackwell (4 April 1753–11 April 1821)
  1. 1. Peter Blackwell 1788–1857

Rebecca Byars's Timeline

2 Records

1765
1765
Birth of Rebecca Watkins Byars in North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
1795
1795
Age 30
Death of Rebecca Watkins Byars in Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1765
    Event Place: North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1795
    Event Place: Franklin Co., NC, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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