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Rebecca S. DENTON 1779–1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 AUG 1779

Birth Location: Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina

Death Date: ABT 1872

Death Location: Fannin Co., Georgia

Father: Samuel I

Mother: Margaret MOORE

Spouse(s): Benjamin CHASTAIN

Children(s): Mary CHASTAIN, Jeremiah CHASTAIN, Jonathan CHASTAIN

Rebecca S. DENTON was born in 1779 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina, the child of Samuel Denton I And Margaret Moore. Rebecca S. DENTON married Benjamin F Chastain, and had children including Jeremiah Chastain, Jonathan Davis Chastain, Mary Chastain. Rebecca S. DENTON passed away in 1872 in Fannin Co., Georgia.

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Biography

  • Rebecca S. DENTON was born in 1779 in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina, the child of Samuel Denton I And Margaret Moore.
  • Rebecca S. DENTON married Benjamin F Chastain, and had children including Jeremiah Chastain, Jonathan Davis Chastain, Mary Chastain.
  • Rebecca S. DENTON passed away in 1872 in Fannin Co., Georgia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel I
1734–1811
Birth Location: Orange, New York
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Margaret MOORE
1736–1780
Birth Location: Granville Co., North Carolina
MM

Spouses(s)

Benjamin CHASTAIN
1780–1845
Birth Location: North Carolina
BC

Children(s)

Mary CHASTAIN
1801–
Birth Location: Pendleton Dist., South Carolina
MC
Jeremiah CHASTAIN
1805–
Birth Location: Pendleton Dist., South Carolina
JC
Jonathan CHASTAIN
1803–1847
Birth Location: Pendleton Dist., South Carolina
JC

Rebecca DENTON's Ancestors

Self
Rebecca DENTON
1779–1872
Birth Place: Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
Parents
Samuel DENTON I
1734–1811
Orange, New York
Margaret MOORE
1736–1780
Granville Co., North Carolina
Grandparents
Abraham (John DENTON) II
1700–1774
Hempstead, Nassau Co., New York
Mary (Sarah ODELL) [PAT-JUDY]
1702–1778
Woodstock, Shenendoah Co., Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Abraham I
1675–1729
Martha THORNE
1679–1730
Samuel [PAT-JUDY]
1670–1720
Elizabeth TOMPKINS
1670–1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel I
1631–1713
Mary SMITH
1630–1713
Humphrey I
1617–1673
Hannah [PAT-JUDY]
1625–1675

Rebecca DENTON's Descendants

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Rebecca (S.) DENTON (28 AUG 1779–ABT 1872) m. Benjamin (F.) CHASTAIN (6 JUL 1780–1 JAN 1845)
  1. 1. Mary CHASTAIN 1801–
  2. 2. Jeremiah CHASTAIN 1805–
  3. 3. Jonathan (Davis) CHASTAIN 1803–1847 m. Rachel STOVER 1804–1884

Rebecca DENTON's Timeline

2 Records

1779
28 AUG 1779
Birth of Rebecca S. DENTON in Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
1872
ABT 1872
Age 93
Death of Rebecca S. DENTON in Fannin Co., Georgia
Fannin Co., Georgia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 AUG 1779
    Event Place: Pendleton, Anderson Co., South Carolina
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, This information comes from LoriAten’s tree. I am trying to figure out the southern branch of my Denton family.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1872
    Event Place: Fannin Co., Georgia
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, This information comes from LoriAten’s tree. I am trying to figure out the southern branch of my Denton family.
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