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Rebecca Willis 1720–1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1720

Birth Location: , , North Carolina, USA

Death Date: abt 1799

Death Location: , , Tennessee, USA

Father: Josiah Willis

Mother: Susanah Dabney

Spouse(s): Lanier Brewer

Children(s): Richardson Brewer

Rebecca Willis was born in 1720 in , , North Carolina, USA, the child of Josiah Willis And Susanah Dabney. Rebecca Willis married Lanier Howell Brewer, and had children including Isaac Brewer, Lanier Brewer Jr, Richardson Ambrose Brewer. Rebecca Willis passed away in 1799 in , , Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Rebecca Willis was born in 1720 in , , North Carolina, USA, the child of Josiah Willis And Susanah Dabney.
  • Rebecca Willis married Lanier Howell Brewer, and had children including Isaac Brewer, Lanier Brewer Jr, Richardson Ambrose Brewer.
  • Rebecca Willis passed away in 1799 in , , Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Josiah Willis
1686–1758
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Amer, London, England, United Kingdom
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Susanah Dabney
1698–1752
Birth Location: Culpeper, Hanover, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Lanier Brewer
1720–1795
Birth Location: Beaver Pond Creek, Brunswick, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Richardson Brewer
1753–1855
Birth Location: Molinda, Brunswick, Virginia, USA
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Rebecca Willis's Ancestors

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Rebecca Willis
1720–1799
Birth Place: , , North Carolina, USA
Parents
Josiah Willis
1686–1758
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Amer, London, England, United Kingdom
Susanah Dabney
1698–1752
Culpeper, Hanover, Virginia
Grandparents
Ruth (Hill) (Willis)
1636–1736
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Hill
1606–1664
Frances Austin
1608–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rebecca Willis's Descendants

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Rebecca Willis (abt 1720–abt 1799) m. Lanier ((Howell)) Brewer (1720–1795)
  1. 1. Richardson (Ambrose) Brewer 1753–1855 m. Mary (Oma) Richardson 1755–1847 m. Sarah Cobb 1753– m. Joanna Russell 1765– m. Lucinda Russell 1753–1797 m. Sarah Cobb 1765–1847
    1. 1. Howell (Cobb) Brewer 1790–1886 m. Mary Wolf 1802–1896 m. Short 1813–1837 m. Mary (Polly Wolf) (Brewer) 1800–1896 m. Nancy (Louisa Little Deer) Short 1786–1834
      1. 1. HOWELL (POLK) BREWER 1826–1892 m. Elizabeth Barger 1826–1892
        1. 1. Rev. (James S "Jim") Brewer 1858–1930 m. Manerva (Jane) Brewer 1861–1898
        2. 2. Martha (C) Rogers 1869–1924
        3. 3. Marinda (B) Hensley 1854–1922
        4. 4. Justice (P.) Brewer 1851–1891
        5. 5. Orville (Harrison) Brewer 1863–1941
        6. 6. George (Washington) Brewer 1847–1941
        7. 7. Hannah Brewer 1846–
        8. 8. Polly Brewer 1849–
        9. 9. Sally Brewer 1856–
      2. 2. Volentine (D) Brewer 1842–1935
      3. 3. Emily (Juelma) Brewer 1848–1929
      4. 4. Margaret Short 1850–
      5. 5. Nicholas (Wolfe) Brewer 1839–1919
      6. 6. John (Tyler) Brewer 1840–1906
      7. 7. SGT (Daniel Pinkerton Morris) Brewer 1846–1900
      8. 8. Orville (Cobb) Brewer 1831–1924
      9. 9. Ambrose Brewer 1814–1900
      10. 10. Susannah Brewer 1824–1910
      11. 11. George Brewer 1812–1812
      12. 12. Jacob Brewer 1812–1812
      13. 13. James (Madison Brewer) Sr 1824–1892
      14. 14. Jacob ('Joab') Brewer 1814–1850
      15. 15. Willliam (Brewer) NR 1829–1895
      16. 16. William (Bill) Brewer 1829–1895
      17. 17. Sarah (Sallie) Brewer 1823–1887
      18. 18. Martha (Patsy BREWER +) (Isaacs) 1834–1918
      19. 19. Mary ("Polly" Brewer) (Wolfe) 1818–1910
      20. 20. George (William) Brewer 1818–1922
      21. 21. Elizabeth"Bettie" Odom 1846–1902
      22. 22. CPL (Basil Ausbund "Oz") Odom 1846–1917
    2. 2. George (W) Brewer 1785–1870
    3. 3. Lucinda Brewer 1793–
    4. 4. Ona Brewer 1795–
    5. 5. Samuel Brewer 1796–
    6. 6. Ambrose Brewer 1798–1870
    7. 7. Millenton Brewer 1800–1871
    8. 8. Oma Brewer 1795–
    9. 9. Ambrose Brewer 1773–1870
    10. 10. Ona Brewer 1774–1779
    11. 11. Lucinda Brewer 1774–1779
    12. 12. Charity Brewer 1777–1874
    13. 13. Joan (H) Brewer 1777–
    14. 14. Joab (H) Brewer 1780–1892
    15. 15. Frederick Brewer 1784–1886
    16. 16. Prettyman Brewer 1787–1830
    17. 17. George Brewer 1789–1856
    18. 18. Pleasant Brewer 1800–1871
    19. 19. Joan (H) Brewer 1777–
    20. 20. Pleasant Brewer 1781–
    21. 21. Fredrick Brewer 1783–1840
    22. 22. Samuel Brewer 1796–
    23. 23. Ambrose (Jr Dodger) Brewer 1798–1870
    24. 24. Charity ((4G Grandmother)) Brewer 1777–1874
    25. 25. Joab (H (Richardson) BREWER) Sr 1780–1892
    26. 26. Pleasant (Burton (Richardson) BREWER) Sr. 1800–1871
    27. 27. Lucinda Brewer 1783–1779
    28. 28. Prettyman Brewer 1787–1830
    29. 29. Frederick Brewer 1783–1840
    30. 30. George (Sr) Brewer 1789–1856
    31. 31. Millenton Brewer 1800–1871
    32. 32. Ona Brewer 1795–1779
    33. 33. Pleasant Brewer 1781–
    34. 34. Lydia Brewer 1780–1850

Rebecca Willis's Timeline

2 Records

1720
abt 1720
Birth of Rebecca Willis in , , North Carolina, USA
, , North Carolina, USA
1799
abt 1799
Age 79
Death of Rebecca Willis in , , Tennessee, USA
, , Tennessee, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1720
    Event Place: , , North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1799
    Event Place: , , Tennessee, USA
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