When Rachel Clark (Moorman) Goggin was born in 1754 in Louisa, Virginia, her father, Thomas Moorman, was 49, and her mother Rachel (Clark) Moorman, was 40. She married Stephen Goggin Jr. on December 21, 1773, in Bedford, Virginia. They had eight children in 13 years. She is Great-grandmother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) She died on November 22, 1835, in Bedford, Virginia, having lived a long life of 81 years, and was buried there.
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Pamela Goggin (Clemens) Pamela (Goggin) Clemens (1775-1844)
Pleasant Moorman Goggin Pleasant Moorman Goggin (1777-1831)
Nancy Goggin (Tate) 1777–1850
William Goggin 1779–1831
Polly Goggin (Gill) 1779–1851
Elizabeth Goggin (Field) (Witt) 1782–1854
Thomas Goggin 1783–
Stephen Goggin III Stephen Goggin Jr. (abt.1755-1789)
Stephen Goggin Jr. son of Thomas Married in Bedford County, 21 Dec 1773, Rachel Moorman, Dau. of Thomas and Rachel (Clark) Moorman He was a First Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army
children of Stephen Goggin Jr. and Rachel (Moorman) Goggin
i. Pamela, m. 29 Oct 1797, Samuel Clemens: were the grandparents of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)
ii. Mary (Polly) m. 17 Nov 1801, Alexander Gill
iii. Nancy m. 12 Dec 1798, Obadiah Tate
iv. William m. 26 Nov 1810, Pamela Tate
v. Elizabeth m. (1) 05 Jun 1827, Samuel Field (2) 22 Dec 1830, John B. Witt
vi. Thomas m. 23 Dec 1812, Mary Walden
vii. Pleasant Moorman b. 11 Feb 1777 - m. 31 Jul 1806, Mary Otey Leftwich viii. Stephen III b. 08 Apr 1789 m. 29 Dec 1808, Janette Robertson
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