Born in Wendell, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Oliver Wetherbee
and Rachel (Willard) Wetherbee
Sister of
Caty (Wetherbee) Waldo, Tarbell Willard Wetherbee, Ann Wetherbee, Lucy (Wetherbee) Worcutt, Sally (Wetherbee) Caldwell, Oliver Willard Wetherbee, Sybil (Wetherbee) Huson, James Wetherbee, Polly Wetherbee and Nancy Wetherbee
Wife of
Daniel Porter
— married
about 1782 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
William Dorman Porter and Catherine Willard (Porter) Gould
Died about
at about age 82
in New York, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2011
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Biography
Rachel Wetherbee, born 9 April 1763, in Wendell, Hampshire, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Oliver Wetherbee and Rachel[1][2] Willard.
Rachel was not named in her father's 1813 will.
Rachel, widow of Daniel Porter, died 18 June 1845.[3][4]
Source
- ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #4206319 ($), children of Lieut. Oliver and Rachel Wetherbee born in Wendell, Massachusetts.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry link.
- ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-RMJS : accessed 4 September 2023), Rachael Porter, 04 Mar 1836; citing Albany, Albany, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,319,397.
- ↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #95303290, Memorial page for Rachel Porter (1763-18 Jun 1845), citing Pleasant Lawn Cemetery, Parish, Oswego County, New York, USA (plot: 1A); Maintained by af (contributor 47059011).
- Birth of son: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQH-25R : 15 January 2020), Rachel Porter in entry for William Dorman Porter, 1780.
- Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=3389077&pid=27657379 (link doesn't work)
- Alden Kindred website
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