Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Alvord
and Elizabeth (Bird) Alvord
Sister of
Ebenezer Alvord [half], Joseph Alvord [half], Mary Alvord [half], Noah Alvord [half], Ruth (Alvord) Morgan, James Alvord, Elizabeth (Alvord) Clark, Rebecca Alvord, Ebenezer Alvord Jr., Sarah Alvord and Thomas Alvord
Wife of
Zebadiah Miller
— married
2 Feb 1742 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at about age 77
in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
This Rebecca Alvord was born 10 Feb 1717/18, the fifth child of Elizabeth (Bird) Alvord (1684-1770), the second wife of Ebenezer Alvord (1665-1738) of Northampton, Massachusetts. She was a namesake for her earlier (1716) born sibling, who died in infancy.
Elizabeth married Zebadiah Miller [1] [b. 6 Nov 1713 @ Northampton, Massachusetts, son of Abraham & Hannah (Clapp) Miller; d. 27 Nov 1785] at Northampton on February 2, 1742/43. They had 11 children:
- Rebecca Miller, b. Feb 1745; married 1769 Noah Sheldon
- Thankful (Miller) Ludden (1747-1838); married 1) Obadiah Frary Jr.; 2) in 1789 Ezra Ludden [2]
- Mary Miller, b. about 1750
- Roger Miller, baptized 22 Dec 1751
- Zebadiah Miller, baptized 30 Sep 1753
- Elizabeth Miller, baptized 14 Sep 1755; unmarried
- (Infant) Miller, baptized Sep 1759
- Hannah Miller (abt.1763-1837); married Elisha Clapp
- Wait Miller; married 26 Apr 1786 Joseph Southworth
- Jemima Miller; unmarried
- John Miller, b. about 1764; d. 1834
Rebecca (Alvord) Miller died about 1796 at Northampton [citation needed].
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LG65 : Wed Oct 25 16:23:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Zebadiah Miller and Rebecca Alvord, 02 Feb 1743.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC92-TC9 : 4 December 2014), Mary Thayer Ludden in entry for Ezra Ludden and Thankful Frary, 24 Dec 1789; citing reference p3; FHL microfilm 1,871,945.
- "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord", Compiled by Samuel Morgan Alvord, published 1908 by A.D. Andrews, Printer, Webster, NY. By the Alford American Family Association; no. 40: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/40/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/52/mode/1up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~0.39%
Jacquelyn Alvord
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jacquee_A
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Erlene (LaFrance) Healey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A081247 [compare]
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John French Ph.D.
Alvord-449 and Alvord-7 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the spouse of Zebadiah Miller. Alvord-449 was incorrectly constructed at inception, so Alvord-7 should prevail after the merge.
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