Born in Guilford, CT
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Bishop
and Hannah (Chittenden) Fitch
Sister of
Josiah Bishop, Hannah Bishop, Lemuel Bishop, Submit (Bishop) Foote and Hannah (Bishop) Richmond
Wife of
Elias Meigs
— married
13 Jan 1759 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rhoda Meigs, Rachel Meigs, Abel Meigs, Olive Meigs, Anson Meigs, Hannah Meigs and Rene Meigs
Died
at age 88
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2011
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Biography
Rachel is person 334 in DJB. She and her husband Elias had 8 children:
Rhoda, b. July 7, 1760; m. Samuel Tyler, d. Nov. 19, 1817. Rachel, b. Oct. 30, 1762; m. Ashbel Crampton, d. Nov. 13, 1836. Abel, b. July 14, 1765; m. Deborah Carter, d. Aug. 19, 1844. Olive, b. Oct. 15, 1767; m. Caleb Fowler. Rev. Sol. Anson, b. June 10, 1770; d. June 4, 1772. Phebe, b. Sep. 1772; m. Nathan Wilcox, d. Nov. 19, 1803. Hannah, b. Apr. 30, 1775; m. Jude Smith as 2nd wife. Rena, b. Oct. 5, 1777; m. Thomas Shelley, d. Feb. 9, 1868.
Reference
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User ID
- User ID: 2E51225F7A801545BD6E6E7256DD12F19581
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- Date: 14 Jun 2002
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Prior to import, this record was last changed 00:33:29 14 Jun 2002.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Bishop-1551 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
- Descendants of John Bishop of Guilford, CT, by William Cone and George Root, published 1951 by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, NY, 277 pp. Referred to as DJB.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~0.78%
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