Rebecca (Boyd) Adams (1772 - 1839)

Born 1772 in Halifax, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Sylvester W. Adams — married 9 Feb 1792 in Halifax, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 19 Jan 1839 at about age 67 in White Oak Creek, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

[This biography is taken mainly from Ref ^[1].]

Rebecca Boyd was born about 1772 (an estimate of twenty years before her marriage), now proven as the daughter of Patrick Boyd, Jr. and wife Ezard of Halifax, Virginia.

Rebecca married Sylvester Adams, son of John and Susan (Wood) Adams, on 9 February 1792, in Halifax County, Virginia.^[2]

Sylvester Adams, wife Rebecca and family moved with a colony of relatives to West Tennessee between the years 1805 and 1808. At least Sylvester and Rebecca as well as any existing children settled in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

Sylvester and Rebecca had the following thirteen children: sons in order of birth, John, Samuel, Sylvester, Thomas, Boyd, William, and Ichabod; daughters in order of birth, Susan, Rebecca, Sarah, Martha, Isabella, and Ann. These children moved with their uncle Sylvester to Tennessee around 1808. (Please note that, while providing the order of birth for sons and, separately, daughters, Ref [1] provides birth dates for only three of these children and the marriage date of their mother. Hence, providing birth estimates for each person’s profile is a challenge which, of course, may be incorrectly done.)

Rebecca (Boyd) Adams died 19 January 1839, probably in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

Research Note

There is a complication to the biography as originally written here which was referenced in Phil E. Chappell's Book (source) where the author identified Rebecca Boyd as the daughter of George Boyd which per Halifax, Virginia, court orders has been proven incorrect. Rebecca was not mentioned in the Halifax, Virginia, will of this George Boyd, Senr., dated 9 January 1803 and recorded in February 1803. George Boyd Senr. in his will of 1803 named only two daughters, Elizabeth Boyd Adams, wife of William Adams, and Hannah Boyd Adams, widow of Richard Adams, deceased. ^[3][4]

Halifax County, Virginia, probate and county court records identified Rebecca Boyd as daughter of Patrick Boyd, Jr. and Ezard his wife, who married 2nd to a Billington Dunn when she received her dower right in the Estate of her first husband, Patrick Boyd, deceased, Halifax, Virginia, December 1782 court filing.^[5] Billington Dunn was appointed guardian of Patrick Boyd's children February 1785 and returned an account of guardianship to the Halifax court August 1785.^[6][7] Sylvester Adams and wife Rebecca Boyd Adams and her sisters Rachel, Leah, and Anne Boyd by Halifax County court orders received their one fourth part inheritance as children and legatees from Patrick Boyd's estate in May and August 1793 court proceedings.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Chappell, Phil E. A Genealogical History of the Chappell, Dickie, and other Kindred Families of Virginia, 1635-1900, Kansas City, MO: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Company, 1900, pp. 347-348. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE993757. Accessed October 2016
2. ↑ Halifax, Virginia, Marriages 1753-1800; Sylvester Adams & Rebecca Boyd, 9 Feb 1792. Genealogy Trails History Group. Halifax County, Virginia, Genealogy and History, Marriages 1753-1800. http://genealogytrails.com/. Accessed 22 August 2020.
3. ↑ Barnes, Robert and Catherine. "Genealogies of Virginia Families." Vol. V, PAGE 329. (GEORGE BOYD, SENR.) Clearfield Company, Inc., 2006. Accessed October 2016
4. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, will Bk 3, 6 (no. Bk 4-5) 1792-1804." Will Bk. 6, pp. 470-471, Image 489 of 566. will of George Boyd, Senr. 9 Jan 1803, Recorded 28 Feb 1803" FHL Film #31863, FHL Digitized Film #7645118. "FamilySearch." Accessed 3 Sep 2020.
5. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collection. "Halifax, Virginia, Plea (order) books, v. 9-11, 1774-1786." Order Bk 10," p. 321, Image 411 of 710. Billington Dunn and Ezard his wife, late widow and relict of Patrick Boyd, deceased, widow's dower, December 1782. Court Order to Evan Ragland, Senr., Byrd Wall, James Blackwell, and Peter Torian or any three to allot and lay off the dower of Ezard in the aforesaid Estate of Patrick Boyd, Deceased. December Court, 1782. FHL Film #31923, FHL Digitized Film #7898193. FamilySearch. Accessed 3 Sep 2020.
6. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, Plea (order) books, v. 9-11, 1774-1786." Order Bk 11, p. 243, Image 613 of 710. "Billington Dunn, Appointed Guardian of Orphans of Patrick Boyd, deceased. February Court 1785." (Billington Dunn, Appointed Guardian of Orphans of Patrick Boyd, deceased, with his securities Peter Holt and William Daniel entered into Bond according to law.) FHL Film #31923, FHL Digitized Film #7898193. FamilySearch. Accessed 3 Sep 2020.
7. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, Plea (order) books, v. 9-11, 1774-1786." Order Bk 11, p. 199, Image 574 of 710. "Billington Dunn, Guardian of Orphans of Patrick Boyd, deceased, August Court 1785." (Billinton Dunn, Guardian of the Orphans of Patrick Boyd, deceased, returned an Account of guardianship to the Court and the same was ordered to be recorded.) FHL Film #31923, FHL Digitized Film #7898193. "FamilySearch." Accessed 3 Sep 2020.
8. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Library. "Halifax, Virginia, Court Order Books v. 15-16, 1790-1795." Order Bk 16, p. 129. Image 416 of 720. Sylvester Adams and Rebecca his wife (heir of Patrick Boyd, deceased) vs George Boyd, Admr. of Patrick Boyd, Deceased, & Anne Boyd, Leah Boyd, Rachel Boyd, also infants heirs of Patrick Boyd, deceased. May Court 1793. (Each received their one fourth share of Patrick Boyd's Estate as children and legatees. Ordered that Berryman Green, Joseph Hopson, Col. Isaac Oaks, William Collins, and Hampton Wade, or any three of them to attend with the county surveyor to divide the property, each receiving one fourth part and record the division back to the August Court.) FHL Film #31925, FHL Digitized Film #8572481. FamilySearch. Accessed 3 Sep 2020.
9. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Halifax, Virginia, Court Order Books v. 15-16, 1790-1795." Order Bk 16, pp. 225-226, Images 464-465 of 720. 24 August 1793 "Division of Estate of Patrick Boyd, Dec'd, due Legatees vs George Boyd, Administrator of Patrick Boyd, Dec'd. 24 August 1793." (Legatees of Patrick Boyd, Deceased: Sylvester Adams and Rebecca his wife, Jarrell Willingham and Rachel his wife, Leah Boyd, and Anne Boyd.) FHL Film #31925, FHL Digitized Film #8572481. FamilySearch. Accessed 3 Sep 2020.