Born in New York City, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter Fairchild U.E.L.
and Sarah Ann (Fuller) Fairchild
Sister of
Benjamin Fairchild, Elizabeth E. (Fairchild) Smith, Esther (Fairchild) Haviland, Mary (Fairchild) Nelles, Sarah (Fairchild) Post, Ruth (Fairchild) Wonsey, Peter Fairchild, Cornelius Fairchild, Abiel Fairchild [half] and Israel Fairchild [half]
Wife of
Joseph Merrill
— married
[date unknown] in Dutchess. NY
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 74
in Port Burwell, Bayham, Elgin, Canada West
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2012
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Biography
Rebecca, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Fuller) Fairchild[1], was born in New York state, USA in 1791.
Rebecca married Joseph Merrill. As the daughter of Loyalist Peter Fairchild, Rebecca, wife of Merill, received 200 acres in Charlottesville, 28th May 1811 by order-in-council.
Rebecca passed away in Port Burwell, Bayham, Elgin, Canada West
Sources
- ↑ Fairchild, Timothy Marsh, and Sarah Ellen Filter. 1944. "The Name And Family Of Fairchild Compiled By Timothy Marsh Fairchild And Sarah Ellen Fairchild Pub. 1944 : Timothy Marsh Fairchild : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. (https://archive.org/details/TheNameAndFamilyOfFairchildCompiledByTimothyMarshFairchildAndSarahEllenFairchildPub.1944/page/n263)
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Find A Grave: Memorial #127967881 Estherville Cemetery, Bayham, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 ancestors' 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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~1.56%
Bill Warren
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M183615 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A203111 [compare], Ancestry member WilliamWarren48
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~0.78%
~6.25%
John Davis :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member john54686819
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #437110
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
G. MacKay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A200662 [compare], Ancestry member mumu2010
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~0.78%
David Lundy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dl929
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~0.78%
Gordon Vessey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeff Roberts :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jeffroberts_1
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~0.78%
Charlotte Fairchild :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Megan (Thompson) Raphael :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #311687
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Rejected matches › Rebekah (Morris) Dunnett (abt.1799-1869)
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