Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Horton
and Martha (Timms) Horton
Sister of
Amos Horton and Sarah (Horton) Collier
Wife of
John Sledge
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
John Sledge Sr.
— married
1720 in Surry, Surry, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Sledge, Daniel Sledge, John Sledge Jr., Amos Sledge, Anne (Sledge) Griffis, Rebecca Sledge and Sarah Sledge
Died
at about age 45
in Surry Co., Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Aug 2017
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Biography
Rebecca was born about 1707. She passed away in 1752.
Rebecca Horton Sledge and John Sledge had 4 boys. First, named after Charles (his Grandfather-Sledge side), second named Daniel- the grandfather-Horton side. Third, John named for father, John, and Grandfather of John-Sledge side and fourth, Amos, named after Martha Timms Horton's father, Amos Timms. These names carried down for generations. Amos Sledge was born in 1850, and Amos, son of Peyton Sledge , born in 1794---.
Research Notes
The above Rebecca ---died in 1752----was Rebecca Horton Sledge---she was married to John Sledge and had 4 boys. Two Sledge names, Charles and John, [father and grandfather] and two with Horton names, Daniel and Amos [named after Martha Timms's father Amos and her husband, Daniel Horton.
Charles and Mary also had a daughter, Rebecca, who married Henry Ivey. Also, there is no Rebecca Ivey at this time married to a John Sledge (See Horton Genealogy).
Rebecca Sledge, 1696-1750 (john Sledge's sister) married (1710) Henry Ivey, 1689-1734, VA.
Sources
- Mary Rebecca Ivey Sledge died 1752 in Surry County, Virginia, and her will is in Will Book 9, page 694 and is documented in the Wills and Admons of Surry County, Virginia 1671-1750, by Eliza Timberlake Davis, DAR Library.
- Genealogy of Daniel and Martha Horton
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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 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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~1.56%
James Sledge
:
23andMe
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~1.17%
Patrick Thompson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A029950 [compare], Ancestry member ThompsonGA38
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A029950 [compare], FTDNA kit #B170296
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~0.78%
AJ Hatfield :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Hawk Bennett :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Wolfhawker
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #418264
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~0.39%
Hulett Durrough :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XY1094252 [compare], yourDNAportal HUL1b8cdbf7, Ancestry member sdurr666
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch H135608 [compare], FTDNA kit #B463871
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H135608 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ronda (Van Pelt) Conrad :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member conrad2_7800
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