Rebecca Pugh (Johnson) Lightbourn (abt. 1825 - abt. 1847)

Born about 1825 in Bahama Islands

Ancestors

Wife of Paul Samuel Lightbourn — married 16 Jul 1844 in Nassau, Bahamas

Descendants

Died about 1847 at about age 22 in Bahama Islands

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Rebecca (Johnson) Lightbourn is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Rebecca Pugh Johnson was probably born about 1825 in the Bahama Islands to Samuel Johnson and his first wife, Mary Curry Johnson.

She married Paul Samuel Lightbourn in the summer of 1844 in Nassau. The couple had two children, Charles and Rebecca Mary Lightbourn.

In 1845, Rebecca's father deeded land to his oldest daughters: "Samuel JOHNSON, for love and affection for his daughters, Mary Elizabeth Wilson (JOHNSON) CURRY, wife of Joseph William CURRY, and Rebecca (JOHNSON) LIGHTBOURN, wife of Paul LIGHTBOURN, conveyed to those daughters 2/3 of a tract of land on the Island of Eleuthera, on Craskil (sic) Hill, and a lot ...."

Rebecca Johnson Lightbourn passed away sometime after June 1847 and before Paul Samuel Lightbourn married Adeline Saunders in the summer of 1848.

Sources

Methodist Records, New Providence, Bahamas, 1840 -. Rebecca Lightbourn

Bahamas National Archives, Nassau, Volume K4, page page 620. And Harllee, "Kinfolks" page 1551-1552.

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