Born in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Michael Lee
and Mary (Brown) Lee
Sister of
Wilson Lee, William Michael Lee, Louisa J Jane (Lee) Owens, Mary Ellen (Lee) Walker, Susan (Lee) Sterling, Lougenia (Lee) Crawford, James A. Lee, Nancy Ann (Lee) Millis, Samuel Earl Lee, Elijah Lee and Catherine Mariah (Lee) Myers
Wife of
James Will Sykes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 81
in Simpson, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Oct 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Burial
- Place: Simpson, Mississippi
- Find A Grave: Memorial #5652142
- Lee Cemetery
DNA Confirmation
- A genetic match between Michelle Brooks, Ricky Lee (her 2nd cousin), Roger Lee (their 7th cousin twice removed, common ancestor, David Lee, b 1690, Munster, Ireland), and a 4th cousin, Ricky Sykes (not on Wikitree), descendant of Rebecca Lee Sykes) confirms ancestry to Michael Lee and David Lee amb 23:08, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Sources
- 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Simpson, Mississippi; Roll: M432_381; Page: 318B; Image: 137. amb 12:50, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
Thank you to Michelle Bairfield for creating WikiTree profile Lee-7340 through the import of 2013-10-05 ten generation Gavin.ged on Oct 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.
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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%
Michelle (Bairfield) Brooks
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A660836 [compare], yourDNAportal MICb92a3fa3, Ancestry member aMichelleBrooks
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~0.78%
Elizabeth Lee :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Malcolm Beasley :
AncestryDNA
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