Rebecca (Martin) Saunders (abt. 1797 - abt. 1866)

Born about 1797 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Walton Saunders — married 1817 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Rebecca Martin was born in 1797, in Franklin, Virginia, her father, John Martin, was 31 and her mother, Permelia Meador, was 20. She married Robert Walton Saunders Sr about 1817, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Monroe, Randolph, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died in 1866, at the age of 69.

Sources

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQ6-83P: 29 January 2020), Rebecca Martin in entry for Robert Saunders, 1819.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D6-TTH: 4 November 2021), Rebecca Saunders in household of Robert W Saunders, Monroe, Virginia, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM7S-9JT: 11 February 2018), Rebecca in entry for Jackson P. Saunders and Elizabeth M. Garten, 08 Feb 1855; citing Monroe, West Virginia, p 4, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,917.

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMWC-G8H: 11 February 2018), Rebecca in entry for Robert W. Saunders and Sarah P. Meadows, 22 Aug 1860; citing Monroe, West Virginia, p 32, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 589,917.