Rachel Matthews (abt. 1717 - aft. 1792)

Born about 1717 in Orange County, Virginia

Wife of James Byars I — married about 1742 in Virginia

Descendants

Died after Oct 1792 after about age 75 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Rachel Matthews was a Virginia colonist.

Rachel was born about 1717 (alternate birth date 1724) possibly in Orange County, Virginia. She was the daughter of John Mathews and Ann Unknown. No documentation has yet been found for her birth date or place. She was still living in Hanover County, Virginia, when the estate of her deceased husband was advertised for sale on 17 October 1792.^[1]

Rachel is said to have married James Byars as second wife about 1742, location unknown.

Rachel was named in the will of her father, John Mathews, "of Forks of James River, [Augusta County, VA] Gent.," written 20 April 1757 and proved in Augusta County Court, 16 November 1757. She was bequeathed one shilling. Her last name is not specified, so it cannot be used as source for her marriage date.^[2]

Land & Property Transactions

• James and wife Rachel, "of Hanover County, Virginia" sold half of New Market Grist Mill on 8 February 1790.^[3]
• Byars, James, dec'd, his ex. (nfi) of Hanover, will sell his Negroes and PE (VGGA 17 Oct 92)^[4] [nfi = no further information]

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[5] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Alias

Alias: Peggy

Sources

1. ↑ Headley, p 52
2. ↑ Chalkley, p 45, ebook location 2371. Abstracts of Wills of Augusta County, Virginia, Will Book No. 2, p 205.
3. ↑ Byars Family History
4. ↑ Headley, p 52
5. ↑ Matthews-4244 was created by Vick Miles through the import of Vicktory_Lap_2014-03-06_01_FULL.ged on Jan 4, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800, Volume 3. Originally published by The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912. Digitized as Kindle ebook.
• Headley, Robert Kirk. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987

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