Born about in Jersey Settlement, Rowan, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Merrill III
and Mary (Cornell) Merrill
Wife of
Andrew Fouts Sr.
— married
1770 in Rowan, North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Fouts, William Fouts, Susannah Fouts, David Fouts, Andrew Fouts Jr, Noel Fouts Sr., Catherine (Fouts) Allen, Penelope Fouts and William Fouts
Died
at about age 84
in Randolph, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Rachel Cornell Merrill, the daughter of William Merrill III and Mary Cornell, was born 1753 in Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
Andrew Varner Fouts Sr and Rachel were married 1771 in Guilford, Colony of North Carolina, British Colonial America. They had 9 children:
- Mary Fouts married to William Osborn
- William Fouts
- Susannah Fouts married to Isaac Morgan
- David Fouts married to 1) Martha Parr and 2) Lavina Tatlock
- Andrew Varner Fouts Jr married to Hannah ( ? ) Fouts
- Noel Fouts married to Jane Caroline Wright
- Penelope Fouts
- Catherine Fouts married to John Allen
- Eli Fouts married to Emeline Young
She passed away 1834 in Tabernacle Township, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.
Historical notes on family:
- Father - William Merrill, Militia Captain, Justice of the Peace and fatality of the Revolution.
- Uncle - Captain Benjamin Merrill, "hung, drawn and quartered by Governor Tryon in The Regular Affair"
Rachel Merrell.
Marriage Husband @I866@. Wife Rachel Merrell. Child: @I889@. Marriage 1771 Randolph, North Carolina, USA. [1]
Sources
- Mentioned in the estate files of husband Andrew Varner Fouts Sr - North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979 - Name: Andrew Fouts / Event Type: Probate / Event Year: 1834 / Event Place: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States / Number of Names with File: 1 / File Name: Andrew Fouts / Number of Images: 8 / "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-MMKL : 16 March 2018), Andrew Fouts, 1834; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,070,705.
- Pfautz-Fouts-Foutz Newsletter #2 Dr John Scott Davenport, Ph.D author; http://pfoutsr.wixsite.com/davenportnewsletters/newsletter-2
- Source: S-2050249773 Repository: #R-2139271190 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14417861&pid=1099
- Repository: R-2139271190 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
Acknowledgements
- Merrill-1586 was created by Katie Kuhman through the import of Kent-Kuhman Family Tree.ged on Jun 17, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~1.56%
Wilma Stark
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A661819 [compare], Ancestry member tonlcaud1
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~0.78%
Jan (Runyon) Foley-Runyon :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lucillia (Lamanac) Magathan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member professvac99
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~0.78%
William Cole :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A105306 [compare], Ancestry member wecole28
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~0.78%
Dave Kettering :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A223370 [compare]
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~0.78%
Cindy Adkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T957458 [compare], FTDNA kit #177237
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~0.78%
George Garren :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch GA2089408 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Norm Matthews :
Living DNA, GEDmatch Z011006 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ashley (Murphy) Parks :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Tony Caudill :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A798714 [compare], Ancestry member tonlcaud1
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~0.39%
Jessica Kent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jessicakent
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~0.39%
Katie (Kent) Kuhman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A385721 [compare], Ancestry member kkatie87
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Vicki (Shelton) Sheldrake :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Vicki_sheldrake
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Tony Caudill
Merrill-15 and Merrell-353 appear to represent the same person because: married to the same person
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by Tony Caudill
Rejected matches › Rachel (Merrill) Massey (abt.1795-1878) › Rachel (Wells) Merrill (bef.1716-1763) › Rachel (Merrill) Hickox (1759-) › Rachel Merrill (1753-1834)
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