Born in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Morgan
and Hester (Taylor) Morgan
Sister of
Lettice (Morgan) Powell [half], Elizabeth (Morgan) Vardeman [half], Lewis Morgan [half], Thomas Morgan [half], Ann Morgan [half], John Morgan [half], Mary Morgan [half], Susannah Morgan [half], William Morgan [half], Reese Morgan, Hannah (Morgan) Inman, Morgan Morgan, Samuel Taylor Morgan, Mordecai Morgan and Abraham Morgan
Wife of
John McClain
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mordecai McClain, Mahala (McClain) Maddox, James Merritt McClain, Thomas McClain and Jesse McClain
Died
at about age 69
in Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2015
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Biography
Rachel was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1760, the daughter of Thomas Morgan and Hester 'Ester' Taylor. In 1774 her father’s (Thomas Morgan) Bedford County Will lists 17 offspring; one is 14 year-old Rachel: "Item: I give to my daughter Reachel and to her heirs and assigns forever one Coe and Calf." • Bedford County Will Book I p 207
At 17 years of age she married John McClain in Bedford County (about 1777). [1] [2] Their children: Mahala ‘Haley’ Mattox, Thomas, Jesse, Mordecai, James and William 'Will’.
In Dec 1802 Rachel posted bond in Bedford County, Virginia for her daughter, Mahala ‘Haley’ McClain, to marry Posey Mattox. [3]
About 1811 Rachel with her husband John McClain relocated from Bedford County, Virginia to Shelby County, Kentucky.
She was 69 years-old when she passed away in Shelby County in 1829. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Beadle, J H • “History of Parke County, Indiana” : H H Hill and N Iddings Company, Chicago 1880 pp 461, 462 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112045819148&seq=1285
- ↑ Chapman Brothers • “Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana” : Chicago 1893 p 124 • https://archive.org/details/portraitbiographmont00chap/page/124/mode/1up This source refers to John McClain’s wife but fails to name her (Rachel Morgan).
- ↑ Family Search • https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LNKX-R3S/rachel-morgan-1760-1829
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Edward McFadden, Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- Family genealogy research
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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%
Merry (Burgess) Hanning
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch H197904 [compare], Ancestry member MECEHANNING
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H197904 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Wells :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Ellen (Cooper) Simmons :
23andMe, GEDmatch KF2764163 [compare]
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~0.78%
Gregory Biehl :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sheila (Mitchell) Romine :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ROMINESA1
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~0.78%
Diane (Law) Greene :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ricky Sutton :
23andMe, GEDmatch CL3541702 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NP4987005 [compare], Ancestry member rickysutton
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~0.78%
Mattie (Ross) Gatlin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mg1038
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~0.78%
Fred Steely :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member donasteely
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~0.78%
Katlynn (Wright) Bond :
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A925621 [compare]
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~0.78%
E Beckner :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Shirlie (Musgrove) Mitchell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T688507 [compare], FTDNA kit #817889
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~0.39%
Lawrence Hodapp :
23andMe, GEDmatch BG7467865 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YN1655195 [compare], Ancestry member LawrenceHodapp
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~0.39%
G W Parsons :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ken Esgar :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member k_esgar
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~0.39%
Patsy Crowe :
MyHeritage DNA
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https://gw.geneanet.org/caflory?n=morgan&oc=5&p=rachel
Rachel named a son Thomas, the same name as her purported father.
edited by John Smith MD