Rachel (Prather) Pottenger (1708 - 1763)

Born 1708 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Ancestors

Died 1763 at about age 55 in Charles, Maryland

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Marriages

1st William Pottinger

2nd Joseph Milburn Semmes

"Joseph Milburn Semmes (2nd son). Died 1764 in Charles County, Md. He married between September 10, 1728, and July 21, 1732, Rachel (Prather) Pottinger, widow of William Pottinger, who died June 1728, in Prince George's County, Md., daughter of Thomas Prather, died March 1711-12, Prince George's County, by his wife Martha Sprigg, daughter of Thomas Sprigg, Senior, died 1704, Prince George's County, Md. Joseph Milburn Semmes and Rachel, his wife, had one son and eight daughters, all of whom entered religious life except one daughter, Eleanor".

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Family

Rachel (Prather) Pottinger, widow of William Pottinger, who died June 1728, in Prince George's County, Md., daughter of Thomas Prather, died March 1711-12, Prince George's County, by his wife Martha Sprigg, daughter of Thomas Sprigg, Senior, died 1704, Prince George's County, Md. Joseph Milburn Semmes and Rachel, his wife, had one son and eight daughters, all of whom entered religious life except one daughter, Eleanor.

one son: Joseph Semmes was born December 1, 1743, and died in Stonyhurst, England, September 26, 1809

eight daughters: Eleanor Semmes* m. Igna. Adams. other seven (7) daughters all became Nuns in Europe. Three (3) of them Mary Ann, Martha, and Teresa entered Convent after the father's death. However, Mary Ann had previously entered and left some other order of nuns. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://digital.americanancestors.org/digital/collection/p15869coll27/id/30251
2. ↑ https://digital.americanancestors.org/digital/collection/p15869coll27/id/30251

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