Robert George Rankin (abt. 1787 - abt. 1823)

Born about 1787 in New York, USA

Husband of Ann (Jennings) Rankin — married 17 Jan 1813 in St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

Died about Jun 1823 at about age 36 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Robert George /Rankin/^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1787

Place: New York, US^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: JUN 1823

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[5]

Occupation

Occupation: Hat Maker

Date: 1806

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[6]

Event

Event:

Type: Move

Date: BEF 1806

Place: Person County, North Carolina, US^[7]

Note

Note: #N5136

Marriage

Husband: Robert George Rankin

Wife: Ann Jennings

Marriage:

Date: 17 JAN 1813

Place: St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Rankin-1867 was created by Jane Naus through the import of Harriss-Naus-Cotton-Haefele-Ancestors-Descendants_2014-12-22.ged on Dec 22, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1814
3. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings
4. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings
5. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings
6. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings
7. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings
8. ↑ Source: #S2282 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ann Jennings

• Source: S1814 Author: Mary Beals, bealsmary@@yahoo.com Title: Letter, George Thomas Jennings Sr Repository: #R1808 NOTESource Medium: Electronic CONT
• Repository: R1808 Name: HR-1595-LTR Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2282 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2227
• Repository: R2227 Name: HR-1005-BGR Address: www.ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Notes

Note N5136From www.ancestry.com:

Robert Rankin was a Hatter in Wilmington where he had a store as early as 1806. He moved the store to the banks of the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington in 1812. In that same year, a Robert Rankin appeared as an Ensign on a muster role of the War of 1812. The 1820 census of New Hanover County indicates one Robert Rankin of Wilmington to be married and with two sons and two daughters. Robert and his wife are between the ages of 26 and 45. The files of Ida Brooks Kellam, an eminent genealogist and historian of the Lower Cape Fear, indicate that Robert Rankin married Anne Jennings , a daughter of George and Charity Jennings . The records of the Saint James Episcopal Church verify this union on 17 Jan 1813. In 1814, Robert was 1st Sergeant of the Wilmington Volunteers. (Note they must have lost a daughter as daughter Mary Coxeter Rankin was born in 1822- other children were born prior to 1820)

Robert and his family were members of the Saint James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, one of the areas oldest churches. Fortunately, this Church kept excellent records - they provide an accurate and rather complete account of this family. Robert was made a Trustee of the church on 21 July 1815. The Rankin family were traditionally members of the Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, there was no formal Presbyterian Church prior to 1817. It was a tradition for Presbyterians and Methodists to worship in the Saint James Episcopal Church at that time. As Robert was made a trustee of the St. James church in 1815.