Rebecca died in 1803 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Records are in conflict as to the month of her death.[6]
Rebecca has a Find A Grave profile which asserts that her remains were interred at the Quaker Meeting House Cemetery in South Yarmouth, but acknowledges that there is no stone present. The profile asserts she died on 17 August 1803, but as above mentioned, records of the month of her death are in conflict with each other.[7]
↑ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts: Containing Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co, 1912; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/representativeme03jhbe#page/1142/mode/2up : accessed 12 September 2015).
↑Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 March 2023), memorial page for Rebecca Russell Akin (3 Mar 1747–17 Aug 1803), Find A Grave: Memorial #18062658, citing Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, South Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Terry Akin (contributor 46869486).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 Rebecca: