Born in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Sparks
and Elizabeth Harriman
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert McKenney
— married
1 Dec 1692 in Dover, NH
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert McKenney Jr., Isaac McKenney, John McKenney, Eleazer McKenney, Hannah McKenney, Rebecca (McKenney) Burnham, Daniel McKenney and Henry McKenney
Died
at about age 53
in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jun 2013
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Biography
Killed in an Indian attack April 18, 1724
The following submitters of the information may or may not agree with the combining of the information: WILSON CLIVE/CARTER/ (2093340) BYRON K./MORTENSEN/ (2181408) NANCY LYNN/PRICE/ (2182007) JAMES E/BIRD/ (2221351) CHARLES ELDON/HUNT/ (2238530) ROBERT E & BRIGITTE E/CARLILE/ (2244920) DR. WENDEL & DR. ELAINE/WALTON/ (2279005) DOUGLAS G./MINER/ (2337823) THE/GARRS/ (2347767) LAIN & PENNY/BYTENDORP/ (2352951) EMMA SUNDQUIST/BROWN/ (2363333) RICHARD W PRICE &/ASSOC/ (2512238) KEITH & KAREN/BRAITHWAITE/ (2519387) ELMER L./GERBER/ (2537776)
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"MRS. REBECCA SPARKS, widow of THOMAS SPARKS. She died on April 19, 1724, the day after an Indian attack." [1]
"Rebecca died in Scarborough 19 April 1724, the day after being wounded in an Indian attack. ("Descendants of Edward Small & Allied Families" by Lora Underhill)" [2]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.sparksfamilyassn.org/pages/098-C.html
- ↑ http://don.mckinney.tripod.com/mckinney-timeline.html
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7KC-2BM : entry for Rebecca SPARKS, From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996..
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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:
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:
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~0.39%
Sam Bradstreet
:
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~0.39%
Leigh Cowing :
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