Born about in South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Thompson
and Ruth Cain
Wife of
Timothy Morgan
— married
2 Oct 1834 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
William Harrison Morgan
Died before
before about age 74
in Fulton County, Indiana
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jul 2014
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Biography
Rachel Thompson was born about 1811 in South Carolina.[1] She was the child of William Thompson and Ruth Cain.[2]
Rachel and Timothy Morgan obtained a marriage license on 24 September 1834 in Wayne County, Indiana. They were married on 2 October 1834 by the Reverend Robert Burns of the T.C.M.E. Church.[3]
Rachel Thompson died before 17 Jun 1885, probably in Fulton County.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com, 1850 U.S. Census, Hancock County, IN, population schedule (digital image), accessed 5 Oct 2012; Greene Township, page 276 (stamped), dw.#951, fam.#978, line 27, household of Timothy Morgan; Rachel Morgan, age 49, born SC
- ↑ Needs citation.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 > Wayne > 1830-1837 Volume B > image 226 of 390, viewed 19 Mar 2018; Circuit Court, Wayne Co., IN, marriage records, vol. B (Jul 1830 - Dec 1837), p. 362; FHL microfilm no. 1,838,642, item 3, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Timothy Morgan and Amanda Thompson, 02 Oct 1834
- ↑ Wendell C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs, The Rochester Sentinel, 1880-1885 (Rochester, Indiana: Tombaugh House, 1993); [http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/genealogy-files/obits-bios/obit_biog_1880-1885.htm may be viewed online; 17 Jun 1885, Mrs. Morgan: "Still they pass away. Since our last letter there have been three deaths in our village, the victims being ... Mrs. MORGAN, wife of the late deceased Timothy MORGAN ... (Fulton item)."
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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:
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Joyce (Bjorkgren) Rivette 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A542986 [compare], Ancestry member Joyce_Rivette
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~0.78%
Nancy Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A792830 [compare], Ancestry member jnhagen
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~0.78%
Treva (Moore) Murphy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rtmurphy_1969
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