Born in Tyrone, Tyrone, Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Sampson Archer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Anne (Archer) Mathews, Elizabeth Ann (Archer) Renick, Elizabeth (Archer) Stuart, Sampson Archer Jr, Sarah (Archer) Renick, John Archer, Joshua Archer and Robert Archer
Died
at about age 88
in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Aug 2012
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Biography
Rebeckah Thompson, a sister of General William Thompson of Pennsylvania married Sampson Archer, born in County Tyrone, Ireland . About 1740, after a stop in Pennsylvania, Sampson Archer bought several tracts of land in Augusta County, Virginia. Colonial Records state his home was near Gilmore's Spring, now Gilmore's Mills, in Rockbridge County, near the confluence of Cedar Creek and James River. . .[1]
Rebecca was born about 1700. She passed away about 1783.
[2]
Sources
- ↑ Lawrence-Archer, Capt J.H. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY OF ARCHER IN KILKENNY, WITH NOTICES OF OTHER FAMILIES OF THE NAME IN IRELAND, p41 cited by: Genealogy.com Sampson Archer
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Dusti (Brown) Ide.
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Thompson-7991 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vicki and others.
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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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~0.78%
Margaret (Mason) Engelhardt
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.59%
~1.56%
Liz Edens :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jarvisln
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B162269
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~0.39%
Rosemary (Gilbert) Dexter :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Samuel Rader :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Brenda (Peck) Meier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 19441942
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~0.39%
Debbie (Price) Hargis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MG3570274 [compare]
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Pamela (Henderson) LeCroy
Thompson-60093 and Thompson-7991 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse.
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