Born about in New Jersey
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Daugherty Potter
— married
28 Feb 1818 in Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah (Potter) Wilkinson
Died before
before about age 47
in Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2016
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Biography
Rachel was born about 1800. Rachel Wells ... She passed away before 1847.
Sources
- "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWRC-XVT : 25 September 2017), William Potter and Rachel Wells, 28 Feb 1818; citing Monmouth, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 595,130.
- "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3DZ-5BF : 8 March 2018), Rachel Mells Or Wells in entry for Susan Brebner, 01 Jan 1916; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,531,027.
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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:
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